What is mcp-market-data?
mcp-market-data is a MCP server by ShipItAndPray that live cryptocurrency market data: real-time prices, OHLCV, order books and market summaries. It is listed under Finance & commerce and has 1 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | ShipItAndPray |
| Repository | ShipItAndPray/mcp-market-data |
| Popularity | 1 GitHub stars |
| Category | Finance & commerce |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #3,385 of 4,418 MCP servers; #443 in Finance & commerce |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-03-25 |
| Runs | Locally and in the cloud |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is mcp-market-data safe to install?
mcp-market-data scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service; can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 3 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install mcp-market-data?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/ShipItAndPray/mcp-market-data
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add mcp-market-data -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http mcp-market-data <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs mcp-market-data for you:
Add the "mcp-market-data" MCP server from https://github.com/ShipItAndPray/mcp-market-data to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.