CoinStats MCP Server

The CoinStats MCP Server bridges the gap between conversational AI assistants and real‑time cryptocurrency data. By exposing the CoinStats API through the MCP framework, it allows AI agents to retrieve market prices, portfolio performance, and news feeds without the developer needing to write custom API wrappers. This eliminates a common bottleneck in finance‑focused AI projects: the complexity of authenticating, handling pagination, and normalizing heterogeneous crypto data.

For developers building AI workflows that require up‑to‑date market insights, the server provides a concise set of tools and prompts. The resources expose endpoints such as current price, historical chart, portfolio balance, and latest news. Each resource is annotated with clear descriptions, making it straightforward for an AI assistant to infer the correct tool invocation. The sampling capability enables the assistant to ask for a specific number of data points, giving users fine‑grained control over the granularity of returned information.

Real‑world use cases include portfolio management assistants that can answer questions like “What is the current value of my Bitcoin holdings?” or “Show me the price trend for Ethereum over the past week.” Financial chatbots can also surface breaking news or alerts, helping traders stay informed. Because the MCP server handles authentication via an environment variable, it integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments, ensuring secure key management.

Unique advantages of the CoinStats MCP Server stem from its focus on a single, well‑documented cryptocurrency data provider. This specialization means the server can offer tightly coupled prompts that anticipate common user intents, reducing ambiguity in tool selection. Additionally, the server’s lightweight Docker image and NPX command make it trivial to spin up in any environment that supports MCP, encouraging rapid prototyping and experimentation.