CoinMarketCap MCP: live crypto prices and rankings in chat

Add CoinMarketCap to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect CoinMarketCap free and sign in with your CoinMarketCap account.
2. 2Everything here reads market data. Keep quotes, listings and conversion, and switch off tools you won't use, such as partner or exchange maps, so your AI app chooses from a shorter list.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask your AI app to convert 2 ETH to euros at today's rate, then open Activity to see the conversion call.

Crypto market questions for Claude or ChatGPT

• Get the latest quotes for one coin or several at once.
• Pull current listings with market data, or global metrics such as total market cap, volume and dominance.
• Convert an amount between cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies.
• Look up a coin's description, logo and links, or an exchange's supported fiats and launch date.
• See exchange listings as they stood on a past date.

Track what your AI app asks for

• Switch off CoinMarketCap tools you don't need; they're hidden and refused if called.
• Policies check every call, so if someone pastes an exchange API secret into a question, it can be blocked.
• Activity keeps a record of every price lookup and conversion.

What you get with CoinMarketCap and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use CoinMarketCapClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach CoinMarketCap through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any CoinMarketCap tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

CoinMarketCap tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in CoinMarketCap. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• Exchange Listings HistoricalTool to retrieve historical exchange listings for a specified date. Use when you need exchange listings as of a past date (YYYY-MM-DD).
• Cryptocurrency Listings LatestTool to fetch the latest active cryptocurrency listings with their current market data. Use when you need up-to-date snapshots of asset metrics.
• Cryptocurrency MapTool to retrieve a mapping of all cryptocurrencies, including their unique IDs, symbols, and names. Use when you need reference IDs for crypto assets.
• Get Latest Cryptocurrency QuotesTool to get the latest market quotes for one or more cryptocurrencies. Use after selecting desired coins.
• Exchange MapTool to retrieve a mapping of all cryptocurrency exchanges. Use when you need reference IDs for exchanges.
• Get cryptocurrency infoTool to fetch metadata (description, logo, URLs) for one or more cryptocurrencies. Use when you need static asset details like descriptions, logos, and related links.
• Get exchange infoTool to get detailed metadata for one or more exchanges. Use when you need exchange logos, supported fiats, launch dates, and official links.
• Get API Key InfoTool to retrieve your CoinMarketCap API key details, rate limits, and usage statistics. Use after setting your API key to inspect limits and usage.
• Global Metrics Quotes LatestTool to obtain the latest global cryptocurrency market metrics (market cap, volume, dominance). Use when you need aggregated market-level data for analysis.
• Partner MapTool to retrieve a mapping of all CoinMarketCap partners with their unique IDs, names, and slugs. Use when you need to map partner names or slugs to numeric IDs.
• Price ConversionTool to convert an amount from one cryptocurrency or fiat currency into another. Use when conversion rates are needed.