IDE Setup

Cursor

Use the CoinMarketCap MCP server in Cursor to give your AI assistant access to live crypto prices, market data, technical analysis, and more — directly in your editor.

Setup

Get your API key

Open MCP settings

Use Cmd + Shift + P (macOS) or Ctrl + Shift + P (Windows/Linux) to open the command palette. Search for "Open MCP settings" and select it.

Add the CoinMarketCap MCP server

In the mcp.json file, add:


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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cmc-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.coinmarketcap.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-CMC-MCP-API-KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace your-api-key with your actual CoinMarketCap API key.

Verify the connection

In Cursor's chat, ask: "What tools do you have available?"

You should see CoinMarketCap tools listed, such as search_cryptos, get_crypto_quotes_latest, and get_global_metrics_latest.

Install Skills (optional)

Install CoinMarketCap skills to give Cursor structured workflows for market analysis and token research:

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npx skills add https://github.com/coinmarketcap-official/skills-for-ai-agents-by-CoinMarketCap

This adds skills for market reports, crypto research, and API integration.

What you can do

Once connected, ask Cursor things like:

"What's the current price of Bitcoin?"
"Give me a market report"
"Research Solana — fundamentals, holders, technicals"
"Compare BTC, ETH, and SOL performance"
"What are the trending crypto narratives right now?"
"Write a function to fetch the top 100 coins by market cap using the CMC API"

MCP Claude Code