Official CoinMarketCap Skills for AI Agents

A collection of skills that enable AI agents to access CoinMarketCap data for cryptocurrency market information, prices, technical analysis, news, and trends.

Skills

MCP Skills (Real-time Data via MCP)

x402 Skills (Pay-per-Request via USDC)

API Skills (Direct API Integration)

Installation

For MCP Skills

1. Copy the skill folder to your agent’s skills directory:

cp -r skills/cmc-mcp /path/to/your/skills/directory/

2. Set up the CoinMarketCap MCP in your MCP configuration:

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

3. Get your API key from https://pro.coinmarketcap.com/login

For x402 Skills

1. Copy the skill folder to your agent’s skills directory:

cp -r skills/cmc-x402 /path/to/your/skills/directory/

2. Install the x402 TypeScript SDK:

npm install @x402/axios @x402/evm viem

3. Fund a wallet with USDC on Base (Chain ID: 8453)

4. Set your wallet private key as an environment variable (keep secure)

See cmc-x402/SKILL.md for complete integration examples.

For API Skills

1. Copy the skill folder to your agent’s skills directory:

cp -r skills/cmc-api-crypto /path/to/your/skills/directory/

2. Get your API key from https://pro.coinmarketcap.com/login

3. The skills will guide your agent to call APIs using:

   • Base URL: https://pro-api.coinmarketcap.com
   • Auth header: X-CMC_PRO_API_KEY: your-api-key

Validation

Test MCP Skills

Simple (cmc-mcp):

• “What is the current price of Bitcoin?”
• “How is ETH doing?”

Market Report (market-report):

• “Give me a market report”
• “What’s happening in crypto today?”

Token Research (crypto-research):

• “Research Solana for me”
• “Due diligence on LINK”

Test API Skills

Crypto API (cmc-api-crypto):

• “How do I get the top 100 cryptocurrencies using the CMC API?”
• “Call the CMC API to get Bitcoin’s price”

DEX API (cmc-api-dex):

• “How do I look up a token on Uniswap using CMC API?”
• “Get DEX token security info”

Exchange API (cmc-api-exchange):

• “List all exchanges using CMC API”
• “Get Binance trading pairs”

Market API (cmc-api-market):

• “How do I get the fear and greed index via API?”
• “Call CMC API for global market metrics”

Test x402 Skills

x402 (cmc-x402):

• “How do I use x402 to get Bitcoin’s price?”
• “Set up pay-per-request for CMC data”
• “Make an x402 request to CMC”

License

MIT