Bankless Content MCP

Plug Bankless articles, podcast transcripts, airdrops, and profiles into any MCP-aware AI client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, ChatGPT desktop apps, custom agents).

A single Bearer token gives your AI read-only access to years of Bankless content, gated to active premium subscribers. JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP, nine tools, zero SDK required.

• Read more: https://www.bankless.com/docs/mcp
• Endpoint: POST https://www.bankless.com/mcp
• Generate a key: https://www.bankless.com/account#generateApiKey
• Become a Premium member: https://www.bankless.com/join

The Bankless Content MCP is only available to Premium members.

Table of contents

1. Quick start
2. Authentication
3. Premium gating
4. Endpoint and envelope
5. Tools
6. Errors
7. Rate limits
8. Logging and privacy
9. Versioning
10. Support

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Quick start

1. Get a key

Sign in to https://www.bankless.com/account and click Generate under “MCP API Key”. You must be on an active premium plan. We show the token once. Store it somewhere safe; if you lose it, regenerate (which immediately revokes the old one).

A token looks like:

bls_mcp_AKx7...sLk

2. Wire it into your client

You can often just ask your client to install an MCP, paste them this doc, and they’ll do it for you. If that’s not possible, there’s written docs below:

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop’s claude_desktop_config.json validator only accepts stdio server configs, so we wrap our HTTP endpoint with mcp-remote (community stdio bridge, needs Node 18+). Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS (or the Windows / Linux equivalent). Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bankless": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://www.bankless.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Bearer bls_mcp_YOUR_TOKEN"
      ]
    }
  }
}

If the file already has other top-level keys (preferences, etc.), add mcpServers alongside them, separated by a comma. The file fails to parse silently if a comma is missing.

First launch downloads mcp-remote; subsequent launches are instant.

Newer Claude Desktop beta that also accepts url? Some recent builds accept this simpler form:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bankless": {
      "url": "https://www.bankless.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer bls_mcp_YOUR_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

If Claude Desktop pops a “not a valid MCP server configuration” warning after restart, your build does not accept this shape; fall back to the mcp-remote config above.