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Andrew Glaz
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I Built an MCP Server That Gives AI Agents Access to Hyperliquid Funding Rate Arb and 22 Other Tools

I've been building AI agent tools and noticed a gap: there's no easy way for AI agents to access structured crypto trading data via MCP (Model Context Protocol). So I built one.

What is BotIndex?

BotIndex is an MCP server that exposes 22 tools across crypto, sports, and agentic commerce — designed for AI agents to consume directly.

The most popular endpoints so far are the Hyperliquid tools:

Hyperliquid Tools

Tool Description Price
botindex_hl_funding_arb Cross-exchange funding rate arbitrage (HL vs Binance/Bybit) $0.05
botindex_hl_liquidation_heatmap Liquidation cluster heatmap by price level $0.05
botindex_hl_correlation_matrix Perpetual correlation matrix $0.05
botindex_hl_coin_analytics Deep analytics per coin $0.05

Other Tools

  • Sports: Live odds, line movements, prop bets, DFS optimizer, arb scanner
  • Crypto: Token universe, graduation signals
  • Solana: Metaplex Genesis launches
  • Zora: Trending coins, creator scores, attention momentum
  • Commerce: Agentic commerce protocol comparison (ACP, UCP, x402)

Quick Start

npx botindex-mcp-server
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That's it. No API key needed for the free tier (5 requests/hour).

Claude Desktop Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "botindex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "botindex-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}
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Architecture

  • Transport: Stdio (default) + Streamable HTTP (--http flag for Smithery)
  • Backend: Express on Fly.io with file-based API key storage
  • Payments: Stripe for API keys, x402 for per-request crypto payments
  • Trust Layer: Every response signed with Ed25519 (Agent Action Receipt spec)

What Makes This Different

  1. Agent-first: No human UI. Every endpoint returns structured JSON optimized for LLM consumption.
  2. Cryptographic receipts: Every API response includes an Ed25519-signed receipt proving the data came from BotIndex. Published as an open RFC.
  3. Dual payment rails: Traditional API keys via Stripe AND x402 crypto micropayments. Pay however your agent prefers.
  4. Free discovery: The catalog endpoint is always free — agents can explore before committing.

Links

Would love feedback from anyone building with MCP or agent tooling. What data sources would be most useful for your agents?

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Hamza KONTE

Nice MCP server — the tool descriptions and parameter docs are where the prompt engineering lives for these. Clear, constrained tool descriptions mean agents call the right tool with the right args on the first try. The quality of those descriptions matters as much as the underlying implementation. flompt helps with structuring those prompt-level descriptions too. flompt.dev / github.com/Nyrok/flompt