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How to Get On-Chain RSI, EMA, and Bollinger Bands in Your AI Agent

#ai #blockchain #chainlink #solidity

If you're building an AI agent that touches DeFi — a trading bot, a vault rebalancer, a risk monitor — you've probably hit this wall: you can get price data on-chain, but not the indicators traders actually use.

RSI, EMA, Bollinger Bands, VWAP, volatility — these all require historical price series and rolling calculations. Smart contracts can't do that natively, and most oracles only deliver spot prices.

Pythia solves this. It's an open-source Chainlink oracle that calculates technical indicators off-chain and delivers the results on-chain. hundreds of indicator feeds across a growing list of tokens, updated continuously.

Here's how to use it in your AI agent or smart contract.

Option 1: MCP Server (for AI Agents)

If you're building with Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-compatible AI agent, the fastest path is the MCP server:

pip install pythia-oracle-mcp
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Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pythia-oracle": {
      "command": "pythia-oracle-mcp"
    }
  }
}
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Claude Code 

claude mcp add pythia-oracle -- pythia-oracle-mcp
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Cursor / Windsurf / VS Code

Add to your MCP settings:

{
  "pythia-oracle": {
    "command": "pythia-oracle-mcp"
  }
}
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Once connected, your AI agent can query Pythia directly:

  • "What's the current RSI for Bitcoin?"
  • "Show me all indicator feeds for Solana"
  • "Is the oracle healthy? Check uptime."
  • "Give me a Solidity contract to consume the speed bundle"

The MCP server exposes 7 tools: list_tokens, get_token_feeds, get_market_summary, check_oracle_health, get_contracts, get_pricing, and get_integration_guide.

Option 2: LangChain (for Python Agents)

If you're building with LangChain or LangGraph:

pip install langchain-pythia
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from langchain_pythia import PythiaOracleTool

# Create the tool
pythia = PythiaOracleTool()

# Use in any LangChain agent
from langchain.agents import AgentExecutor, create_tool_calling_agent
agent = create_tool_calling_agent(llm, [pythia], prompt)
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The tool handles natural language queries about tokens, feeds, health, contracts, and integration code — same capabilities as the MCP server.

Option 3: Direct Smart Contract Integration

For on-chain consumption, your contract calls Pythia through Chainlink's oracle pattern. Here's the minimal Solidity:

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.19;

import "@chainlink/contracts/src/v0.8/ChainlinkClient.sol";contract MyDeFiAgent is ChainlinkClient {
    using Chainlink for Chainlink.Request;

    uint256 public btcRsi;

    // Pythia operator on Polygon
    address constant OPERATOR = 0x2b12c1eC4e1109D1D8f78CfA1b454a4903E8f68;

    function requestBtcRsi() external {
        Chainlink.Request memory req = _buildChainlinkRequest(
            "DISCOVERY_JOB_ID", // 0.01 LINK per request
            address(this),
            this.fulfill.selector
        );
        req._add("feed", "bitcoin_RSI_1H_14");
        _sendChainlinkRequestTo(OPERATOR, req, 0.01 ether);
    }

    function fulfill(bytes32 requestId, uint256 value) 
        public recordChainlinkFulfillment(requestId) 
    {
        btcRsi = value; // RSI scaled to 1e18
    }
}
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Pricing Tiers

Tier Cost What You Get
Discovery 0.01 LINK Single indicator per request
Analysis 0.03 LINK Category bundle (all EMAs, all RSIs, etc.)
Speed 0.05 LINK All indicators for one timeframe
Complete 0.10 LINK Everything for a token

There's also a free faucet contract — 5 requests/day, no LINK needed. Perfect for testing.

What Indicators Are Available?

Pythia calculates 5 indicator types across 4 timeframes for each token:

  • EMA (Exponential Moving Average) — trend direction
  • RSI (Relative Strength Index) — overbought/oversold
  • Bollinger Bands (upper + lower) — volatility channels
  • Volatility — realized price volatility
  • USD Price — spot price baseline

Timeframes: 5-minute, 1-hour, 1-day, 1-week

Currently covering 20+ tokens including BTC, SOL, TAO, RENDER, ONDO, FET, SUI, INJ, TIA, POL, AAVE, UNI, LINK, COMP, CRV, and more — with new tokens added regularly

These aren't just price feeds — they're the same calculated metrics that quantitative traders and DeFi protocols need for automated decision-making.

Why This Matters for AI Agents

Most AI agents that interact with DeFi are flying blind. They can see prices, but they can't see momentum, volatility regimes, or mean-reversion signals without building their own indicator pipeline.

With Pythia, your agent gets pre-calculated, on-chain-verified indicators with a single call. Use cases:

  • Vault rebalancing — trigger rebalance when RSI crosses 70 or Bollinger width expands
  • Risk monitoring — alert when volatility spikes above threshold
  • Trading signals — combine EMA crossovers with RSI for entry/exit logic
  • Portfolio analysis — real-time calculated metrics across all supported tokens

Get Started

Pythia is MIT licensed and open source. If you're building AI agents for DeFi, this is the missing data layer.

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