Does Coinbase have an MCP server?

Yes Official

Coinbase maintains an official MCP server.

The hosted endpoint only searches the CDP docs; to call the API you run `cdp mcp` from @coinbase/cdp-cli locally.

Verified 2026-09-29 against vendor docs

Access: Remote server
Endpoint: https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp
Package: @coinbase/cdp-cli
Repository: coinbase/payments-mcp
Maintainer: Coinbase
License: NOASSERTION
Language: TypeScript
Stars: 58
Last commit: 11mo ago
Category: Finance & Fintech

What it does

An npx installer for the Payments MCP application.

— how coinbase/payments-mcp describes itself

The receipts

Vendor-hosted https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp

A remote server run by Coinbase itself — nothing to install. Documented at docs.cdp.coinbase.com.

Official package @coinbase/cdp-cli

Published on npm. The package page carries the exact launch arguments and required credentials.

Official repository coinbase/payments-mcp

An npx installer for the Payments MCP application.

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Connect it

Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.

Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http coinbase https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp

Add --scope user to make it available in every project.

Open Settings → Connectors
Click Add custom connector
Paste https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp
Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu

Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project:

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coinbase": {
      "url": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

A green dot in Settings → MCP means it connected.

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "coinbase": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Then pick the server from the tools menu in Copilot's agent mode.

Enable Developer mode under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
Choose Create and paste https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp
Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat

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Questions

Does Coinbase have an official MCP server?

Yes. Coinbase maintains an official MCP server, hosted at https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp, distributed as @coinbase/cdp-cli on npm. The source lives at coinbase/payments-mcp on GitHub.

How do I connect Coinbase to Claude?

Add https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors in Claude Desktop or claude.ai, or run "claude mcp add --transport http coinbase https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp" in Claude Code.

Do I need to install anything to use the Coinbase MCP server?

No. It is a remote server hosted by Coinbase, so your MCP client connects to it over HTTP. You authenticate with the vendor rather than installing a package.

How is this verdict verified?

Coinbase Developer Platform docs describe `cdp mcp` in the official @coinbase/cdp-cli (npm, published by @coinbase.com maintainers), which exposes every CDP API operation as an MCP tool, and a hosted docs MCP at docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp; the coinbase org also publishes coinbase/payments-mcp (@coinbase/payments-mcp). GitHub metadata is refreshed every six hours.

How we know

github data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours
vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29

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