generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
status: published
source: https://github.com/hummingbot/mcp
description: Hummingbot maintains an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets MCP clients
  (Claude, Gemini CLI, Claude Code) drive Hummingbot for automated crypto trading across exchanges. It
  is a stdio server that talks to a running Hummingbot API server; distributed from source (uv) and as
  a Docker image (hummingbot/hummingbot-mcp:latest). Tool list captured from the project README; first
  release 0.1.0 (October 2025).
server:
  name: hummingbot-mcp
  transport: stdio
  source: https://github.com/hummingbot/mcp
  docker_image: hummingbot/hummingbot-mcp:latest
  requires:
  - A running Hummingbot API server (default http://localhost:8000)
  - Python 3.11+ (for the uv/source install path)
  - Valid Hummingbot API credentials
tools:
- name: configure_server
  description: View or update the MCP server's Hummingbot API connection settings.
- name: manage_accounts
  description: Create and manage trading accounts and their exchange credentials.
- name: setup_connectors
  description: List and configure exchange/DEX connectors.
- name: get_portfolio_balances
  description: Retrieve portfolio balances across connected accounts.
- name: place_order
  description: Place buy/sell orders on a connected exchange.
- name: manage_orders
  description: List, monitor, and cancel active orders.
- name: manage_positions
  description: View and manage open derivatives positions.
- name: get_market_data
  description: Fetch prices, candles, and order book data.
- name: get_funding_rates
  description: Retrieve perpetual funding-rate information.
- name: deploy_bot
  description: Deploy and control Hummingbot trading bots.
- name: configure_controller
  description: Create or update controller configurations that drive bot strategies.
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint: http://localhost:8000
  verified: probed
  probe: dead
  note: the endpoint this manifest claimed did not answer; recorded as none rather than deleted so the
    claim stays auditable
  checked: '2026-08-12'
  source: catalog MCP census