Bybit MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides read-only access to Bybit’s cryptocurrency exchange API.

THIS IS ALPHA QUALITY SOFTWARE - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Only ever use a read-only API key with this server. I wouldn’t trust my code with your “money” and neither should you!

Started integrated server
Chatting with llama-3.2-11b-instruct:Q8_0 (Ctrl+C to exit)
Tools are available - ask about cryptocurrency data!

You: Whats the current spot price for USDT/BTC?

Assistant: <tool>get_ticker</tool>
<arguments>
{
  "category": "spot",
  "symbol": "BTCUSDT"
}
</arguments>

Tool result: {
  "timestamp": "2024-12-14T12:32:30.628Z",
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "ad5177bc-93d1-49ed-80a1-dd95b3ec970b"
  },
  "symbol": "BTCUSDT",
  "category": "spot",
  "lastPrice": "101368.71",
  "price24hPcnt": "0.0107",
  "highPrice24h": "102661.3",
  "lowPrice24h": "99683.96",
  "prevPrice24h": "100292.67",
  "volume24h": "22543.911683",
  "turnover24h": "2285318788.68303381",
  "bid1Price": "101366.07",
  "bid1Size": "0.136049",
  "ask1Price": "101366.08",
  "ask1Size": "0.648039",
  "usdIndexPrice": "101365.707576"
}

Processing result...

The current spot price for USDT/BTC is $101,368.71.

Features

This MCP server provides the following tools for interacting with Bybit’s API:

• get_ticker: Get real-time ticker information for a trading pair
• get_orderbook: Get orderbook (market depth) data for a trading pair
• get_kline: Get kline/candlestick data for a trading pair
• get_market_info: Get detailed market information for trading pairs
• get_trades: Get recent trades for a trading pair
• get_instrument_info: Get detailed instrument information for a specific trading pair
• get_wallet_balance: Get wallet balance information for the authenticated user
• get_positions: Get current positions information for the authenticated user
• get_order_history: Get order history for the authenticated user

Requirements & Installation

1. Node.js (v20+)
2. pnpm (npm i -g pnpm)
3. If you want to run the Ollama client as shown in the quick start below, you’ll need Ollama installed and running, as well as your model of choice.

pnpm i

Quick Start

To install packages build everything and start the interactive client:

pnpm i

Copy the .env.example file to .env and fill in your details.

cp .env.example .env
code .env

MCP-Server (Only)

pnpm serve

MCP-Server and Ollama client

Install required client packages:

(cd client && pnpm i)

Copy the client .env.example file to .env and fill in your details.

cp client/.env.example client/.env
code client/.env

Then to start the client and server in one command:

pnpm start

Configuration

Environment Variables

The server requires Bybit API credentials to be set as environment variables:

• BYBIT_API_KEY: Your Bybit API key (required)
• BYBIT_API_SECRET: Your Bybit API secret (required) - IMPORTANT - Only ever create a read-only API key!
• BYBIT_USE_TESTNET: Set to “true” to use testnet instead of mainnet (optional, defaults to false)
• DEBUG: Set to “true” to enable debug logging (optional, defaults to false)

Client environment variables (./client/.env):

• OLLAMA_HOST: The host of the Ollama server (defaults to http://localhost:11434)
• DEFAULT_MODEL: The default model to use for chat (defaults to llama-3.2-11b-instruct:Q8_0)

MCP Settings Configuration

To use this server with MCP clients, you need to add it to your MCP settings configuration file. The file location depends on your client:

MCP Example - Claude Desktop

Location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bybit": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/bybit-mcp/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "BYBIT_API_KEY": "your-api-key",
        "BYBIT_API_SECRET": "your-api-secret",
        "BYBIT_USE_TESTNET": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

MCP Example - gomcp

Location: ~/.config/gomcp/config.yaml

mcp_servers:
  - name: "bybit"
    command: "cd /path/to/bybit-mcp && pnpm run serve"
    arguments: []
    env:
      BYBIT_API_KEY: ""      # Add your Bybit API **READ ONLY** key here
      BYBIT_API_SECRET: ""   # Add your Bybit API **READ ONLY** secret here
      BYBIT_USE_TESTNET: "true"  # Set to false for production
      DEBUG: "false"         # Optional: Set to true for debug logging

Client Integration

This package includes a TypeScript client that provides a command-line interface for interacting with both Ollama LLMs and the bybit-mcp server. The client supports:

• Interactive chat with Ollama models
• Direct access to all bybit-mcp trading tools
• Automatic server management
• Environment-based configuration
• Debug logging

For detailed client documentation, see the client README.

Running the Server

Production

1. Build the server:

pnpm build

2. Run the server:

node build/index.js

Development

For development with automatic TypeScript recompilation:

pnpm watch

To inspect the MCP server during development:

pnpm inspector

Tool Documentation

Get Ticker Information

{
  "name": "get_ticker",
  "arguments": {
    "symbol": "BTCUSDT",
    "category": "spot" // optional, defaults to "spot"
  }
}

Get Orderbook Data

{
  "name": "get_orderbook",
  "arguments": {
    "symbol": "BTCUSDT",
    "category": "spot", // optional, defaults to "spot"
    "limit": 25 // optional, defaults to 25 (available: 1, 25, 50, 100, 200)
  }
}

Get Kline/Candlestick Data

{
  "name": "get_kline",
  "arguments": {
    "symbol": "BTCUSDT",
    "category": "spot", // optional, defaults to "spot"
    "interval": "1", // optional, defaults to "1" (available: "1", "3", "5", "15", "30", "60", "120", "240", "360", "720", "D", "M", "W")
    "limit": 200 // optional, defaults to 200 (max 1000)
  }
}

Get Market Information

{
  "name": "get_market_info",
  "arguments": {
    "category": "spot", // optional, defaults to "spot"
    "symbol": "BTCUSDT", // optional, if not provided returns info for all symbols in the category
    "limit": 200 // optional, defaults to 200 (max 1000)
  }
}

Get Recent Trades

{
  "name": "get_trades",
  "arguments": {
    "symbol": "BTCUSDT",
    "category": "spot", // optional, defaults to "spot"
    "limit": 200 // optional, defaults to 200 (max 1000)
  }
}

Get Instrument Information

{
  "name": "get_instrument_info",
  "arguments": {
    "symbol": "BTCUSDT", // required
    "category": "spot" // optional, defaults to "spot"
  }
}

Returns detailed information about a trading instrument including:

• Base and quote currencies
• Trading status
• Lot size filters (min/max order quantities)
• Price filters (tick size)
• Leverage settings (for futures)
• Contract details (for futures)

Get Wallet Balance

{
  "name": "get_wallet_balance",
  "arguments": {
    "accountType": "UNIFIED", // required (available: "UNIFIED", "CONTRACT", "SPOT")
    "coin": "BTC" // optional, if not provided returns all coins
  }
}

Get Positions

{
  "name": "get_positions",
  "arguments": {
    "category": "linear", // required (available: "linear", "inverse")
    "symbol": "BTCUSDT", // optional
    "baseCoin": "BTC", // optional
    "settleCoin": "USDT", // optional
    "limit": 200 // optional, defaults to 200
  }
}

Get Order History

{
  "name": "get_order_history",
  "arguments": {
    "category": "spot", // required (available: "spot", "linear", "inverse")
    "symbol": "BTCUSDT", // optional
    "baseCoin": "BTC", // optional
    "orderId": "1234567890", // optional
    "orderLinkId": "myCustomId", // optional
    "orderStatus": "Filled", // optional (available: "Created", "New", "Rejected", "PartiallyFilled", "PartiallyFilledCanceled", "Filled", "Cancelled", "Untriggered", "Triggered", "Deactivated")
    "orderFilter": "Order", // optional (available: "Order", "StopOrder")
    "limit": 200 // optional, defaults to 200
  }
}

Supported Categories

• spot: Spot trading
• linear: Linear perpetual contracts
• inverse: Inverse perpetual contracts

License

MIT