IDE Setup

CoinMarketCap MCP for Windsurf

Use the CoinMarketCap MCP server in Windsurf to give Cascade access to live crypto prices, market data, technical analysis, and more.

Setup

Get your API key

Sign up or log in at pro.coinmarketcap.com to get your API key.
Open MCP configuration

Navigate to Windsurf Settings > MCP Servers or open the MCP configuration file directly.

Add the CoinMarketCap MCP server

Add the following to your MCP configuration:


Code
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cmc-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.coinmarketcap.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-CMC-MCP-API-KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace your-api-key with your actual CoinMarketCap API key.

Verify the connection

Open Cascade and ask: "What tools do you have available?"

You should see CoinMarketCap tools listed, such as search_cryptos, get_crypto_quotes_latest, and get_global_metrics_latest.

Install Skills (optional)

Install CoinMarketCap skills for structured market analysis and token research workflows:

Code
npx skills add https://github.com/coinmarketcap-official/skills-for-ai-agents-by-CoinMarketCap

This adds skills for market reports, crypto research, and API integration.

What you can do

Once connected, ask Cascade things like:

"What's the current price of Bitcoin?"
"Generate a daily crypto market report"
"Do due diligence on Arbitrum"
"What are today's biggest gainers?"
"Build me a price alert script using the CMC API"
"Compare trading volume across top exchanges"

Claude Code CoinMarketCap AI Agent Skills