# ark-market-data-mcp

> MCP server for streaming crypto market data via WebSocket

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/ark-market-data-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/arkhamides/mcp-market-data#readme
- repository: https://github.com/arkhamides/mcp-market-data#readme
- version: 0.2.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, market-data, websocket, streaming
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:ark-market-data-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Ark Market Data MCP

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that streams real-time market data to Claude via WebSocket connection.

## Features

- **Real-time Market Data Streaming** - Connects to a WebSocket server and buffers incoming market data
- **OHLCV History** - Aggregates live stream into 1m/5m candles persisted to a local SQLite database
- **Historical Seeding** - One-command backfill from Binance (default 6 months, fully configurable)
- **MCP Integration** - Works seamlessly with Claude via the Model Context Protocol
- **Configurable WebSocket URL** - Supports environment variable configuration for flexible deployment
- **In-memory Buffering** - Efficiently buffers up to 500 messages with configurable size
- **Auto-reconnect** - Automatically reconnects on connection failures with exponential backoff

## Installation

### Via PyPI

```bash
pip install ark-market-data-mcp
```

### From Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/arkhamides/mcp-market-data.git
cd ark-market-data-mcp
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e .
```

## Quick Start

### 1. Set up your WebSocket endpoint

```bash
export WS_URI=ws://your-websocket-url.com
```

### 2. Add to Claude

```bash
claude mcp add ark-market-data ark-market-data-mcp
```

### 3. Use with Claude

```bash
claude chat
```

Ask Claude to use the market data tools, e.g., "What's the latest market data?"

## Seeding Historical Data

Before running backtests, seed the local database with historical candles from Binance.

```bash
# Install the historical extra
pip install ark-market-data-mcp[historical]
# or just: pip install ccxt

# Default: BTC/USDT, 1m candles, last 6 months
python scripts/seed_historical.py

# Custom symbol / resolution
python scripts/seed_historical.py --symbol ETH/USDT --resolution 5m

# Custom date range
python scripts/seed_historical.py --start 2024-01-01 --end 2024-07-01

# Custom look-back window
python scripts/seed_historical.p…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- finance.markets (1, derived)
- data.database (0.802, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (0.779, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/ark-market-data-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T09:23:38.716Z)

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