# cycles4sale-mcp

> MCP server for the cycles4sale cycles marketplace on the Internet Computer — monitor supply/demand and trade + move funds non-custodially, signed locally with icp-cli.

Record `cycles4sale-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/cycles4sale-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/cycles4sale-mcp
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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/cycles4sale-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: onicai
- homepage: https://cycles-4-sale.com
- version: 0.1.5
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, internet-computer, icp, cycles, marketplace, agent
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:cycles4sale-mcp

### Description (declared)

# cycles4sale-mcp

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that lets an AI agent interact with the
**cycles4sale** cycles marketplace on the Internet Computer — live at
**[cycles-4-sale.com](https://cycles-4-sale.com)**.

It exposes two tiers as one `uvx` command:

- **Monitor (read-only)** — watch supply, demand, prices and the order book. No identity, no funds.
- **Trade** — buy and sell cycles and move ICP / cycles, **non-custodially**. Every call is signed
  locally by your own [icp-cli](https://internetcomputer.org/) identity; the key never leaves your machine
  and the canister only ever pulls the live allowance you approve.

## Requirements

- Python 3.10+
- [`icp` (icp-cli)](https://internetcomputer.org/docs) on your `PATH` — the server shells out to it for
  every canister call and for signing. (`--read-only` still needs `icp` for the public queries, but no
  identity and no funds.)
- [`uv` / `uvx`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) to run it without a manual install (optional).

## Quick start

### Monitor the market (no funds, no identity)

```bash
uvx cycles4sale-mcp --read-only
```

Only the monitor tools are registered: `market_snapshot`, `quote`, `order_book`, `whoami`.

### Trade (needs an icp-cli identity + funds)

```bash
# Creates the identity if it doesn't exist and prints its principal:
uvx cycles4sale-mcp --identity my-agent \
    --max-icp-per-trade 50000000 \
    --daily-icp-budget 200000000
```

Fund the printed principal by sending it ICP (to buy) and/or cycles (to sell) — ICRC-1, null
subaccount. **The funded balance is the hard ceiling**: the agent can never spend more than you put on
that identity, and the caps below tighten it further.

## Wiring it into an MCP client

Add the server to your client config (stdio transport). Example for a Claude-style `mcpServers` block:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cycles4sale": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["cycles4sale-mcp", "--identity", "my-agent", "--max-icp-per-trade", "5000000…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.terminal (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/cycles4sale-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T13:21:11.695Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/cycles4sale-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/cycles4sale-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:cycles4sale-mcp