# Does Coinbase have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** Coinbase maintains an official MCP server.

> The hosted endpoint only searches the CDP docs; to call the API you run `cdp mcp` from @coinbase/cdp-cli locally.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Remote server — Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
- Endpoint: `https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp`
- Package: [`@coinbase/cdp-cli`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@coinbase/cdp-cli) on npm
- Repository: [coinbase/payments-mcp](https://github.com/coinbase/payments-mcp) — ★ 58, last push 2025-10-22, NOASSERTION
- Maintainer: Coinbase
- Language: TypeScript
- Category: [Finance & Fintech](https://mcpyet.com/category/finance-fintech/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-09-29
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-09-29 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> An npx installer for the Payments MCP application.
> — how [coinbase/payments-mcp](https://github.com/coinbase/payments-mcp) describes itself

## The receipts

- **Vendor-hosted (remote):** `https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp` — a remote server run by Coinbase itself, nothing to install. Documented at <https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/get-started/build-with-ai/docs-for-ai/cdp-docs-mcp>.
- **Official package:** [`@coinbase/cdp-cli`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@coinbase/cdp-cli) on npm. The package page carries the exact launch arguments and required credentials.
- **Official repository:** [coinbase/payments-mcp](https://github.com/coinbase/payments-mcp) — ★ 58, pushed 2025-10-22, NOASSERTION (stale)

## How to connect it

Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http coinbase https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp
```

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Settings → Connectors**
2. Click **Add custom connector**
3. Paste `https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp`
4. Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coinbase": {
      "url": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "coinbase": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

1. Enable **Developer mode** under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
2. Choose **Create** and paste `https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp`
3. Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat

## How we know

Coinbase Developer Platform docs describe `cdp mcp` in the official @coinbase/cdp-cli (npm, published by @coinbase.com maintainers), which exposes every CDP API operation as an MCP tool, and a hosted docs MCP at docs.cdp.coinbase.com/mcp; the coinbase org also publishes coinbase/payments-mcp (@coinbase/payments-mcp).

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/coinbase/ — data refreshed 2026-09-29