Kalshi MCP Server

A self-hosted Model Context Protocol server for Kalshi prediction markets that enables agents to interact with trading data and execute trades. It features native RSA-PSS authentication, token-bucket rate limiting, and safety controls including a two-step prepare/confirm order flow. The server provides 26 tools and 4 resources, supporting both read-only demo modes and production trading with explicit opt-in flags.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by cejor6

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Popularity 3 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

Querying tradeable markets and finding liquid markets
Placing orders on prediction market contracts
Monitoring live market data via WebSocket
Retrieving orderbook data for specific tickers

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.8MIT

mcp-registry: io.github.cejor6/kalshi-mcp-server@0.1.8 Source repository

Last repository push: Nov 1, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC
Latest release: v0.1.12
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC

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kalshi-mcp-server 0.1.8

pypi

kalshi-mcp-server package definition

{
  "version": "0.1.8",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "kalshi-mcp-server",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "KALSHI_API_KEY_ID",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Kalshi API key ID from https://kalshi.com/account/profile"
    },
    {
      "name": "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Filesystem path to the RSA private key PEM. Set this or KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM."
    },
    {
      "name": "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Inline PEM contents, for hosted deploys without filesystem access."
    },
    {
      "name": "KALSHI_ENV",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "demo or prod. Defaults to demo for safety."
    },
    {
      "name": "KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Must be 1 for the server to start with KALSHI_ENV=prod. Defaults to 0."
    },
    {
      "name": "KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Must be 1 for order-placement tools to operate. Read-only by default (0)."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kalshi-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kalshi-mcp-server==0.1.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KALSHI_API_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_KALSHI_API_KEY_ID>",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<YOUR_KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH>",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM": "<YOUR_KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM>",
        "KALSHI_ENV": "<YOUR_KALSHI_ENV>",
        "KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD": "<YOUR_KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD>",
        "KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED": "<YOUR_KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kalshi-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kalshi-mcp-server==0.1.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KALSHI_API_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_KALSHI_API_KEY_ID>",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<YOUR_KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH>",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM": "<YOUR_KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM>",
        "KALSHI_ENV": "<YOUR_KALSHI_ENV>",
        "KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD": "<YOUR_KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD>",
        "KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED": "<YOUR_KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "kalshi-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kalshi-mcp-server==0.1.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KALSHI_API_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_KALSHI_API_KEY_ID>",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<YOUR_KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH>",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM": "<YOUR_KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM>",
        "KALSHI_ENV": "<YOUR_KALSHI_ENV>",
        "KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD": "<YOUR_KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD>",
        "KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED": "<YOUR_KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kalshi-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kalshi-mcp-server==0.1.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KALSHI_API_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_KALSHI_API_KEY_ID>",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<YOUR_KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH>",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM": "<YOUR_KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PEM>",
        "KALSHI_ENV": "<YOUR_KALSHI_ENV>",
        "KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD": "<YOUR_KALSHI_ALLOW_PROD>",
        "KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED": "<YOUR_KALSHI_TRADING_ENABLED>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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