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MCP Servers

Every Mangrove product exposes a Model Context Protocol server over Streamable HTTP. MCP gives any compatible agent (Claude, OpenClaw, custom MCP client) typed access to tools, with payment, auth, and discovery built in.
ServerURLToolsHighlights
MangroveMarketsapi.mangrovemarkets.com/mcp56DEX aggregation, marketplace, wallet, CEX
MangroveTraderapi.mangrovetraders.com/mcp9Social trading leaderboard, x402-gated
MangroveKnowledgeBasekb.mangrovedeveloper.ai/mcp12Signal/indicator metadata + computation

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How to connect

Most MCP clients accept a Streamable HTTP URL. From a TypeScript client: 
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js";
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js";

const client = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" });
await client.connect(
  new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(new URL("https://api.mangrovemarkets.com/mcp"))
);

const tools = await client.listTools();
const result = await client.callTool({ name: "dex_get_quote", arguments: { /* ... */ } });
From Claude Code, add the server in .mcp.json at your project root or via claude mcp add.

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REST bridge

Each MCP server also exposes a REST bridge at /api/v1/tools/{tool_name} so non-MCP clients can call the same tools as plain HTTP. Same auth model, same x402 gating.

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Auth

  • Public tools — no auth, no payment.
  • Auth-gated tools — Bearer API key in the Authorization header.
  • x402-gated tools — pay-per-call in USDC on Base. The server returns 402 Payment Required with price/network details, you sign and resend with a payment header. SDKs and Claude Code plugins handle this automatically; with raw HTTP you need to implement the round-trip yourself or use the x402 Python SDK.
API keys can be used to bypass x402 for tools you have a paid tier for.

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When to use MCP vs. SDK

Use MCP when:
  • You’re building an LLM agent or any system that benefits from tool discovery (listTools()).
  • You want a uniform interface across all Mangrove products.
  • You want x402 payment to be transparent to the calling code.
Use an SDK when:
  • You’re writing application code in Python or TypeScript.
  • You want IDE autocomplete and typed responses.
  • You want batched, paginated, or streaming patterns specific to that product.