# ParlayAPI (remote · parlay-api.com)

Sports odds, player props and source coverage for AI assistants. Connect with your own API key.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- remote · `parlay-api.com`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jacobiusmakes-parlayapi/parlay-api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jacobiusmakes-parlayapi/parlay-api)
- pypi · `parlayapi-mcp`: 67/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jacobiusmakes-parlayapi/parlayapi-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jacobiusmakes-parlayapi/parlayapi-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.3.7`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 51/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 22 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 406, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 3576 tokens (~155/item across 23 items; 22 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 50/100
  - Stability observed for 15 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 22 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 23 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the ParlayAPI MCP server?

ParlayAPI is a hosted endpoint at https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http jacobiusmakes-parlayapi 'https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jacobiusmakes-parlayapi": {
      "url": "https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "jacobiusmakes-parlayapi": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.jacobiusmakes-parlayapi]
url = "https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "jacobiusmakes-parlayapi": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add jacobiusmakes-parlayapi --url 'https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  jacobiusmakes-parlayapi:
    url: "https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "jacobiusmakes-parlayapi": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add jacobiusmakes-parlayapi -t streamable-http -u 'https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jacobiusmakes-parlayapi": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-20 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-14 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-10 (score 63, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 62, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-06 (score 61, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

## MCP tools (22)

### `parlayapi_signup` (~221 tokens)

Create a free-tier ParlayAPI account for the given email.

    Returns the API key, a magic-login URL the user can click to access
    their dashboard, and a Stripe upgrade URL. Idempotent: if the email
    already has an account, returns exists=true with the login URL only
    (the existing API key is intentionally NOT exposed for security).

    Use this when a user wants to start building with ParlayAPI and
    does not have a key yet. After signup, ask the user to add the
    returned api_key to their MCP server config under PARLAYAPI_KEY,
    then restart the MCP client to pick it up.

    Args:
        email: User's email address.
        intended_use: Optional one-line description of what they're
            building. Used for analytics.
        agent_id: Identifier for the agent making the call. Defaults
            to "mcp-client".

Input parameters:

- `agent_id` (string)
- `email` (string, required)
- `intended_use` (string)

### `parlayapi_checkout_link` (~68 tokens)

Generate a Stripe Checkout URL the user can click to upgrade.

    Tiers: starter ($5), pro ($20), business ($40), enterprise ($100),
    scale ($200). All are monthly subscriptions.

Input parameters:

- `email` (string, required)
- `tier` (string)

### `parlayapi_magic_link` (~59 tokens)

Email a magic-login link for an existing ParlayAPI account.

    Always returns ok=true regardless of whether the email exists, to
    prevent account enumeration. The user receives the link by email.

Input parameters:

- `email` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_get_pricing` (~48 tokens)

Return the current public pricing table.

    No API key required. Use this when an agent needs to explain which
    tier unlocks a workflow before sending a checkout link.

### `parlayapi_live_sports` (~52 tokens)

List currently active live sports on the retail /live surface.

    No API key required. Returns sport keys plus live event and book
    counts so agents can discover what is active right now.

Output parameters:

- `result` (array)

### `parlayapi_live_search` (~74 tokens)

Search live teams, players, and sport keys.

    No API key required. Useful when the user asks for a team, player,
    or league by natural-language name and the agent needs the exact
    sport_key to call next.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `q` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_live_command_center` (~85 tokens)

Return the public best-line command center payload.

    No API key required. Shows current games, participating books, and
    best available real prices on the /live dashboard preview. This is
    a discovery and demo surface, not a substitute for the paid odds
    endpoints.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `sport_key` (string)

### `parlayapi_source_quality` (~62 tokens)

Return public per-source freshness and quality metadata.

    No API key required. Use this to prove that rows are flowing from
    each source before choosing books for a customer workflow.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `minutes` (integer)

### `parlayapi_book_coverage` (~72 tokens)

Return public per-book coverage gates.

    No API key required. This is the proof surface for whether each
    source survives freshness, normalization, database, REST-shape, and
    stream-shape checks.

Input parameters:

- `include_warn` (boolean)
- `window_minutes` (integer)

### `parlayapi_list_sports` (~73 tokens)

List available sport keys. Use these in subsequent calls.

    Examples: baseball_mlb, basketball_nba, americanfootball_nfl,
    icehockey_nhl, soccer_epl, mma_ufc, esports_lol, table_tennis_*.

Input parameters:

- `active_only` (boolean)

Output parameters:

- `result` (array)

### `parlayapi_get_odds` (~170 tokens)

Get game-level odds for a sport from all configured bookmakers.

    Args:
        sport_key: e.g. "baseball_mlb", "soccer_epl"
        markets: Comma-separated. h2h, spreads, totals.
        regions: us, us2, uk, eu, fr, au, ca, mx, latam, br, asia. Comma-separated for multiple.
        bookmakers: Comma-separated bookmaker keys (optional).
            Examples: pinnacle, draftkings, fanduel, bovada, caesars.
        odds_format: decimal | american

Input parameters:

- `bookmakers` (string)
- `markets` (string)
- `odds_format` (string)
- `regions` (string)
- `sport_key` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_get_props` (~169 tokens)

Get player prop odds for a sport.

    Args:
        sport_key: e.g. "baseball_mlb", "basketball_nba"
        markets: Comma-separated prop market keys (optional).
            Examples: player_points, player_rebounds, player_strikeouts,
            player_passing_yards, player_total_bases.
        bookmakers: Comma-separated. Examples: prizepicks, underdog,
            sleeper, draftkings, fanduel.
        player: Filter to props mentioning this player name.
        include_futures: Include season-long futures (default False).

Input parameters:

- `bookmakers` (string)
- `include_futures` (boolean)
- `markets` (string)
- `player` (string)
- `sport_key` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_best_line` (~112 tokens)

Find the best (highest) price for each outcome across bookmakers.

    Useful for line-shopping bots. Returns one row per game / market /
    side with the bookmaker offering the best price.

    Args:
        sport_key: e.g. "baseball_mlb"
        market: h2h | spreads | totals
        bookmakers: Restrict the search to these books (optional).

Input parameters:

- `bookmakers` (string)
- `market` (string)
- `sport_key` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_verdict` (~645 tokens)

Should I bet this? One-call verdict for a specific bet.

    Returns the no-vig fair price for the exact bet, the best available price
    and which book has it, how the user's price (if given) grades as EV, a
    line-shopping nudge, and a plain-English call: BET / LEAN / FAIR / PASS
    (or NO_DATA). Use this when a user asks whether a specific bet is worth
    making, or whether they're getting a good number, instead of stitching
    /ev + /consensus + /best-line yourself.

    The best-price / shop recommendation is scoped to books the user can bet
    at (default US, so a US bettor is never told to use a euro book). Set it
    once with parlayapi_set_bettable_books and it is remembered per key, or
    pass region / books here per call.

    Args:
        sport: sport_key, e.g. "baseball_mlb".
        side: the team you'd bet (h2h / spreads), or "over" / "under" (totals / props).
        market: h2h | spreads | totals | a player-prop key (player_hits, player_points, ...).
        home, away: the two teams, to identify the game. Or pass `team` with one name.
        team: one team name to find the game (alternative to home + away).
        player: player name (required for player-prop markets).
        line: the number for spreads, totals, or props.
        book: the book you'd bet at (grades that book's current price).
        price: the price you're offered (American like -110, or decimal like 1.91).
            Overrides `book`, use it to grade a specific number in hand.
        region: where you can bet: us (default) | eu | uk | au | ca.
        books: exact CSV of books you can bet at (overrides region; use for
            state-level geo-blocks, e.g. "draftkings,fanduel,novig").
        bankroll: the user's bankroll; when the bet is +EV, returns a suggested
            Kelly stake amount ("bet it, ~$X").
        kelly: Kelly fraction (default 0.5 = half-Kelly, the bankroll-safe standard).

    The response also carries an `edge_alert` when a book shows a p…

Input parameters:

- `away` (string)
- `bankroll`
- `book` (string)
- `books` (string)
- `home` (string)
- `kelly` (number)
- `line`
- `market` (string)
- `player` (string)
- `price` (string)
- `region` (string)
- `side` (string, required)
- `sport` (string, required)
- `team` (string)

### `parlayapi_set_bettable_books` (~145 tokens)

Remember which books the user can bet at, so parlayapi_verdict scopes its
    best-price and shop recommendations to them automatically (no need to pass
    region/books every call).

    Call this once when a user tells you where they bet ("I'm in the US on
    DraftKings and FanDuel"). Pass region OR an exact books list.

    Args:
        region: us | eu | uk | au | ca.
        books: exact CSV of book keys, e.g. "draftkings,fanduel,novig". Overrides region.

Input parameters:

- `books` (string)
- `region` (string)

### `parlayapi_parlay_verdict` (~398 tokens)

Grade a multi-leg parlay: should you bet it, and at which book?

    Give 2 to 12 legs (each shaped like a parlayapi_verdict bet) and get the
    combined no-vig fair price, the single best BOOK to place the whole slip at
    (a real parlay is one slip, not best-of-each), the parlay's EV, the weakest
    leg, same-game correlation warnings, and (with stake) the payout. Best-price
    is scoped to books the user can bet at (set once via
    parlayapi_set_bettable_books, or pass region/books here).

    Args:
        legs: list of leg objects, e.g.
            [{"sport": "baseball_mlb", "home": "Detroit Tigers",
              "away": "Kansas City Royals", "market": "h2h", "side": "Detroit Tigers"},
             {"sport": "baseball_mlb", "team": "Detroit Tigers",
              "market": "totals", "side": "over", "line": 8.5}]
            Each leg: sport, market (h2h/spreads/totals or a player-prop key),
            side (team, or over/under), home+away or team, player (for props), line.
        region: us (default) | eu | uk | au | ca.
        books: exact CSV of books you can bet at (overrides region).
        stake: optional stake amount, to compute the payout if it hits.
        book: optional, also report the parlay price at this specific book.

Input parameters:

- `bankroll`
- `book` (string)
- `books` (string)
- `kelly` (number)
- `legs` (array, required)
- `region` (string)
- `stake`

### `parlayapi_best_bets` (~253 tokens)

What should I bet right now? Ranked +EV plays for a sport.

    The discovery counterpart to parlayapi_verdict: scans the whole board,
    grades every candidate with the same no-vig engine, keeps only bets that
    are +EV at a book the user can bet at, and ranks them by edge. Also returns
    edge_alerts (books showing a price far off the market). Player props only,
    priced by several books, prediction markets and game moneylines excluded
    (for a game line, use parlayapi_verdict). Scoped to the user's books.

    Args:
        sport_key: e.g. "baseball_mlb".
        region: us (default) | eu | uk | au | ca.
        books: exact CSV of books you can bet at (overrides region).
        limit: max plays to return (default 20).
        min_edge: minimum edge %% vs the no-vig fair line (default 2.0).

Input parameters:

- `books` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `min_edge` (number)
- `region` (string)
- `sport_key` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_account_info` (~32 tokens)

Get info about the API key currently in use: tier, credits
    remaining, billing period.

### `parlayapi_find_arbitrage` (~228 tokens)

Find guaranteed-profit arbitrage opportunities across bookmakers.

    Scans every event and returns bets where the combined implied
    probability across the books is under 100%, so betting each side locks
    in profit regardless of outcome. Soccer and other 3-way (home/draw/away)
    markets are fully supported, including arbs anchored on the draw.

    Args:
        sport_key: e.g. "baseball_mlb", "soccer_epl".
        min_profit: Minimum profit % to include (e.g. 1.5 for 1.5%). Default 0.
        exclude_exchanges: Drop arbs anchored on an exchange (novig/prophetx),
            whose asks can be no-volume. Default False.
        markets: Comma-separated market_keys to limit the scan (optional),
            e.g. "h2h,spreads,totals".

Input parameters:

- `exclude_exchanges` (boolean)
- `markets` (string)
- `min_profit` (number)
- `sport_key` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_find_ev` (~206 tokens)

Find positive-EV bets vs a sharp book's no-vig fair line.

    Compares every soft book's price against the no-vig fair probability
    derived from a sharp book (default Pinnacle); rows where a soft book
    offers better odds than the sharp fair price are +EV. Three-way soccer
    markets use a dedicated no-vig pass over home/draw/away, so +EV on the
    draw surfaces too.

    Args:
        sport_key: e.g. "baseball_mlb", "soccer_epl".
        sharp_book: Sharp baseline book. Default "pinnacle".
        min_edge: Minimum edge % to include (e.g. 3 for 3%). Default 2.
        markets: Comma-separated market_keys (optional).

Input parameters:

- `markets` (string)
- `min_edge` (number)
- `sharp_book` (string)
- `sport_key` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_consensus` (~129 tokens)

Get consensus (average) odds across all bookmakers per market.

    Returns average, best, and worst price per (event, market, player,
    line), a sharp baseline for line-shopping. Soccer and other 3-way
    markets return separate home, draw, and away consensus rows.

    Args:
        sport_key: e.g. "baseball_mlb", "soccer_epl".
        markets: Comma-separated market_keys (optional), e.g. "moneyline,totals".

Input parameters:

- `markets` (string)
- `sport_key` (string, required)

### `parlayapi_find_middles` (~255 tokens)

Find cross-book middle opportunities.

    A middle takes the Over at a low line on one book and the Under at a
    higher line on another, so a window of whole numbers cashes BOTH bets
    (e.g. Over 7.5 at one book, Under 9.5 at another means 8 or 9 wins both).
    Scans game totals, spreads, AND player-total props (points, rebounds,
    strikeouts, ...). Each result carries the window, the numbers that hit,
    and per-$100 economics: profit_if_hit and net_if_above/below_window.

    Args:
        sport_key: e.g. "baseball_mlb", "basketball_nba".
        min_gap: Minimum window width in points/runs/goals. Default 1.0.
        markets: Comma-separated market_keys to limit the scan (optional),
            e.g. "totals" or "player_points".
        include_props: Include player-total props alongside game lines. Default True.

Input parameters:

- `include_props` (boolean)
- `markets` (string)
- `min_gap` (number)
- `sport_key` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jacobiusmakes-parlayapi/parlay-api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 68
- 2026-09-19: 67
- 2026-09-18: 67
- 2026-09-17: 66
- 2026-09-16: 66
- 2026-09-15: 65
- 2026-09-14: 65
- 2026-09-13: 64
- 2026-09-12: 64
- 2026-09-11: 63
- 2026-09-10: 63
- 2026-09-09: 62
- 2026-09-08: 62
- 2026-09-07: 62
- 2026-09-06: 61
- 2026-09-05: 61

## Common questions

### What is the ParlayAPI MCP server?

ParlayAPI is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.JacobiusMakes/parlayapi. Sports odds, player props and source coverage for AI assistants. Connect with your own API key. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http).

### Is the ParlayAPI MCP server safe to use?

ParlayAPI scores 68 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the ParlayAPI MCP server expose?

ParlayAPI exposes 22 tools: parlayapi_signup, parlayapi_checkout_link, parlayapi_magic_link, parlayapi_get_pricing, parlayapi_live_sports, and 17 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 3,556 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ParlayAPI MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to ParlayAPI without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the ParlayAPI MCP server still maintained?

ParlayAPI is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://parlay-api.com/mcp/http
- Repository: https://github.com/JacobiusMakes/parlay-api-mcp
- Website: https://parlay-api.com/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jacobiusmakes-parlayapi/parlay-api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jacobiusmakes-parlayapi/parlay-api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jacobiusmakes-parlayapi/parlay-api