# Coinbase Exchange (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange)

Coinbase Exchange public MCP.

- Trust score: 80/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 79/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange/coinbase-exchange-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange/coinbase-exchange-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange`: 80/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange/pipeworx-mcp-coinbase-exchange.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange/pipeworx-mcp-coinbase-exchange)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-coinbase-exchange).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 4 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 65/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 482 tokens (~48/item across 10 items; 10 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 10 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 11 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Coinbase Exchange MCP server?

Coinbase Exchange runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange. 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 pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 80, +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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 78, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-31 (score 62, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.07
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 76, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 76)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `products` (~34 tokens)

Coinbase Exchange — list all available trading pairs (products) with base/quote currency, min order size, status, and trading rules.

### `product` (~18 tokens)

Single product.

Input parameters:

- `product_id` (string, required)

### `product_book` (~68 tokens)

Coinbase Exchange (US-regulated crypto venue) live order book — bids + asks for a crypto pair like "BTC-USD". Levels 1-3 control depth. Use for spread analysis, liquidity assessment, market making.

Input parameters:

- `level` (number)
- `product_id` (string, required)

### `product_ticker` (~53 tokens)

Coinbase Exchange (US-regulated crypto venue) — best bid/ask, last trade price, and volume for a crypto pair. Use for current pricing on a Coinbase-listed pair.

Input parameters:

- `product_id` (string, required)

### `product_trades` (~78 tokens)

Coinbase Exchange — recent trade tape for a crypto pair (e.g. 'BTC-USD'): trade ID, price, size, side, and timestamp. Supports limit and before/after cursor pagination.

Input parameters:

- `after` (string)
- `before` (string)
- `limit` (number)
- `product_id` (string, required)

### `product_candles` (~88 tokens)

Coinbase Exchange OHLC candles for a crypto pair. Granularity 1m, 5m, 15m, 1h, 6h, 1d. Use for charting and backtesting on Coinbase-listed pairs.

Input parameters:

- `end` (string)
- `granularity` (number)
- `product_id` (string, required)
- `start` (string)

### `product_stats` (~48 tokens)

Coinbase Exchange 24-hour rolling stats for a crypto pair: open, high, low, last, volume, 30-day volume. Use for daily summary.

Input parameters:

- `product_id` (string, required)

### `currencies` (~10 tokens)

List currencies.

### `currency` (~18 tokens)

Single currency.

Input parameters:

- `currency_id` (string, required)

### `time` (~10 tokens)

Server time.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange/pipeworx-mcp-coinbase-exchange#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 80
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 78
- 2026-11-01: 78
- 2026-10-31: 62
- 2026-10-30: 76
- 2026-10-29: 76

## Common questions

### What is the Coinbase Exchange MCP server?

Coinbase Exchange is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/coinbase-exchange. Coinbase Exchange public MCP. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange).

### Is the Coinbase Exchange MCP server safe to use?

Coinbase Exchange scores 80 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 Coinbase Exchange MCP server expose?

Coinbase Exchange exposes 10 tools: products, product, product_book, product_ticker, product_trades, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 425 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Coinbase Exchange MCP server still maintained?

Coinbase Exchange is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Coinbase Exchange MCP server under?

Coinbase Exchange declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-coinbase-exchange
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-coinbase-exchange
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/coinbase-exchange
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange/pipeworx-mcp-coinbase-exchange.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange/pipeworx-mcp-coinbase-exchange.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-coinbase-exchange/pipeworx-mcp-coinbase-exchange