blockrunai/blockrun-mcp
БесплатноНе проверенAccess 30+ AI models (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek) without API keys. Pay-per-use via x402 micropayments with USDC on Base.
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Access 30+ AI models (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek) without API keys. Pay-per-use via x402 micropayments with USDC on Base.
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BlockRun MCP
Real-time data — and real trades — for Claude and any AI agent.
Agents can't sign up for accounts. Agents can't enter credit cards.
Agents can only sign transactions.
BlockRun MCP gives your agent 19 tools — markets, research, web search, images, video, on-chain data, and live Polymarket trading — paid per call.
Two ways to pay, same tools: a self-custody wallet (USDC on Solana or Base, no account needed) — or a BlockRun API key for teams that can't run wallets. Sign up at user.blockrun.ai →
Read the odds and place the bet, from one self-custody wallet.
npm version npm downloads GitHub stars Publish TypeScript Node License: MIT
claude mcp add blockrun -s user -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest
BLOCKRUN_API_KEY and skip the wallet entirely. Ask Claude anything.BlockRun MCP is an open-source Model Context Protocol server that gives Claude — and any MCP-compatible agent — 19 tools for real-time data and real actions: 78 LLMs, image & video generation, prediction-market data, live web/X search, on-chain queries across 40 chains, and the ability to place real, USDC-settled bets on Polymarket.
You pay per call, and you choose how. Wallet mode authenticates with a signature and settles each call in USDC via the x402 protocol — no account, no credit card, no subscription, on Solana or Base. Account mode authenticates with a BlockRun API key (brk_live_…) from user.blockrun.ai and bills prepaid credit at exact usage — for teams that can't hand a wallet to an agent. Same 20 tools either way. MIT licensed.
🏆 First of its kind — the signal → trade loop in Claude Code
Read live Polymarket odds and place the bet, from one self-custody wallet, pay-per-call. Jump to Polymarket trading →
Why BlockRun MCP exists
Every other data integration was built for human developers — create an account, copy an API key into .env, add a credit card, repeat for every vendor.
Agents can't do any of that. BlockRun MCP is built for the agent-first world:
- One wallet, every source — 19 tools behind a single self-custody wallet. No per-vendor signups.
- No API key required — your wallet signature is authentication. (One is available at user.blockrun.ai for teams who need an invoice instead of a keypair.)
- No credit cards — pay per request in USDC via x402, fractions of a cent each.
- Starts free — the free tier (
blockrun_chat mode:"free",blockrun_dex, cryptoblockrun_price,blockrun_models) costs $0. - Reads and acts — most tools deliver data;
blockrun_polymarketplaces real, confirm-gated trades. - Human-in-the-loop payments — turn on
BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_SPEND=onand the agent pauses before any paid call above your threshold; nothing is signed until you approve. Details ↓ - Generative UI — on Claude Desktop, claude.ai, VS Code and Cursor the Polymarket preview is a live order card with a Place button, and the wallet is a panel with balances, QR and card top-up. MCP Apps ↓
- Self-custody — your key never leaves your machine (
~/.blockrun/.session,0600— or the OS keychain once you opt intoBLOCKRUN_KEYCHAIN=strict). BlockRun can't move your funds.
How it compares
| Raw provider APIs | Typical single-vendor MCP | BlockRun MCP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Account + API key per vendor | Account/key for 1 vendor | Wallet auto-created — or one key for everything |
| Payment | Credit card, monthly minimums | Credit card / vendor plan | USDC per-call via x402, or prepaid credit |
| Data sources | One per integration | One vendor | 19 tools — LLMs, media, markets, chain |
| Place real bets | Build it yourself | Rare | Yes — Polymarket CLOB, confirm-gated |
| Pay-chain | — | — | Solana + Base (or no chain at all) |
| Agent budgets | Manual | — | Built-in per-agent delegation |
| Spend approval | — | — | Ask-before-pay dialog (MCP elicitation) |
| Generative UI | — | Rare | Order card + wallet panel (MCP Apps) |
| Open source | Varies | Varies | Yes (MIT) |
✓ One wallet · ✓ Pay-per-call · ✓ Reads and trades · ✓ Multi-chain · ✓ Agent-ready · ✓ Open source
What changes
Before BlockRun, Claude can't answer:
- "What's the current Polymarket probability that Bitcoin hits $100k this year?"
- "Find me the top 5 papers on RAG published in the last 30 days."
- "What are people saying about @sama on X right now?"
- "What's the 24h volume on the PEPE/ETH pair on Uniswap?"
- "Polymarket has the Fed holding at 73% — put $2 on it." ← and now it can place the trade, not just read the odds.
After BlockRun, it can. Each query costs fractions of a cent — billed from a local USDC wallet, or from prepaid credit on a BlockRun account. No subscriptions, no per-vendor signups.
Quick Start
0. Choose how you pay
| Wallet (default) | API key | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Nothing — a wallet is created on first run | Sign in at user.blockrun.ai, mint a key |
| Funding | Send USDC (Solana or Base) | Card / wire → prepaid credit |
| Billing | Per call, settled on-chain, + $0.001 network fee | Post-paid at exact usage, no per-call fee, no minimum |
| Identity | A keypair on your machine | An account with members and an invoice |
| Best for | Agents, solo devs, anything self-custody | Teams, companies, anyone who can't run a wallet |
| Trade on Polymarket | ✅ | ❌ — needs a keypair to sign |
Both modes reach the same 19 tools. You can switch at any time; setting BLOCKRUN_API_KEY takes priority over a wallet, and unsetting it hands the wallet back.
1. Install
Claude Code (recommended)
claude mcp add blockrun -s user -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest
-s user installs globally (available in every project). The -- separator ensures -y is passed to npx, not parsed by claude mcp add.
💡 Homebrew / nvm users: if the server doesn't connect, Claude Code likely can't find
node/npxon its launcher PATH. Pass your shell PATH through — works on CLI and desktop:claude mcp add blockrun -s user -e PATH="$PATH" -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latestSee Troubleshooting if it persists.
Every MCP client — one command or one JSON block. Verified = we ran the published package on that client and saw the tools listed (client version · date). Documented = install path from the client's own docs; not run by us yet — tell us if it works. The Spend dialog column is whether the client renders the human-in-the-loop payment prompt; on ❌ clients paid calls proceed without asking and BLOCKRUN_BUDGET_LIMIT is the guard.
| Client | Status | Spend dialog | Install |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | ✅ Verified · 2.1.251 · 2026-08-30 | ✅ | claude mcp add blockrun -s user -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest |
| Codex CLI | ✅ Verified · 0.142.5 · 2026-08-30 | ❌ | codex mcp add blockrun -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest |
| OpenClaw | ✅ Verified · 2026.8.2 · 2026-09-02 | ⚠️ surface-dependent; see below | openclaw mcp set blockrun '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","@blockrun/mcp@latest"]}' |
| Claude Desktop | 📝 Documented | ⚠️ renders; OK reports cancel → proceeds | claude_desktop_config.json — JSON below |
| Cursor | 📝 Documented | ✅ | ~/.cursor/mcp.json — JSON below |
| VS Code (Copilot) | 📝 Documented | ✅ | code --add-mcp '{"name":"blockrun","command":"npx","args":["-y","@blockrun/mcp@latest"]}' |
| Gemini CLI | 📝 Documented | ❌ | gemini mcp add -s user blockrun npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest |
| Grok | 📝 Documented · see the timeout note | ❌ | grok mcp add blockrun -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest — raise startup_timeout_sec first, below |
| Windsurf | 📝 Documented | ❌ | ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json — JSON below |
Any other MCP client that can spawn a stdio server works the same way: command: npx, args: ["-y", "@blockrun/mcp@latest"]. With nvm/Homebrew Node on a JSON-configured client, put the absolute path from which npx in command. Spend-dialog sources and what "proceeds without asking" means: docs/spend-confirmation.md.
Grok — raise the startup timeout before you install, or the first run looks broken.
Grok waits startup_timeout_sec for an MCP server to answer, and it defaults to 30
(xAI's MCP docs). A first npx -y run has
to download this package and its dependency tree before the server can say anything, and
that is a race: measured cold, with an empty npm cache, it took 17s on a fast connection
and 42-46s on a slower shared box. Lose the race and grok mcp doctor blockrun says
server timed out (no response within 30s) and the UI shows blockrun [unavailable] — an
install that is working, timing out, and indistinguishable from broken.
Give it room in ~/.grok/config.toml (or .grok/config.toml for one project):
[mcp_servers.blockrun]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@blockrun/mcp@latest"]
enabled = true
startup_timeout_sec = 120
Or skip the cold download entirely, which is faster every run after the first:
npm install -g @blockrun/mcp@latest
grok mcp add blockrun -- blockrun-mcp
Only the FIRST run pays this: npx caches by exact spec, so the next start is warm (~9s
here). The same trap exists on any client with a startup timeout — if a fresh install
shows as unavailable and npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest runs fine in a terminal, raise the
client's timeout or install globally before looking for anything else. Thanks to
@0xCheetah1 for the report.
OpenClaw: the published npx package was verified end-to-end on 2026.8.2: all 20 tools were projected (19 since the Surf delisting), free calls worked, and paid x402 calls settled. Add a hard session cap while installing:
openclaw mcp set blockrun '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","@blockrun/mcp@latest"],"env":{"BLOCKRUN_BUDGET_LIMIT":"2"}}'
openclaw mcp doctor blockrun --probe
Spend confirmation depends on the OpenClaw runtime and chat surface. Its Codex harness supports MCP form elicitation, but an unmappable prompt is returned as an explicit decline; in the WebChat → Codex route tested here, BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_SPEND=on declined paid calls without presenting an actionable dialog. Keep confirmation off on that route and rely on BLOCKRUN_BUDGET_LIMIT plus OpenClaw's own tool-approval mode.
JSON for Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"blockrun": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@blockrun/mcp@latest"] }
}
}
| Client | File |
|---|---|
| Claude Desktop | claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config) |
| Cursor | ~/.cursor/mcp.json · Windows %APPDATA%\Cursor\mcp.json |
| Windsurf | ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json · Linux ~/.config/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json · Windows %APPDATA%\Codeium\windsurf\mcp_config.json |
Add "env": { "BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_SPEND": "on" } inside the server object to turn on the spend dialog where the client supports it.
2. Choose a tool profile (optional)
Expose a trimmed tool set so the client loads fewer schemas into context. Pass --profile <name> (or set BLOCKRUN_MCP_PROFILE); omit for the full set.
| Profile | Tools |
|---|---|
full (default) |
everything (19 tools) |
media |
wallet models image video realface music speech |
trading |
wallet price dex markets defi rpc polymarket_read polymarket |
research |
wallet models chat search exa |
chat |
wallet models chat |
blockrun_surf was removed in 0.49.0: the gateway has answered every Surf (asksurf.ai) path with 410 since 2026-09-06, so the tool could only ever return an error, and its schema cost every agent context on every turn. Those questions go to blockrun_price, blockrun_defi, blockrun_markets and blockrun_dex; the surf skill maps each former endpoint to its replacement.
claude mcp add blockrun-trading -s user -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest --profile trading
# Codex CLI
codex mcp add blockrun-trading -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest --profile trading
An unknown profile name falls back to full. modal and phone are full-profile only.
What each profile costs your context
Installing an MCP server spends context on every turn, whether or not you call the tools — the client loads each tool's schema into the model's prompt and re-sends it for the whole session. Package managers have shown install size for decades. Almost no MCP server shows this. Ours:
| Profile | Tools | Context |
|---|---|---|
full (default) |
19 | 12,657 |
trading |
8 | 5,160 |
media |
7 | 5,603 |
research |
5 | 2,635 |
chat |
3 | 1,976 |
Running --profile trading instead of the default costs 59% less context for the same trading
workflow. If you only ever ask about markets, that is the single cheapest change you can make.
Measure it yourself — against us, or against any other stdio MCP server:
npm i gpt-tokenizer
node scripts/measure-tool-schema.mjs # this server, every profile
node scripts/measure-tool-schema.mjs -- npx -y @some/other-mcp-server
How the number is computed, and why it is a slight under-count
It counts the model-visible projection — {name, description, input_schema} per tool, with the
mcp__blockrun__ prefix the host prepends — because that is what lands in the API tools array.
It excludes annotations, _meta and outputSchema, which the host consumes and never forwards
to the model (a further ~3.7% on the wire).
The tokenizer is o200k_base. Claude's tokenizer is not public and runs a few percent higher on
JSON, so every figure here is a slight under-count, never an over-count.
Two caveats worth stating plainly. Tool schemas sit at the front of the prompt and are covered by prompt caching, so after the first turn they re-send at cache-read rates — the context-window cost is 100% every turn, the dollar cost is roughly a tenth of that. And 54% of our own cost is tool descriptions, not schemas, which is where the remaining work is.
3. Add funds
Option A — API key (no wallet). Sign in at user.blockrun.ai with Google, then:
- Dashboard → Keys — mint a key. It looks like
brk_live_…and is shown once. - Dashboard → Credits — top up by card or wire.
- Point the server at it:
claude mcp add blockrun -s user -e BLOCKRUN_API_KEY=brk_live_… -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest
Or export BLOCKRUN_API_KEY=brk_live_… in the environment the client launches from.
If your client makes environment variables awkward, write the key to
~/.blockrun/.api-key instead (chmod 600) — same file directory the
wallet uses. The environment variable wins when both are present.
4. Dashboard → Activity — every call, priced at exact usage.
Verify with blockrun_wallet action:"status" — it reports the account, its real
balance, and what this session has spent:
Paying with: BlockRun account API key (no wallet, no chain)
Account: acme (ungated)
Spent to date: $4.5239 (invoiced account — no prepaid ceiling)
Top up: https://user.blockrun.ai/dashboard/credits
A prepaid account shows Credit remaining: $12.50 of $50.00 granted instead. If
the account is blocked, status says so and why before you spend a call finding out.
Option B — wallet (no account). Run blockrun_wallet to see your addresses. New installs default to Solana; send USDC (SPL) on Solana from Coinbase (pick "Solana"), Phantom, Solflare, or Backpack. To pay on Base instead: blockrun_wallet action:"chain" chain:"base", then send USDC on Base. Full instructions: Fund your wallet.
$5 covers ~525 market queries · ~500 Exa searches · ~250 image generations · ~14 Seedance 1.5-pro clips.
4. Ask Claude anything
"What's Polymarket saying about the next Fed decision? If 'hold' is above 70%, put $2 on it."
Claude reads the odds with blockrun_markets and — with your confirmation — places the trade with blockrun_polymarket. One wallet. Gasless. Confirm-gated.
5. Install the agent skills (optional)
The package ships 16 skills — which tool answers what, worked examples, and a setup / debug / upgrade trio so the agent can install, troubleshoot and update the server on its own.
/plugin marketplace add BlockRunAI/blockrun-mcp # Claude Code
npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest skills install # any project → ./.claude/skills
npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest skills install --global # ~/.claude/skills
npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest skills install --to ~/.codex/skills
skills list shows what ships; --only a,b picks; --force refreshes copies after an upgrade.
Demo
User: What's Polymarket saying about the Fed rate decision next month?
Claude: According to Polymarket, the market puts a 73% probability on the Fed holding rates steady, 24% on a 25bp cut, 3% on a hike. 24h volume: $2.1M. The "Hold" contract last traded at $0.73.
(via
blockrun_markets· cost: $0.0085 on Base — $0.0075 + the $0.001 network fee)
User: Polymarket has Hawley at ~13% to announce a 2026 presidential run — put $1 on Yes.
Claude: Done — bought 7.63 shares of Yes at $0.131 ($1.00, market FOK). Real on-chain order, settled in pUSD from your gasless Polymarket deposit wallet; I'm tracking the position now.
(signal via
blockrun_markets, trade viablockrun_polymarket— one self-custody wallet, gasless · on-chain tx0x7ca8…)
Tools
| Tool | Data source | Cost |
|---|---|---|
blockrun_chat |
78 LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi K3, GLM, NVIDIA free tier, …) with mode tier routing |
per token |
blockrun_image |
Generate: openai/gpt-image-2, gpt-image-1, google/nano-banana(-2/-pro), xai/grok-imagine-image(-pro), zai/cogview-4, bytedance/seedream-5-pro. Edit: img2img, inpaint, fusion. | $0.015–0.15 |
blockrun_video |
Sora 2 + xAI Grok Imagine Video + ByteDance Seedance 1.5/2.0-mini/2.0-fast/2.0/2.5 (720p + audio; 4K on 2.0, up to 30s on 2.5); RealFace asset → real-person video | $0.053–0.32/sec charged |
blockrun_realface |
Enroll a real person (phone liveness) or AI character (Virtual Portrait) as a ta_xxxx asset for Seedance 2.0 / 2.0-fast / 2.0-mini video (not 2.5) |
free; $0.01 to enroll |
blockrun_music |
MiniMax music generation | per track |
blockrun_speech |
ElevenLabs TTS (Flash/Turbo/Multilingual/v3, 8 voices) + ByteDance Seed Audio (prompt-directed) + cinematic sound effects; free voice listing | $0.05–0.10/1k chars |
blockrun_price |
Pyth-backed realtime + OHLC — crypto / FX / commodity, plus the ticker catalog for 12 equity markets (equity quotes withdrawn 2026-09-05) | free |
blockrun_markets |
Polymarket (markets, candles, trades, orderbooks, leaderboards, smart-wallet PnL/clusters, UMA oracle), Kalshi, Limitless, Opinion, Predict.Fun, dFlow, Binance Futures, cross-platform search | $0.0075 + fee/query |
blockrun_polymarket_read |
Read-only Polymarket positions/open orders plus executable live order previews, separated for MCP clients that enforce tool safety annotations | free |
blockrun_polymarket |
Trade on Polymarket (CLOB V2): place/cancel real bets, positions, redeem winnings — signed locally, settled in pUSD from a gasless deposit wallet. Confirm-gated, $25/order default cap. Details ↓ | free tool; bets are your funds |
blockrun_exa |
Neural web search (Exa) — research, competitors, papers, URL content | $0.01 + fee/query |
blockrun_search |
Grok Live Search — web + X/Twitter + news with citations | $0.025 × max_results |
blockrun_dex |
Live DEX prices via DexScreener | free |
blockrun_rpc |
Raw JSON-RPC on 40 chains (Ethereum, Base, Solana, Bitcoin, Sui, NEAR, …) via Tatum | $0.002 + fee/call |
blockrun_defi |
DefiLlama — protocol TVL, chain TVL, yield pools (APY), token prices | $0.001–0.005 + fee/call |
blockrun_modal |
Isolated code execution in a BlockRun-hosted Modal sandbox — disposable container, optional GPU (T4 → H100) | $0.01 create; $0.001/op |
blockrun_phone |
Outbound AI voice calls (Bland) + wallet-owned US/CA numbers (Twilio), carrier + fraud lookups | $0.54/call; $5/number |
blockrun_models |
Live catalogue of every LLM/image/video/music model + pricing | free |
blockrun_wallet |
Balance, spending, agent budgets, setup QR, chain switch | free |
Flat data prices are the base. In wallet mode the gateway adds its flat network fee on top — $0.001 per call on Base today, and the Solana gateway quotes the base alone; the account rail charges no fee. The exact figure is in the payment-required header of any unpaid request, which is free to ask for. The server reserves $0.002 for the fee against the budget cap, so blockrun_wallet action:"report" and the spend-confirmation dialog run $0.001 high per call by design.
Key use cases
- Prediction-market consensus → "Polymarket's odds for the next Fed decision?" —
blockrun_markets - Signal → trade (the full loop, self-custody) → "If 'hold' is under 30%, put $2 on Yes." —
blockrun_marketsreads,blockrun_polymarket action:"buy"places. Gasless, confirm-gated. - Smart-money forensics → "This Polymarket whale — who are they, which wallets are theirs, what's their P&L?" —
blockrun_marketspolymarket/wallet/identity/:wallet+.../cluster - Cited research → "5 most-cited papers on speculative decoding, last 90 days." —
blockrun_exa - Image generation with on-image text → "Poster announcing GPT-5.5, retro-futuristic, headline 'NOW LIVE'." —
blockrun_image - Give your agent a voice → "Speak this with the sarah voice." —
blockrun_speech - Voice phone-out → "Call +1-415-… and confirm Friday at 3pm." —
blockrun_phone - Multi-agent research, capped → "Spawn 3 agents on competing L1 narratives. Cap each at $0.50." —
blockrun_wallet delegate × 3 - Raw chain reads, 40 chains → "Latest Base block, and this contract's USDC balance." —
blockrun_rpc
📈 Polymarket trading
blockrun_polymarket lets an agent place real bets on Polymarket (CLOB V2, Polygon). It is non-custodial: every order and approval is EIP-712-signed locally by your BlockRun wallet key — the same self-custody key that pays x402 API fees on Base also authorizes bets on Polygon. Neither BlockRun nor Polymarket's relayer can move funds; they only forward payloads you signed.
Architecture — the official "deposit wallet" path (signature type POLY_1271): a smart-contract vault on Polygon, CREATE2-derived from your key (only your key can authorize it), holds betting funds in pUSD (Polymarket's 1:1 collateral wrapper). Deployment, approvals, and redemptions all run gasless through Polymarket's relayer — you never need POL.
📖 Full step-by-step guide: docs/polymarket-trading-setup.md
# 1. Provision your deposit wallet (idempotent, gasless)
blockrun_polymarket action:"setup"
# 2. Fund it from your Base USDC in one call (gasless; $0.01 fee, non-custodial)
blockrun_polymarket action:"fund" amount_usd:5 confirm:true
# 3. Sign the one-time gasless approval batch
blockrun_polymarket action:"setup" confirm:true
# 4. Find a market, preview safely, then place only after exact user approval
blockrun_polymarket_read action:"preview" side:"buy" token_id:"<id>" amount_usd:5 order_type:"FOK"
blockrun_polymarket action:"buy" token_id:"<id>" amount_usd:5 order_type:"FOK" confirm:true
# 5. Manage → positions · orders · cancel · sell · redeem · withdraw
Safety rails (server-side; an agent cannot bypass them): confirm:true required for every order/approval/redeem, POLYMARKET_MAX_BET_USD per-order cap (default $25), optional POLYMARKET_MAX_SESSION_USD session cap, and bets never draw from the x402 API budget.
Regions: Polymarket geoblocks order placement by IP (US/UK + many regions). Handled by default — the MCP routes CLOB traffic through BlockRun's hosted Finland egress (a fully unrestricted region under Polymarket's policy), so trading works out of the box; setup reports your status. Override POLYMARKET_CLOB_HOST to go direct or run your own egress, optionally reached via HTTPS_PROXY / POLYMARKET_CLOB_PROXY (a proxy alone doesn't change the Polymarket-facing egress). Complying with Polymarket's terms for your jurisdiction is your responsibility.
⚠️ Back up your signer key (
~/.blockrun/.sessionby default; aBLOCKRUN_WALLET_KEYenv var or an existing agentwallet.jsontakes precedence —setupprints the actual signer address). It is the only key to both the payment wallet and the Polymarket deposit wallet.
🛡️ Human-in-the-loop payments
Turn on BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_SPEND=on and every paid tool pauses before it signs. The server sends an MCP elicitation; your client renders it as a dialog with the estimated charge:
💸 BlockRun charge — video · bytedance/seedance-2.5 · 10s
Estimated: $2.6500
Approve this spend? (USDC is debited per call.)
To stop the charge, choose Decline — Cancel/ESC lets it proceed.
[ ] Approve all BlockRun charges for the rest of this session (don't ask again)
[ Decline ] [ Approve ]
Decline → nothing is sent, nothing is charged, the tool reports "Charge declined". Approve → the call proceeds. Tick the box and you're not asked again for the session. Free calls never prompt. Set BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_THRESHOLD=0.05 to only be asked above $0.05.
claude mcp add blockrun -s user -e BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_SPEND=on -e BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_THRESHOLD=0.05 -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest
| Client | Dialog | Client | Dialog | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | ✅ | Claude Desktop | ⚠️ renders; OK reports cancel → proceeds | |
| Cursor | ✅ | Windsurf | ❌ proceeds without asking | |
| VS Code Copilot | ✅ | Codex CLI · Gemini CLI | ❌ proceeds without asking |
On a client that can't ask, the gate fails open — the call proceeds and the cost footer reports the charge. The hard stop on every client is the budget: BLOCKRUN_BUDGET_LIMIT for the process, blockrun_wallet action:"delegate" per sub-agent. blockrun_polymarket keeps its own, stronger per-order confirm:true.
📖 When to use it, sources for the matrix, limitations: docs/spend-confirmation.md
🧩 MCP Apps — order card & wallet panel
On hosts that support the MCP Apps extension — Claude Desktop, claude.ai, VS Code, Cursor, ChatGPT — two tools render as interactive cards instead of text. Everywhere else (Claude Code, Codex, terminals) nothing changes.
- Order card on
blockrun_polymarket_read action:"preview"— question, outcome, side, best quote, est. shares, notional, cap meter, session ledger. Edit the amount → Re-quote. Place order is arm-then-confirm and asks the host to callblockrun_polymarket … confirm:true, so the host's consent prompt and every server cap (POLYMARKET_MAX_BET_USD, session cap) still apply. - Wallet panel on
blockrun_wallet— both chains' balances, switch chain, copy address, EIP-681 / Solana Pay QR, explorer, Buy USDC with card.
📖 Hosts, money path, local testing: docs/mcp-apps.md
Fund your wallet
Paying with an API key instead? There is no wallet to fund — top up credit at user.blockrun.ai/dashboard/credits and skip this section.
The server keeps two wallets — one on Solana, one on Base — and pays from one at a time. Run blockrun_wallet to see both addresses, balances, and which is active.
$5 covers ~525 market queries, ~500 Exa searches, ~250 image generations, or ~14 Seedance 1.5-pro clips (5s @ 720p+audio, ~$0.35 each).
Pay on Solana (default for new installs)
blockrun_wallet action:"setup" # shows the Solana address + funding QR
Send USDC (SPL) on the Solana network — from Coinbase (pick "Solana"), Phantom, Solflare, or Backpack.
Pay on Base
One tool call — no env vars, no file editing, no restart:
blockrun_wallet action:"chain" chain:"base" # provisions + activates the Base wallet
blockrun_wallet action:"setup" # shows the Base address + funding QR
| Method | Steps |
|---|---|
| Coinbase | Send → USDC → Base network → paste address |
| Bridge from Ethereum | bridge.base.org |
| Card | blockrun_wallet action:"deposit" — Coinbase Onramp, Base only |
Switch back with blockrun_wallet action:"chain" chain:"solana". Switching only changes which wallet pays; both keep their balances.
Upgrading from an older version? Nothing moves. The Solana-first default applies only to installs with no wallet and no saved chain preference — if you already have a Base wallet, you stay on Base until you switch.
What each mode reaches
Almost everything now settles on either chain. The exceptions:
| Capability | API key | Solana wallet | Base wallet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat, image, video, music, speech, RealFace | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Search, Exa, markets, RPC, DEX, phone | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
blockrun_defi (DefiLlama) |
✅ | ❌ not served on the Solana gateway | ✅ |
blockrun_modal (sandboxes) |
✅ | ❌ not configured on the Solana gateway | ✅ |
Native Anthropic claude-* passthrough |
✅ | ❌ the SDK signs EIP-3009 only | ✅ |
| Polymarket trading | ❌ needs a keypair | ✅ | ✅ |
blockrun_wallet balance / deposit / QR |
❌ no wallet | ✅ | ✅ |
blockrun_realface action:"list" |
❌ indexed by wallet address | ✅ | ✅ |
A blocked capability returns a message naming the fix, not a raw error.
What a call costs, and how sure we are
| Mode | Reported cost |
|---|---|
| API key — most tools | The amount actually settled, read from the account API's per-call response |
API key — blockrun_chat |
An estimate. Chat settles after the response by design, so no figure exists when the answer is sent |
API key — blockrun_image |
The amount actually settled (since 0.49.0); only when the account API returns no figure does it fall back to the catalog estimate, marked ~ |
| Wallet | The amount signed and settled on-chain, from the 402 quote |
Anything estimated is printed with a ~ and says so. Estimates run high on
the account rail — they add a transaction fee it does not charge — so a budget
cap trips early rather than late. The invoice is always
Dashboard → Activity.
For agents & LLMs
If you are an LLM invoking BlockRun MCP tools, read these first:
- CRITICAL: On any payment / balance / 402 error, call
blockrun_walletfirst to check status, thenaction:"setup"for funding. Don't retry the failing tool blindly — the wallet is empty. - CRITICAL:
blockrun_polymarketmoves REAL user funds (pUSD on Polygon), separate from the x402 API budget. Neverbuy/sell/redeemwithconfirm:trueunless the user explicitly approved that exact trade; withoutconfirmyou get a safe dry-run. Discover markets/token IDs withblockrun_marketsfirst. - CRITICAL:
blockrun_musicandblockrun_videoare payment-on-completion async. Failures / client timeouts do NOT charge. Don't retry-loop — they may take 60–180s. - CRITICAL: Before spawning child agents, allocate per-agent budget:
blockrun_wallet action:"delegate" agent_id:"X" agent_limit:1.00, then passagent_id:"X"to every downstream call. The child is auto-blocked at zero. - Free tier first for drafts:
blockrun_chat mode:"free"(NVIDIA),blockrun_dex,blockrun_price(crypto/FX/commodity), andblockrun_modelsare $0. - A declined spend confirmation is the user's decision. Report it and stop — never re-issue the call with a cheaper model, smaller parameters, or split requests to get under their threshold.
Showcase
Posters generated through blockrun_image with openai/gpt-image-2 — each a single API call routed through BlockRun, paid in USDC on Base.
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| Cornell Blockchain Conference 2026 | Cornell Blockchain Conference 2026 | 100 Trillion Tokens milestone |
Prompts and a worked example are in skills/image-prompting/SKILL.md.
Why not just use the APIs directly?
| Direct APIs | BlockRun | |
|---|---|---|
| Exa | Sign up, $20/mo minimum | $0.011/call on Base ($0.01 + fee), no subscription |
| Polymarket | Undocumented, rate-limited | $0.0085/call on Base ($0.0075 + fee), clean JSON — plus you can trade |
| DefiLlama | Free tier, rate-limited, no SLA | $0.006/call on Base ($0.005 + fee), same JSON, one wallet |
| Multiple sources | 3 accounts, 3 API keys, 3 billing pages | 1 wallet |
One wallet. All sources. No dashboards.
Configuration
Environment variables & files
| Variable / File | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
BLOCKRUN_API_KEY |
unset | A BlockRun account key (brk_live_…) from user.blockrun.ai/dashboard/keys. Set → account billing: no wallet is created, read or used, and no chain applies. Takes priority over every wallet setting below. A malformed value is a startup error, never a silent fall back to the wallet. |
~/.blockrun/.api-key |
not created | The same key on disk, for clients that make env vars awkward. Read only when BLOCKRUN_API_KEY is unset; an empty or unreadable file falls through to wallet mode. |
BLOCKRUN_API_BASE_URL |
https://api.blockrun.ai |
Account API base, for staging. Accepts the OpenAI-style …/v1 form too. |
~/.blockrun/.session |
auto-created on first run | EVM private key (0x…). File exists → use Base. Also the Polymarket signer (unless BLOCKRUN_WALLET_KEY or an agent wallet.json takes precedence). |
BLOCKRUN_WALLET_KEY |
unset | Env override of the EVM key — takes precedence over .session / wallet.json as the Base + Polymarket signer. |
~/.blockrun/.chain |
unset | Explicit chain preference: base or solana. Written only by blockrun_wallet action:"chain" — i.e. only when you choose. |
~/.blockrun/.chain-auto |
written on first run | Automatic pin: the chain you were already on when your second wallet was provisioned. Keeps a Base user on Base once a Solana session exists, and is outranked by SOLANA_WALLET_KEY. Cleared whenever you set a chain explicitly. |
~/.blockrun/.solana-session |
not created | Solana private key. File exists → Solana unless .chain says base. |
SOLANA_WALLET_KEY |
unset | Env override of .solana-session. Set → use Solana. |
BLOCKRUN_KEYCHAIN |
auto |
Key storage. auto — mirror the key into the OS keychain (macOS Keychain / Linux secret-tool) and keep the plaintext file, which stays authoritative so other BlockRun tools keep working and so replacing it still rotates your wallet. off — file only. strict — also delete ~/.blockrun/.session once a read-back proves the keychain holds the same key; this breaks other tools that read that file directly. |
BLOCKRUN_MCP_PROFILE |
full |
Tool profile (media / trading / research / chat). |
BLOCKRUN_BUDGET_LIMIT |
unset (unlimited) | Hard USD cap on spend for this server process (both rails). In-memory; resets on restart. Per-agent caps via blockrun_wallet action:"delegate". |
BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_SPEND |
off | on — ask before every paid call via MCP elicitation. Details. Fails open on clients without elicitation. |
BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_THRESHOLD |
0 |
Only ask for calls estimated above this many USD. Malformed values fall back to 0 (ask for everything), never to "off". |
POLYMARKET_CLOB_HOST |
BlockRun Finland relay | Geoblock egress for order placement — defaulted for you. Override to go direct (https://clob.polymarket.com) or your own egress. |
POLYMARKET_MAX_BET_USD |
25 |
Hard per-order notional cap. |
POLYMARKET_MAX_SESSION_USD |
unset | Optional cumulative per-process betting cap. |
POLYMARKET_SIG_TYPE |
3 |
3 = deposit wallet (POLY_1271, gasless); 0 = plain EOA mode. |
POLYMARKET_CLOB_PROXY |
unset | HTTPS proxy for Polymarket CLOB traffic only. |
POLYMARKET_BOUNDED_APPROVALS |
unset (unlimited) | Bound pUSD exchange allowances to this many dollars. |
BLOCKRUN_BUILDER_CODE |
unset | Optional Polymarket builder attribution code carried on orders. |
Chain selection priority (src/utils/wallet.ts), highest first: .chain preference → SOLANA_WALLET_KEY → .chain-auto pin → non-empty .solana-session → Solana key in the OS keychain → an existing Base wallet keeps Base → otherwise Solana (a fresh install with no wallet at all).
That second-to-last step is the upgrade guard: without it, flipping the default to Solana would move every existing Base-only user onto an empty wallet, and their next paid call would fail on a zero balance with nothing on screen explaining why. None of this applies in account mode — BLOCKRUN_API_KEY has no chain.
The server runs a non-blocking npm registry check at startup and prints an Update available notice to stderr when a newer @blockrun/mcp exists — re-run the install command to upgrade.
Troubleshooting
🤖 Hand this to the agent: the blockrun-debug skill carries every row below as symptom → cause → fix, plus the diagnostics it can run itself. blockrun-setup and blockrun-upgrade cover the other two halves. Install:
npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latest skills install.
Insufficient balance/ HTTP 402 after retry → Runblockrun_wallet action:"setup", send USDC on Base (or Solana).blockrundoesn't connect / "MCP server failed" /spawn npx ENOENT→ Almost always a PATH issue: Claude Code can't findnode/npxon its launcher PATH (common with Homebrew / nvm, on CLI and desktop). Fix by passing your shell PATH at install:
Then restart Claude Code. Or pin absolute paths (claude mcp remove blockrun -s user claude mcp add blockrun -s user -e PATH="$PATH" -- npx -y @blockrun/mcp@latestwhich npx).claude mcp listdoesn't showblockrun→ Checknode -v(≥20.19). Clear the npx cache:rm -rf ~/.npm/_npx. Re-run the install.fetch failed/ balance-check timeout → Base RPC transient outage. The tool falls through 3 public RPCs; retry after 30s. Persistent = local proxy / firewall blocking outbound RPC.Video/Music generation timed out→ Upstream queue congestion. No charge (payment-on-completion). Retry, or pick a faster model.blockrun_pricesaysEquity quotes are not served (gateway 501 …)→ Equity price/history were withdrawn on 2026-09-05; not an outage, and nothing was charged (the wallet is never asked to sign). The ticker catalog (action:"list" category:"stocks") is still free. Equity coverage: [email protected].blockrun_marketsonsports/*fails — before 0.49.0 asAPI error after payment: 502with no balance change → Predexon'ssports/*routes have been down upstream since 2026-08-04; the gateway releases the payment on that upstream 500, so the call is not charged (the error says so when the gateway's "payment NOT charged" confirmation is in the response; otherwise it tells you to checkblockrun_wallet action:"report"). For sports odds usepath:"markets/search"withparams:{ q: "NBA" }, orpolymarket/eventswithparams:{ search: "NBA" }— the baremarketsroute and itsleaguefilter were removed upstream on 2026-08-04 and 404 before payment. Upgrade to ≥ 0.49.0 so the error says all of this itself.- No spend-confirmation dialog although
BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_SPEND=on→ Your client doesn't support MCP elicitation (Windsurf, Codex, Gemini CLI); the server proceeds without asking by design. UseBLOCKRUN_BUDGET_LIMITas the guard, or a client from the support table. - Polymarket: neg-risk ("winner") market buy fails, or
redeemreverts, though setup shows ready → Re-runaction:"setup" confirm:trueonce (grants the on-chain approvals a pre-upgrade deposit wallet may lack — including the collateral-adapter approvalsredeemneeds). See the setup guide.
FAQ
What is BlockRun MCP? An open-source MCP server that gives Claude and other agents 19 tools for real-time data and real actions (trading, media, on-chain), paid per call — from a self-custody wallet or a BlockRun account key.
Do I need an API key or an account? No. A wallet is auto-created locally on first run; you fund it with USDC and there are no signups, dashboards or keys to rotate.
But you can have one. If your team can't hand a wallet to an agent, sign in at user.blockrun.ai, mint a key at Dashboard → Keys, top up at Dashboard → Credits, and set BLOCKRUN_API_KEY. You then get post-paid billing at exact usage — no $0.001 per-call minimum, no per-call network fee — and a per-call ledger at Dashboard → Activity. Everything works except the parts that genuinely need a keypair: Polymarket trading, wallet balances/top-ups, and the wallet-indexed blockrun_realface action:"list".
Which is cheaper? Account billing, slightly — it charges exact metered usage with no per-call minimum and no $0.001 transaction fee. Wallet mode buys you self-custody and Polymarket trading instead.
How much does it cost?
Pay-per-call — fractions of a cent to a few cents. The free tier (blockrun_chat mode:"free", blockrun_dex, crypto blockrun_price, blockrun_models) is $0. $5 of USDC covers thousands of queries.
Is it safe / non-custodial?
Yes. Your private key never leaves your machine (~/.blockrun/.session by default, 0600). x402 payments and Polymarket orders are signed locally — BlockRun forwards signed payloads and cannot move your funds.
Which clients work? Any MCP client that can spawn a stdio server. Verified on Claude Code and Codex CLI, in daily use on OpenClaw; install paths documented for Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and Windsurf — see the client table. The spend-confirmation dialog additionally needs MCP elicitation (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code).
Does it have a UI? On MCP-Apps hosts (Claude Desktop, claude.ai, VS Code, Cursor) the Polymarket preview is a live order card and the wallet is a panel — see MCP Apps ↑. Terminal clients get the same information as text.
Can I make the agent ask before it spends?
Yes — BLOCKRUN_CONFIRM_SPEND=on. Every paid tool pauses with the estimated charge and nothing is signed until you approve. Human-in-the-loop payments ↑
Can it really place real bets?
Yes. blockrun_polymarket places real, USDC-settled orders on Polymarket's CLOB — confirm-gated and capped. Read the odds with blockrun_markets, place with blockrun_polymarket.
Base or Solana?
Both. Switch instantly with blockrun_wallet action:"chain". A few media/paid tools settle on Base only (noted above).
From the BlockRun ecosystem
BlockRun is agent-native AI infrastructure — one wallet, x402 USDC micropayments, across every surface:
- ⚡ ClawRouter — the agent-native LLM router for OpenClaw. 78 models, <1ms local routing, USDC on Base & Solana.
- 🤖 BRCC — BlockRun for Claude Code: smart routing + x402 payments, purpose-built for Claude Code.
- 🐍 ClawRouter-Hermes — Python plugin wiring NousResearch Hermes into the ClawRouter proxy.
- 📚 Docs · Models & pricing — full SDKs, APIs, and the model catalogue.
Support & community
| 💬 Community Telegram | t.me/blockrunAI |
| 🐦 X / Twitter | @BlockRunAI |
| 📖 Documentation | blockrun.ai/docs |
| 🐛 Issues | github.com/BlockRunAI/blockrun-mcp/issues |
Contributing
PRs welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for setup, the tool-vs-skill design rule, and how to add a new partner API.
MIT License · blockrun.ai — Agent-native AI infrastructure
Website · npm · Docs · @BlockRunAI
Установка blockrunai/blockrun-mcp
У этого сервера нет опубликованного пакета — он собирается из исходников. Открой репозиторий и следуй инструкции в README.
▸ github.com/blockrunai/blockrun-mcpFAQ
blockrunai/blockrun-mcp MCP бесплатный?
Да, blockrunai/blockrun-mcp MCP бесплатный — установка в пару кликов через Unyly без оплаты.
Нужен ли API-ключ для blockrunai/blockrun-mcp?
Нет, blockrunai/blockrun-mcp работает без API-ключей и переменных окружения.
blockrunai/blockrun-mcp — hosted или self-hosted?
Self-hosted: сервер запускается локально на твоей машине командой из раздела установки.
Как установить blockrunai/blockrun-mcp в Claude Desktop, Claude Code или Cursor?
Открой blockrunai/blockrun-mcp на unyly.org, выбери вкладку своего клиента (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor) и нажми Install — конфиг сгенерируется автоматически, без правки JSON.
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