Hive Intelligence is the managed MCP layer for AI agents that need crypto data — one endpoint federating 9 providers (CoinGecko, DefiLlama, GoPlus, Moralis, Alchemy, Codex, Helius, Tenderly, CCXT) across market data, DeFi yield, wallet analytics, token security, DEX flow, NFTs, and prediction markets. Built for machines, not dashboards.

Install in any MCP-compatible client

Pick your AI client below for a dedicated install guide, or run the one-command auto-installer that detects every client on your machine and registers MCP across all of them in one PKCE auth.

Claude Desktop Claude Code Cursor Windsurf VS Code ChatGPT Desktop Codex CLI Gemini CLI

Four install paths

Pick the path that matches your agent runtime. Most production AI agents use the managed MCP path; backends and scripts use REST; one-off prototypes use the auto-installer; language SDKs are for teams embedding Hive into broader applications.

Managed MCP server (recommended for production) — Point any MCP-compatible agent at https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/mcp with Authorization: Bearer YOUR_HIVE_API_KEY. Hive runs the server, handles upstream auth and rate limits, normalizes responses, and ships new tools as we add providers.
One-command auto-install — Run `npx -y hive-intelligence@latest init --all --browser` — installs Hive's CLI, registers MCP across every detected client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini), and runs PKCE browser auth in one step. Recommended for new accounts.
REST API — POST https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/api/v1/execute with { "tool": "tool_name", "args": { ... } }. For backends and scripts that don't implement MCP. Same live tool catalog, same credit billing — just plain HTTP.
Language SDKs — Official JavaScript / TypeScript SDK on npm (`npm install hive-intelligence`). Python is community-maintained on PyPI (`pip install hive-intelligence`, currently behind the JS package — production workloads should call the REST API directly). Go, Java, Rust, and other languages call the REST API.

What agents can do with Hive

Hive's tool surface covers six functional pillars across 10 category-scoped MCP endpoints. Every tool returns a normalized response with a fetched_at ISO-8601 timestamp so the agent can ground its answer in real freshness rather than training-cutoff knowledge.

Market data

· Spot prices, OHLC, volume, market cap
· Derivatives funding rates across 20+ exchanges
· Cross-exchange arbitrage scanning

DeFi protocols

· Protocol-wide TVL via DefiLlama
· Yield pool data with APY + TVL
· Stablecoin metrics, bridge flows

Token security

· Honeypot detection (GoPlus)
· Rugpull risk scoring
· Contract audit + ownership flags

Wallet + portfolio

· EVM + Solana balance + history
· NFT holdings (including compressed)
· PnL + token approval tracking

DEX flow

· Pool, pair, trade-flow data
· Liquidity tracking across 60+ chains
· Top traders + smart money

Prediction markets

· Polymarket events + market prices
· Trader positions + settlement history
· Real-time probability oracles

Curated agentic workflows

Beyond raw tool primitives, Hive ships curated workflow tools that synthesize across providers in one call:

analyze_coin — full coin briefing: price, market structure, derivatives funding, security score, top holders, narrative tags, news
market_briefing — one-call market summary with overall conditions, leaders, laggards, narratives, and sentiment
find_opportunities — narrative-shaped discovery across token, yield, and arbitrage opportunities
get_arbitrage_spot_perp + get_arbitrage_cross_exchange — structured arbitrage scanning across CEX and DEX venues
get_gem_finder — narrative-shaped early-token discovery
get_token_security + detect_rugpull — pre-signing safety grounding (unique to Hive in the managed-MCP space)

How Hive compares to other crypto MCPs

Hive's edge is federation and managed operation. CoinGecko MCP (Beta) covers CoinGecko + GeckoTerminal only. Moralis Cortex is self-hosted and Moralis-only. Helius is best-in-class for Solana but Solana-only. Codex covers token + chart data with x402 micropayments. Each does one thing well; Hive federates them all behind one managed endpoint.

See the comparisons hub for side-by-side breakdowns of Hive vs every meaningful alternative.

Pricing

Demo — Free. 10,000 credits/month, 30 req/min, 1 API key, every tool. No attribution required.
Analyst — $129/month. 500K credits, 500 req/min, 10 keys.
Pro — $499/month. 2M credits, 1,000 req/min, 25 keys.
Enterprise — custom. Unlimited credits, 3,000+ req/min, dedicated infra and SLAs.

Every plan includes the full tool catalog. See pricing for full details.

Get started

Get an API key — or run npx -y hive-intelligence@latest init --all --browser to install across every detected client in one command.

See also: Quick Start · API Integration · Tool Catalog · Glossary · Comparisons