mcp-coinbase-cdp

@codespar/mcp-coinbase-cdp

MCP server for the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) — single npm package covering three CDP product surfaces under one key:

• Trading — onchain swap / trade API
• Wallets — Smart / Embedded / MPC wallet primitives
• Payments — onchain outbound payment infrastructure

All three live on the same CDP account, share one ES256 JWT-signed key, and share one base URL (https://api.cdp.coinbase.com) — so they ship as one package, not three.

Positioning vs the rest of the catalog

Server	Coinbase surface	Auth
@codespar/mcp-coinbase	Advanced Trade exchange (legacy retail)	HMAC API keys (CB-ACCESS-*)
@codespar/mcp-coinbase-commerce	Commerce merchant gateway (accept BTC/ETH/USDC at checkout)	API key (X-CC-Api-Key)
@codespar/mcp-coinbase-cdp	Developer Platform (Trading + Wallets + Payments)	ES256 JWT (this package)

Each surface has a separate API host, a separate key type, and a separate dashboard — they do not share credentials. Mint the right key for the surface you want.

Tools (15)

Trading (4)

Tool	Purpose
list_quotes	List recent swap quotes minted under the authenticated CDP account.
create_swap	Create an onchain swap between two assets.
get_swap	Get a single swap by id — full status, executed amounts, gas, tx hash.
cancel_swap	Cancel a pending swap before it lands onchain.

Wallets (7)

Tool	Purpose
create_wallet	Create a new wallet (smart / embedded / MPC).
list_wallets	List wallets under the authenticated CDP account.
get_wallet	Get a single wallet by id.
list_balances	List asset balances across all addresses + networks.
transfer	Send a transfer from a wallet to a destination address.
get_transaction	Get a single transaction by id.
list_transactions	List historical transactions for a wallet.

Payments (4)

Tool	Purpose
create_payment	Create an onchain payment (outbound transfer to a payee).
list_payments	List historical payments.
get_payment	Get a single payment by id.
cancel_payment	Cancel a pending payment before it lands onchain.

Install

npm install -g @codespar/mcp-coinbase-cdp

Environment

COINBASE_CDP_KEY_NAME="organizations/<org>/apiKeys/<id>"
COINBASE_CDP_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
...
-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----"

Mint the key (and download the PEM once — it is not recoverable later) at https://portal.cdp.coinbase.com. The same key authenticates Trading, Wallets, and Payments.

Important — the PEM must be the full multi-line block including BEGIN/END lines. When supplying via shell env, wrap in double quotes and preserve newlines (or use $'...' / a .env file).

Authentication

CDP signs every request with a fresh ES256 JWT in the Authorization: Bearer … header.

JWT claims (per request):

Claim	Value
sub	COINBASE_CDP_KEY_NAME
iss	"cdp"
aud	["cdp_service"]
nbf	now (unix seconds)
exp	now + 120
uri	"<METHOD> api.cdp.coinbase.com<path>" (path includes any query string)

JWT header:

Field	Value
alg	"ES256"
typ	"JWT"
kid	COINBASE_CDP_KEY_NAME
nonce	random 16-byte hex (per request)

Signed with the ECDSA P-256 private key from COINBASE_CDP_PRIVATE_KEY. The PEM is imported once at startup and cached — only the JWT is minted per request.

Run

# stdio (default — for Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.)
npx @codespar/mcp-coinbase-cdp

# HTTP (for server-to-server testing)
MCP_HTTP=true MCP_PORT=3000 npx @codespar/mcp-coinbase-cdp

Enterprise

Need governance, budget limits, and audit trails for agent-driven onchain transactions? CodeSpar Enterprise adds policy engine, payment routing, and compliance templates on top of these MCP servers.

License

MIT