Tickory MCP Server

Real-time crypto scanner alerts, delivered straight to your AI agent.

Tickory monitors Binance Futures markets using programmable CEL rules and sends alerts when conditions match. This MCP server lets any agent framework create scans, read alert events, and understand why alerts triggered — all through the Model Context Protocol.

Quick demo

You: "Create a scan that fires when RSI drops below 30 on any coin with volume over $100k"

Agent (via tickory_create_scan): Done — scan "Oversold Bounce" created.

You: "Run it now"

Agent (via tickory_run_scan): 3 matches found: ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT, DOGEUSDT.

You: "Why did ETH match?"

Agent (via tickory_explain_alert_event): RSI-14 was 24.7, below your threshold of 30.
  Volume gate passed: $487k USDT > $100k minimum. CEL expression evaluated true.

Install

npm / npx

npx @tickory/mcp

The npm package downloads the matching GitHub Release binary for macOS and Linux during install, so npx @tickory/mcp works without a separate build step.

Go install

go install github.com/tickory/tickory-mcp@latest

Pre-built binaries

Download from GitHub Releases for Linux and macOS (amd64/arm64).

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/tickory/tickory-mcp.git
cd tickory-mcp
go build -o tickory-mcp .

Setup

1. Get a Tickory account at tickory.app
2. Create a scoped API key in your dashboard under Settings > API Keys
3. Configure the MCP server:

export TICKORY_API_BASE_URL=https://api.tickory.app
export TICKORY_API_KEY=tk_xxxxxxxx_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tickory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@tickory/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TICKORY_API_BASE_URL": "https://api.tickory.app",
        "TICKORY_API_KEY": "tk_xxxxxxxx_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to your .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tickory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@tickory/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TICKORY_API_BASE_URL": "https://api.tickory.app",
        "TICKORY_API_KEY": "tk_xxxxxxxx_yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor / Windsurf / other MCP clients

Point either to npx @tickory/mcp or to the standalone tickory-mcp binary with the environment variables above. The server uses stdio (newline-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0).

Tools

Tool	Description
tickory_list_scans	List scans visible to the API key owner
tickory_get_scan	Fetch one scan by ID
tickory_create_scan	Create a new scan with CEL expression and hard gates
tickory_update_scan	Replace an existing scan definition
tickory_run_scan	Trigger a scan run immediately
tickory_describe_indicators	Describe available CEL variables, recommended guards, and example expressions
tickory_list_alert_events	List alert events with cursor pagination
tickory_get_alert_event	Fetch one alert event by UUID
tickory_explain_alert_event	Explain why an alert triggered or was suppressed

All tools return schema_version: "v1" for contract stability.

Configuration

Variable	Required	Default	Description
TICKORY_API_BASE_URL	Yes	—	Tickory API base URL
TICKORY_API_KEY	Yes	—	Scoped API key (tk_...)
TICKORY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS	No	15	HTTP timeout for API requests

CLI flags (--api-base-url, --api-key, --timeout) override environment variables.

Error handling

Upstream HTTP errors are mapped to deterministic MCP error codes:

HTTP Status	MCP Code	Retryable
400	invalid_request	No
401	unauthorized	No
403	forbidden	No
404	not_found	No
409	conflict	No
429	rate_limited	Yes
5xx	upstream_unavailable	Yes

Scoped API key permissions

Scope	What it allows
read_events	Read alert events, scan runs, activity
manage_scans	Create/read/update/delete scans, execute scans
manage_routing	Create/manage alert sources and routes

Create keys with the minimum scopes needed. See the developer docs for details.

Protocol versions

This server negotiates MCP protocol versions: 2024-11-05, 2025-03-26, 2025-06-18, 2025-11-05, and 2025-11-25.

License

MIT