📈 Upbit MCP Server

📖 Overview

Fast MCP server for interacting with Upbit, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange. This server provides comprehensive access to public market data and optional private trading tools including order management, deposits, and withdrawals.

By implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP), this server allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to access real-time ticker data, orderbooks, trade history, and execute trading operations directly through their context window.

✨ Features

• Public Market Data: Access real-time ticker data, orderbook snapshots, and recent trades for any Upbit market.
• Account Management: View account balances and positions (requires API key).
• Order Management: Create, query, and cancel orders with support for limit, market, and price order types.
• Deposit Operations: Check deposit eligibility, create deposit addresses, and track deposit history.
• Withdrawal Operations: Create withdrawals, manage withdrawal addresses, and track withdrawal history.

📦 Installation

🚀 Using npx (Recommended)

To use this server without installing it globally:

npx @iqai/mcp-upbit

🔧 Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/IQAIcom/mcp-upbit.git
cd mcp-upbit
pnpm install
pnpm run build

⚡ Running with an MCP Client

Add the following configuration to your MCP client settings (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json).

📋 Minimal Configuration (Public Data Only)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "upbit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@iqai/mcp-upbit"],
      "env": {
        "UPBIT_SERVER_URL": "https://api.upbit.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

⚙️ Full Configuration (With Trading Enabled)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "upbit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@iqai/mcp-upbit"],
      "env": {
        "UPBIT_SERVER_URL": "https://api.upbit.com",
        "UPBIT_ACCESS_KEY": "your_access_key_here",
        "UPBIT_SECRET_KEY": "your_secret_key_here",
        "UPBIT_ENABLE_TRADING": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

🔐 Configuration (Environment Variables)

| Variable | Required | Description | Default | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | UPBIT_SERVER_URL | No | Upbit API server URL | https://api.upbit.com | | UPBIT_ACCESS_KEY | For trading | Your Upbit API access key | - | | UPBIT_SECRET_KEY | For trading | Your Upbit API secret key | - | | UPBIT_ENABLE_TRADING | For trading | Enable private trading tools | false |

🔑 Where to Get Upbit API Keys

1. Create an account on Upbit if you don't already have one
2. Go to the Upbit Developer Center
3. Create a new API key
4. Set appropriate permissions (read, trade, withdraw as needed)
5. Store your API keys in the environment variables

🔒 Security & Permissions

• Keep your UPBIT_SECRET_KEY private and IP-allowlist your server in Upbit.
• Set UPBIT_ENABLE_TRADING=true only when you intend to place/cancel orders or create withdrawals/deposit addresses.
• Upbit permission mapping:
  • Orders: create/cancel → 주문하기, query/list → 주문조회
  • Accounts/balances → 자산조회
  • Withdrawals: create/cancel → 출금하기, query/list/address list → 출금조회
  • Deposits: create deposit address → 입금하기, query/list/chance/address read → 입금조회

Documentation:

• Auth Reference
• Orders Reference
• Withdrawals Reference
• Deposits Reference

💡 Usage Examples

📊 Market Data

• "What is the current price of Bitcoin on Upbit (KRW-BTC)?"
• "Show me the orderbook for Ethereum (KRW-ETH)."
• "Get the recent trades for XRP (KRW-XRP)."

💼 Account & Orders (Requires API Key)

• "What are my current account balances?"
• "Place a limit buy order for 0.01 BTC at 50,000,000 KRW."
• "Cancel my pending order with UUID xyz123."
• "Show me my open orders for KRW-BTC."

💳 Deposits & Withdrawals (Requires API Key)

• "Create a deposit address for BTC."
• "List my recent deposits."
• "Withdraw 1 ETH to my wallet address."
• "Check the status of my withdrawal."

🛠️ MCP Tools

CANCEL_ORDER

Cancel an existing Upbit order (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | uuid | string | ✅ | |

CANCEL_WITHDRAWAL

Cancel a digital asset withdrawal by UUID (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | uuid | string | ✅ | |

CREATE_DEPOSIT_ADDRESS

Request creation of a deposit address (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | currency | string | ✅ | | | net_type | string | ✅ | |

CREATE_ORDER

Create an Upbit order (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | market | string | ✅ | | | side | string | ✅ | | | ord_type | string | ✅ | | | volume | string | | | | price | string | | | | time_in_force | string | | | | smp_type | string | | | | identifier | string | | |

CREATE_WITHDRAWAL

Request a digital asset withdrawal (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | currency | string | ✅ | | | amount | string | ✅ | | | address | string | ✅ | | | net_type | string | ✅ | | | secondary_address | string | | | | transaction_type | string | | |

GET_ACCOUNTS

Get Upbit account balances (requires private API enabled)

No parameters

GET_DEPOSIT

Get a single deposit by UUID (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | uuid | string | ✅ | |

GET_DEPOSIT_ADDRESS

Get a single deposit address for a currency and net_type (private)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | currency | string | ✅ | | | net_type | string | ✅ | |

GET_DEPOSIT_CHANCE

Get deposit availability information for a currency (private)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | currency | string | ✅ | | | net_type | string | | |

GET_ORDER

Get a single Upbit order (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | uuid | string | | | | identifier | string | | |

GET_ORDERBOOK

Get orderbook snapshot for a given market

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | market | string | ✅ | Upbit market code, e.g., KRW-BTC |

GET_ORDERS

List Upbit orders (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | market | string | | | | | state | string | | "wait" | | | page | integer | | 1 | | | limit | integer | | 100 | |

GET_TICKER

Get the latest ticker data from Upbit for a single market

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | market | string | ✅ | Upbit market code, e.g., KRW-BTC |

GET_TRADES

Get recent trades for a market

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | market | string | ✅ | Upbit market code, e.g., KRW-BTC |

GET_WITHDRAWAL

Get a single withdrawal by UUID (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | uuid | string | ✅ | |

LIST_DEPOSIT_ADDRESSES

List deposit addresses for all currencies (requires private API)

No parameters

LIST_DEPOSITS

List deposits (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | currency | string | | | | | state | string | | | | | page | integer | | 1 | | | limit | integer | | 50 | |

LIST_WITHDRAWAL_ADDRESSES

List registered withdrawal-allowed addresses (requires private API)

No parameters

LIST_WITHDRAWALS

List withdrawals (requires private API)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | currency | string | | | | | state | string | | | | | page | integer | | 1 | | | limit | integer | | 50 | |

👨‍💻 Development

🏗️ Build Project

pnpm run build

👁️ Development Mode (Watch)

pnpm run watch

✅ Linting & Formatting

pnpm run lint
pnpm run format

🧪 Testing with MCP Inspector

pnpm run build
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

📁 Project Structure

• src/tools/: Individual tool definitions
• src/lib/: Configuration, HTTP client, and authentication utilities
• src/index.ts: Server entry point

📚 Resources

• Upbit API Documentation
• Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Upbit Platform

⚠️ Disclaimer

This project interacts with the Upbit cryptocurrency exchange API. Trading in cryptocurrencies involves significant risk. Users should exercise caution and verify all data independently. The authors are not responsible for any financial losses incurred through the use of this software.

📄 License

MIT