Delta Exchange MCPQuickstart
Install the Delta Exchange MCP server and connect your AI client in about two minutes. Market data works with no API key.
Market data works with no API key. Add one later if you want the assistant to read your own account.
Install
Pick your client. The base install serves market data; tick + Account/Trade to add your API key to the command.
Double-click the downloaded file and Claude Desktop installs it.
Download the bundleInstall uv
The copyable commands launch the server with uvx, part of
uv:
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | shCheck that the server resolves:
uvx delta-exchange-mcp --helpVerify it works
Restart your client and send a prompt that needs no key:
Using the Delta Exchange tools, show the current BTCUSD ticker: last price,
24h change, and funding rate.Add an API key
Create a key with the Read Data permission under Account → API Keys (walkthrough in Authentication). Tick + Account/Trade above, type the key and secret straight into the command, and restart your client: the tool list grows from 16 to 41.
List my open positions on Delta and their unrealised PnL.Or set the key once for every client on the machine instead of per client:
uvx delta-exchange-mcp loginThat prompts with the input hidden, checks the key with Delta before saving, and
writes ~/.delta-exchange-mcp/config.env, which every MCP client reads. Leave
the two slots above empty if you do. Authentication
covers both routes, and the one that works from inside the chat.
Place orders
Use a key with the Trading permission instead, which Delta requires an IP whitelist for. Nothing else changes: the same install, the same tool list, and orders go through from the moment that key is saved.
Place a reduce-only limit sell of 1 BTCUSD contract at 90000.Orders are real and immediate
The key is the only gate. There is no rehearsal, no size cap and no confirmation
step, and orders are sized in contracts rather than coins. Use
DELTA_MCP_ENV=india_testnet to practise. See
Trading tools and Security.
Next: browse the Use Cases or the full Tool Reference. New to MCP? Start with What is MCP?
Not investment advice
Output is generated by an AI model and can be inaccurate, incomplete, or non-deterministic. It is not investment advice. Trading crypto derivatives involves substantial risk. Delta Exchange is registered with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Govt. of India.