Quickstart

Install the Delta Exchange MCP server and connect your AI client in two minutes.

You need two things: a way to run the server (uvx), and your client's config file. Market-data tools work immediately with no key. Add an API key only for account tools.

1. Install uv

The server is distributed on PyPI and run with uv via uvx, which downloads and runs it in an isolated environment. No manual pip install needed.

# macOS / Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows (PowerShell)
powershell -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Verify the server resolves:

uvx delta-exchange-mcp --help

2. (Optional) Create an API key

Skip this if you only want public market data. For account reads, create a Read Data API key; to place orders, create a Trading key (see Authentication). You will set these environment variables:

Variable	Value
`DELTA_API_KEY`	your API key
`DELTA_API_SECRET`	your API secret
`DELTA_MCP_ENV`	`india_prod` (production) or `india_testnet`

Leave trading off for now — the configs below are read-only. Turn it on in step 5 once reads work.

3. Configure your client

Pick your client. Replace the placeholders with your own credentials, or omit the env block entirely for market-data-only use.

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows), then restart Claude:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "delta-exchange": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["delta-exchange-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DELTA_API_KEY": "your_read_only_key",
        "DELTA_API_SECRET": "your_read_only_secret",
        "DELTA_MCP_ENV": "india_prod"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add delta-exchange \
  -e DELTA_API_KEY=your_read_only_key \
  -e DELTA_API_SECRET=your_read_only_secret \
  -e DELTA_MCP_ENV=india_prod \
  -- uvx delta-exchange-mcp

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.delta-exchange]
command = "uvx"
args = ["delta-exchange-mcp"]
env = { DELTA_API_KEY = "your_read_only_key", DELTA_API_SECRET = "your_read_only_secret", DELTA_MCP_ENV = "india_prod" }

Edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (per project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "delta-exchange": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["delta-exchange-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DELTA_API_KEY": "your_read_only_key",
        "DELTA_API_SECRET": "your_read_only_secret",
        "DELTA_MCP_ENV": "india_prod"
      }
    }
  }
}

Edit .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

{
  "servers": {
    "delta-exchange": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["delta-exchange-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DELTA_API_KEY": "your_read_only_key",
        "DELTA_API_SECRET": "your_read_only_secret",
        "DELTA_MCP_ENV": "india_prod"
      }
    }
  }
}

Edit ~/.config/zed/settings.json:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "delta-exchange": {
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": ["delta-exchange-mcp"],
        "env": {
          "DELTA_API_KEY": "your_read_only_key",
          "DELTA_API_SECRET": "your_read_only_secret",
          "DELTA_MCP_ENV": "india_prod"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "delta-exchange": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["delta-exchange-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DELTA_API_KEY": "your_read_only_key",
        "DELTA_API_SECRET": "your_read_only_secret",
        "DELTA_MCP_ENV": "india_prod"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config shapes change

Client config formats drift. If a block above doesn't load, check your client's current MCP docs and the server's upstream README.

4. Verify 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.

If you configured a key, confirm account access:

List my open positions on Delta and their unrealised PnL.

5. (Optional) Enable trading

To let the server place and manage orders, add DELTA_MCP_MODE=trade to the env block and use a key with Trading permission (and an IP whitelist). For example, with Claude Code:

claude mcp add delta-exchange \
  -e DELTA_API_KEY=your_trading_key \
  -e DELTA_API_SECRET=your_trading_secret \
  -e DELTA_MCP_ENV=india_prod \
  -e DELTA_MCP_MODE=trade \
  -- uvx delta-exchange-mcp

For the JSON clients, add "DELTA_MCP_MODE": "trade" to the env object shown above (in Codex, use TOML: add DELTA_MCP_MODE = "trade" inside its env = { … }). Restart your client, then verify with a dry run (nothing is sent):

Dry-run a reduce-only limit sell of 1 BTCUSD contract at 90000. Show me the
payload before sending.

Trading is real

With trade mode on, the server can place live orders. Always dry-run first; every mutation is written to an audit log at ~/.delta-exchange-mcp/audit/. See Trading tools and Security.

Next: browse the Use Cases or the full Tool Reference.