# mcp

A remote MCP server for the BALLDONTLIE sports API: your agent gets per-league tools covering basketball, football, hockey, racing and esports.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 12
- Author: balldontlie-api
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/balldontlie-api/mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-02
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/balldontlie-api-mcp

## What it does

The server runs over HTTP, so nothing is installed locally — you point your client at `https://mcp.balldontlie.io/mcp`. Its tool catalog is built from public OpenAPI specs, which keeps methods, paths and parameters in step with the API. Right now that means 529 tools drawn from 27 specifications: NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, soccer leagues, F1, tennis and esports titles. `/health` returns the live count and deployed revision.

Every request needs a BALLDONTLIE key in the `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY` header. Initialization and tool listing fail without a valid one. Account tools that mint credentials or touch billing stay off unless the deployment sets `ENABLE_SENSITIVE_ACCOUNT_TOOLS=true`; any other spelling leaves them disabled. When enabled, their output lands in the caller's MCP transcript.

Call `tools/list` to see input schemas and read-only annotations. Server logs and tracing tags exclude authorization values, request bodies and raw upstream errors.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://mcp.balldontlie.io/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http balldontlie-api-mcp https://mcp.balldontlie.io/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add balldontlie-api-mcp --url https://mcp.balldontlie.io/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "balldontlie-api-mcp": {
            "url": "https://mcp.balldontlie.io/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "balldontlie-api-mcp": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.balldontlie.io/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http balldontlie-api-mcp https://mcp.balldontlie.io/mcp
```

## When to use it
- Pull NBA player stats inside an agent chat
- Check EPL fixtures without opening the API docs
- Compare league standings mid-conversation
- Fetch NHL rosters from the editor
- Query Dota 2 and Valorant data with one key

## Example prompts
- Show me the NBA standings for this season
- List the teams via `nba_get_teams`
- Get the EPL schedule for the coming week

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