Espn

io.github.christianclaudio/espn · v2.3.0

Model Context Protocol server for live & historical sports stats and odds via ESPN.

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Terminal

claude mcp add espn -e ESPN_BASE_URL=<ESPN_BASE_URL> -e ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=<ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS> -e ESPN_MAX_RETRIES=<ESPN_MAX_RETRIES> -e ESPN_MCP_READONLY=<ESPN_MCP_READONLY> -e ESPN_MCP_PROFILE=<ESPN_MCP_PROFILE> -e ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH=<ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH> -e ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND=<ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND> -- uvx mcp-server-espn==2.3.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "espn": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-espn==2.3.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ESPN_BASE_URL": "<ESPN_BASE_URL>",
        "ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "ESPN_MAX_RETRIES": "<ESPN_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "ESPN_MCP_READONLY": "<ESPN_MCP_READONLY>",
        "ESPN_MCP_PROFILE": "<ESPN_MCP_PROFILE>",
        "ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH": "<ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH>",
        "ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND": "<ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "espn": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-espn==2.3.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ESPN_BASE_URL": "<ESPN_BASE_URL>",
        "ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "ESPN_MAX_RETRIES": "<ESPN_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "ESPN_MCP_READONLY": "<ESPN_MCP_READONLY>",
        "ESPN_MCP_PROFILE": "<ESPN_MCP_PROFILE>",
        "ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH": "<ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH>",
        "ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND": "<ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "espn": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-espn==2.3.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ESPN_BASE_URL": "<ESPN_BASE_URL>",
        "ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "ESPN_MAX_RETRIES": "<ESPN_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "ESPN_MCP_READONLY": "<ESPN_MCP_READONLY>",
        "ESPN_MCP_PROFILE": "<ESPN_MCP_PROFILE>",
        "ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH": "<ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH>",
        "ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND": "<ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

Name	Description
`ESPN_BASE_URL` Optional	Optional REST base URL override
`ESPN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` Optional	HTTP request timeout in seconds
`ESPN_MAX_RETRIES` Optional	Maximum retry attempts on HTTP 429 / 5xx
`ESPN_MCP_READONLY` Optional	Restrict server execution strictly to read-only inspection tools
`ESPN_MCP_PROFILE` Optional	Server domain profile (full, games, teams, news, readonly)
`ESPN_MCP_ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH` Optional	Replace flat tool catalog with dynamic search transform
`ESPN_MCP_TOOL_SEARCH_BACKEND` Optional	Tool Search backend: bm25 (default) or regex

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	9 Nov 2026
Last updated	9 Nov 2026
Registry name	`io.github.christianclaudio/espn`

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