Unofficial safety-focused MCP server for Kalshi market data and explicitly authorized trading
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add kalshi-kernel -e KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE=<KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE> -e KALSHI_API_KEY_ID=<KALSHI_API_KEY_ID> -e KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=<KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH> -e KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK=<KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel:0.1.1{
"mcpServers": {
"kalshi-kernel": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel:0.1.1"
],
"env": {
"KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE": "<KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE>",
"KALSHI_API_KEY_ID": "<KALSHI_API_KEY_ID>",
"KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH>",
"KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK": "<KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"kalshi-kernel": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel:0.1.1"
],
"env": {
"KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE": "<KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE>",
"KALSHI_API_KEY_ID": "<KALSHI_API_KEY_ID>",
"KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH>",
"KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK": "<KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"kalshi-kernel": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel:0.1.1"
],
"env": {
"KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE": "<KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE>",
"KALSHI_API_KEY_ID": "<KALSHI_API_KEY_ID>",
"KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "<KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH>",
"KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK": "<KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
KALSHI_KERNEL_MODEOptional | Immutable execution mode; paper is the safe default |
KALSHI_API_KEY_IDOptional, secret | Kalshi API key identifier; used only in live mode |
KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATHOptional | Path to a mounted Kalshi private key; used only in live mode |
KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACKOptional | Explicit live-risk acknowledgement documented by this project |
Details
| Package | ghcr.io/copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel:0.1.1 (OCI, stdio) |
| First published | 22 Aug 2026 |
| Last updated | 22 Aug 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel |
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