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MCP quickstart

Mint an API key, point Claude Code / Cursor / VS Code at the MCP endpoint, and run your first prompt.

Last updated July 21, 2026
BotTradesForYou Team
MCP
Claude Code
Cursor
VS Code
AI assistant

1. Mint an MCP key

Open Dashboard → AI Assistant → API keys → Create MCP key. Name it something you'll recognize (e.g. "Claude on my laptop") and copy the plaintext value now — it will never be shown again.

2. Configure your client

Claude Code

Bash
claude mcp add --transport http bottrades https://bottradesforyou.com/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_MCP_KEY"

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bottrades": {
      "url": "https://bottradesforyou.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

JSON
{
  "inputs": [
    { "type": "promptString", "id": "btfy-mcp-key", "description": "BotTradesForYou MCP key", "password": true }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "bottrades": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bottradesforyou.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:btfy-mcp-key}" }
    }
  }
}

3. First prompts to try

  • "List my bots and show which ones are losing money right now."
  • "Give me a portfolio summary and the last 20 trades."
  • "Bot X has been stopped for an hour. Read the last 200 log lines and tell me why."
  • "Force-exit the open BTC/USDT trade on bot Y."

See the tools reference for the full list of what the assistant can call.