Sportwizzard MCP Server

SportWizzard MCP Server

Query live sports-betting data — odds, player props, +EV edges, arbitrage, stats and reference data from 35+ sportsbooks and DFS apps — from any MCP-capable AI agent (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, …).

20 read-only tools over the SportWizzard REST v1 API, available two ways: a hosted remote server (zero install) and a stdio server via npx. Get a free API key at https://sportwizzard.com/account (API Keys tab — no card required).

Hosted (recommended — zero install)

claude mcp add --transport http sportwizzard https://mcp.sportwizzard.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sw_live_your_api_key_here"

codex mcp add sportwizzard --transport http --url https://mcp.sportwizzard.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sw_live_your_api_key_here"

The hosted server is a thin proxy: your key is forwarded to the SportWizzard API, which enforces auth and rate limits. All 20 tools work on both transports. (download_snapshot on the hosted server returns a CDN download URL + a ready-to-run command your agent executes locally; on stdio it writes the file directly.)

Successful authenticated live tool calls send a best-effort account-usage receipt. The measurement request contains no tool arguments or result data. For hosted download_snapshot, a successful CDN HEAD check counts because the tool has verified that the returned download URL is reachable; a failed HEAD check does not count.

Stdio (local)

npx -y sportwizzard-mcp

Claude Code:

claude mcp add sportwizzard -e SPORTWIZZARD_API_KEY=sw_live_your_api_key_here -- npx -y sportwizzard-mcp

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json — macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sportwizzard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "sportwizzard-mcp"],
      "env": { "SPORTWIZZARD_API_KEY": "sw_live_your_api_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

Mock mode (no key, no network)

Set SPORTWIZZARD_MOCK=1 to get canned sample responses — useful for wiring up an integration before you have a key.

Configuration

Tools

Every response uses the envelope { success, data, nextCursor, meta }; when nextCursor is present the tool appends a _paging hint so agents know to continue.

Futures (season-scope markets)

get_odds with scope=season returns season-long futures — division/conference/championship winners, award odds, team win totals, season leaders and full-season player props. Three orthogonal axes describe them:

• marketScope — which anchor the market hangs off: SEASON or TOURNAMENT. Omitted entirely on ordinary game rows.
• period — the window within that anchor: REG_SEASON (settles at the end of the regular season) or FULL (runs through the playoffs).
• segment — which slice of the competition: AFC_EAST, NL, SEC, … Present only when the market is segment-scoped, and load-bearing: all 32 NFL DIVISION_WINNER selections share one season-anchor eventId, so without segment they read as a single 32-team race instead of 8 divisions.

Notes: winner/award markets are categorical (one YES selection per competitor, teamSide: "NONE", usually no NO side); eventStartTime on a futures row is the season anchor / settlement date, not a kickoff; every book's futures for a competition share the same season eventId; and futures are deliberately excluded from get_edges / get_arbitrage (they never enter de-vig or edge math). Scope matching is exact — season does not include TOURNAMENT — and an invalid value returns HTTP 400 naming the valid ones.

From source

git clone https://github.com/sportwizzard-admin/sportwizzard-mcp.git
cd sportwizzard-mcp && npm install && npm run build
SPORTWIZZARD_MOCK=1 node dist/index.js   # or set SPORTWIZZARD_API_KEY

Maintainer publishing

The hosted HTTP service has a separate container publisher: publish-container.yml runs on main, builds tracked source, and publishes a source-labeled GHCR image with an image-release receipt. Promote that digest in sportwizzard-ops/deployment/releases/api.yaml to deploy through Ops. Production placement, resource limits and credentials references belong there. Publishing the npm launcher below does not update the hosted container. The container build reuses intermediate layers from a dedicated GHCR BuildKit cache tag; only the SHA-tagged image digest is the release artifact.

Publishing is a manual GitHub Actions release. First bump version in package.json, update package-lock.json with npm install --package-lock-only, synchronize server.json, and merge the change to main. Then run Publish npm package from the repository's Actions tab with main selected. The build job verifies package/lock/registry metadata and the unused version, installs dependencies without lifecycle scripts, builds once, and packs a tarball. It installs that tarball in a disposable consumer and runs the mock stdio smoke below. A separate publish job receives OIDC permission, verifies the tarball checksum, and publishes those exact bytes with lifecycle scripts disabled; it does not check out source or install application dependencies. The workflow retains the tarball and smoke receipt and does not run on pushes.

Package smoke (no production API)

After npm ci --ignore-scripts and npm run build, pack and install the artifact in a temporary consumer directory, then exercise its actual stdio entry point:

release_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
npm pack --ignore-scripts --pack-destination "$release_dir"
npm install --prefix "$release_dir/consumer" --omit=dev --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund "$release_dir"/*.tgz
npm run smoke -- "$release_dir/consumer/node_modules/sportwizzard-mcp/dist/index.js" "$release_dir/smoke.json" "$release_dir"/*.tgz

The smoke has a 20-second protocol timeout and uses a loopback mock HTTP API with no credentials. It checks tools/list, forwards get_odds scope=season, and downloads/decompresses a snapshot with include_history=true. The JSON receipt records artifact hash, inputs, server version, outputs and duration. It verifies transport, packaging and parameter forwarding; it does not establish live API data quality. Retain the receipt, then remove the temporary directory.

The new-owner npm trusted-publisher connection is qualified. Release sportwizzard-mcp@0.2.1 was published from main commit 1803bacf251f25be96330de97e422860c17760fe by workflow run 38657304480. Its mock stdio package smoke passed, and npm's SLSA provenance binds the artifact to this repository, publish-npm.yml, refs/heads/main, and that commit. The published artifact integrity matched both the retained workflow artifact and the provenance subject; npm signature verification reported no invalid or missing signatures. Future releases still use the manual Publish npm package workflow on main. The previous adamruehle/sportwizzard-mcp trusted-publisher connection does not transfer and is not needed for new-owner publishing.

To refresh local npm CLI access, use npx --yes npm@11 login, then confirm the identity with npm whoami. The installed npm 10 login command crashes in the maintainer environment; npm 11 login is the working refresh path. On Adam's workstation, ~/.npmrc points to ~/.local/state/sportwizzard/npm/npmrc (private directory 0700, file 0600). Do not recreate the legacy account-secrets path. Keep the symlink and target local, never print or commit the file contents, and do not copy its token into the repository or a Local Agent. The October 16 migration preserved the file bytes, but both pre- and post-migration identity checks returned 401; local CLI reauthentication remains outstanding. Workflow publishing uses separate short-lived OIDC credentials and needs no npm token secret.

License

MIT © SportWizzard LLC