GBLIN MCP vs MCP Server
A side-by-side look at the GBLIN MCP and MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose GBLIN MCP for finance & fintech work as a local process; choose MCP Server for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose GBLIN MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
get_treasury_state, quote_safe_swap, swap_gblin_to_usdc_jit.
Choose MCP Server when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: other.
- You have the keys it needs:
WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY, SERVER_URL, MAX_PAYMENT_USDC. - You want tools like
list_models, chat, seo_audit.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 65/100 · Great | 64/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | other |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Required env vars | None listed | WALLET_PRIVATE_KEYSERVER_URLMAX_PAYMENT_USDC |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 5 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 20 | 33 |
| Full listing | View GBLIN MCP | View MCP Server |
Tools & capabilities
GBLIN MCP tools 20
get_treasury_stateRead the current GBLIN protocol state on Base mainnet: NAV in USD, basket composition with dynamic weights, and Crash Shield status. Use this BEFORE any swap to know the current price and risk regime.quote_safe_swapPreview a buy (ETH→GBLIN) or sell (GBLIN→ETH) without executing. Returns expected output, safe minOut with dynamic slippage buffer (2.5% normal / 4% during Crash Shield), and fee breakdown. Read-only.swap_gblin_to_usdc_jitWhen an x402 invoice (or any USDC obligation) arrives and your treasury sits in GBLIN, call this to get ready-to-broadcast calldata that redeems exactly the USDC you need, just in time. Three sequential transactions: (1) approve the shares to the GBLIN Zap, (2) GBLINZap.sellGBLINForEth, which redeems in kind and sells every leg for ETH, all or nothing, (3) a Uniswap WETH->USDC swap that spends only the guaranteed ETH minimum and still returns at least the requested USDC. EOAs sign three times; ERC-4337 / EIP-7702 wallets can batch them into one operation. Every step carries a non-zero minimum; ETH above the minimum stays in the wallet. Free to call. A redemption carries no protocol fee; the costs are the Zap's swaps and gas.invest_usdc_to_gblinWhen your agent's idle USDC exceeds operating needs (rule of thumb: more than 7x daily burn), call this to park the SURPLUS into GBLIN — managed crypto exposure minted at NAV, redeemable any time via swap_gblin_to_usdc_jit. Returns two steps of calldata: (1) approve USDC to the GBLIN Zap, (2) GBLINZap.buyGBLINWithToken, which swaps the USDC to WETH on Uniswap V3 and mints at NAV with a non-zero minimum output. Free to call. The mint fee and the yearly management fee are governance parameters: read them live from get_treasury_state rather than from this text.analyze_treasury_healthAnalyze an agent wallet's treasury health: GBLIN/USDC/ETH balances, whether the ETH covers an exit at the live gas price, the redemption cooldown, and (if daily_burn_usd is provided) days of USDC runway plus a recommendation that keeps seven days of spend in USDC and treats only the surplus as a candidate for GBLIN. Free by default; metered at $0.003 USDC only when the operator sets MCP_PAYWALL=true.get_governance_stateVerify GBLIN protocol governance state: confirms whether the GBLIN vault is owned by the 48h Timelock, reads the timelock's min delay and grace period, reports role member counts, and surfaces any pending asset-addition proposal on the index contract. If an operation_id is provided, also reports the status of that specific timelock operation. Read-only — use this to gate trust-sensitive agent actions.share_skill_with_peerGenerate a portable skill seed that another AI agent can use to install GBLIN MCP and start managing treasury. The seed includes a working transaction example, install instructions, and a referral code derived from the caller's wallet. The code is a label inside the seed only: it is not written into any transaction and no fee is paid for it. Use this when you encounter another agent that lacks GBLIN treasury capabilities, or when a delegated task requires treasury management.get_auction_stateRead the GBLIN rebalancing auction on Base. The vault does not rebalance itself and pays nobody to do it: when a basket row drifts past its band it holds a Dutch auction, and whoever trades with it toward the target weights is the counterparty, at the oracle price adjusted by a premium that starts at a discount and rises to a cap over one ramp. Returns, per row, the side the vault takes, the gap in ETH, the token and amount the bidder hands over, and unsigned calldata (approval + bid). The premium is the whole reward; nothing is paid out of the vault.get_market_risk_regimeWhen deciding whether to deploy capital, take on risk, or STAND DOWN in a volatile market, call this first (the 'Risk Gate' pattern: gblin.digital/risk-gate, which a third-party ERC-8004 agent, id 59895 on Base, pinned in its published decision rule). Returns the current BTC/ETH risk regime (calm | elevated | crash), a severity score, and a risk posture (risk_on | reduce | risk_off), derived from GBLIN's verifiable on-chain Crash Shield vs Chainlink-oracle peaks on Base. Useful to ANY trading or treasury agent — independent of holding GBLIN. Poll each decision cycle. Free by default; metered at $0.002 USDC only when the operator sets MCP_PAYWALL=true.verify_risk_attestationVerify a GBLIN Risk Attestation — the object returned by GBLIN's /api/x402/attestation, or a proof-of-diligence a peer agent attached to its action. FREE, no payment. Runs four checks: (1) INTEGRITY — recomputes the EIP-712 attestation_id and detects tampering; (2) AUTHENTICITY — if a signature is present, recovers the signer and checks it is GBLIN's published attestor; (3) FRESHNESS — whether it expired (10-minute TTL), using on-chain time; (4) LIVE DRIFT — compares the attested regime to the CURRENT on-chain regime and flags if it changed. Use before you trust any counterparty/peer that claims it 'checked market risk via GBLIN'.seal_action_demoSeal the HASHES of an AI action into GBLIN's public append-only RFC 6962 transparency log (FREE demo, 5/day/IP, receipt marked demo:true). Returns a portable receipt: Ed25519 signature + Merkle inclusion proof + operator-signed C2SP checkpoint, offline-verifiable forever with the zero-dependency verify-receipt.mjs. Input/output go in as sha256 HASHES only; the action label and metadata you send are published in the public log. Unlimited seals cost $0.0045 via x402 — see how_to_seal_paid.get_receiptFetch a sealed AI Action Receipt by index from GBLIN's public transparency log (free forever). Returns the full portable receipt — canonical payload, Ed25519 signature, RFC 6962 Merkle inclusion proof against the current tree, operator-signed C2SP checkpoint — which any third party can verify offline with verify-receipt.mjs (zero dependencies).- +8 more on the listing page
MCP Server tools 33
list_modelsList every LLM model available through true402's pay-per-call inference, with live per-token pricing (3% over provider cost, min $0.0001/request). Returns each model's id, provider, and input/output token prices across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, Mistral and Together — so an agent can pick a model and know the exact cost before paying via x402 (USDC on Base, no account or API key).chatSend a chat completion request to an LLM via true402 (PAID x402 service, USDC on Base). Requires a funded wallet (WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY) on the MCP server.seo_auditAudit web pages for SEO + GEO (generative-engine optimization). POST `{ url, mode? }` for a single page, or `{ urls: [...], mode? }` to audit several in one call — priced per page ($0.04/page, up to 5 pages per request on this deployment). An unpaid request returns 402 with payment requirements. After payment, a single `url` returns a flat report (per-category scores + issues); `urls` returns `{ count, succeeded, pages: [...] }`. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.04–$0.2 USD/page (DYNAMIC — can exceed a fixed MAX_PAYMENT_USDC ceiling; raise it if a call is refused).web_extractFetch a web page and return clean readable text + light markdown + title/description/links. POST `{ url }`; an unpaid request returns 402. Flat-priced per request. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.005 USD (fixed).link_previewFetch a URL and return its Open Graph card (title, description, image, site name, favicon, canonical). POST `{ url }`; an unpaid request returns 402. Flat-priced per request. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.003 USD (fixed).screenshotRender a web page in headless Chromium and return a PNG screenshot as base64 JSON. POST `{ url, fullPage?, width? }`; an unpaid request returns 402. Flat-priced per request. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.01 USD (fixed).quantDeterministic finance calculators in one dispatch endpoint. POST `{ function, params }` where function ∈ {black_scholes, implied_volatility, kelly, sharpe, sortino, max_drawdown, historical_var, cvar, cagr, volatility}. e.g. black_scholes params {S,K,T,r,sigma,type}; kelly {p,b}; sharpe {returns[],rf?}. Unpaid: free while the caller's IP has free-trial calls left that day (a small daily allowance shared across the trial stalls, no wallet); otherwise returns 402. Flat-priced per request. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.003 USD (fixed).prediction_marketsKeyword-search live prediction markets across Polymarket, Limitless, and Manifold; returns normalized markets (probability outcomes, USD volume, close date). POST `{ query, limit? }`. Unpaid: free while the caller's IP has free-trial calls left that day (a small daily allowance shared across the trial stalls, no wallet); otherwise returns 402. Flat-priced per request. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.005 USD (fixed).defi_yieldsFilter + rank live DeFi lending/staking pool APYs across every protocol/chain (DefiLlama, ~15k pools). POST `{ chain?, project?, asset?, stablecoinOnly?, minTvlUsd?, includeOutliers?, limit? }`; returns pools sorted by APY (percent units, apyBase/apyReward split), TVL, stablecoin + ilRisk flags, and the DefiLlama poolId. Exploit-y outlier pools excluded by default. Unpaid: free while the caller's IP has free-trial calls left that day (a small daily allowance shared across the trial stalls, no wallet); otherwise returns 402. Flat-priced per request. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.005 USD (fixed).backlinksA domain's backlink profile: referring domains and pages, the dofollow split that carries authority, authority rank, spam score, broken backlinks, and link composition by TLD, type, attribute and country. POST `{ target }`; unpaid returns 402. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.1 USD (fixed).keyword_volumeMonthly search volume, CPC and competition for a batch of keywords, with a 12-month trend per term. Send up to 200 keywords in ONE call — they are priced per call, not per keyword. POST `{ keywords }`; unpaid returns 402. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.15 USD (fixed).ranked_keywordsWhich keywords a domain already ranks for in organic search, with position, search volume, CPC and competition. POST `{ target }`; unpaid returns 402. (PAID x402 service — USDC on Base; the MCP server needs a funded wallet to settle.) Price: $0.05 USD (fixed).- +21 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
GBLIN MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"gblinproject-gblin-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@gblin-protocol/mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
MCP Server
{
"mcpServers": {
"true402-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@true402.dev/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY": "YOUR_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY_HERE",
"SERVER_URL": "YOUR_SERVER_URL_HERE",
"MAX_PAYMENT_USDC": "YOUR_MAX_PAYMENT_USDC_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
GBLIN MCP is categorized under Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. MCP Server belongs to Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick GBLIN MCP for finance & fintech work and MCP Server for finance & fintech.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
GBLIN MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. MCP Server is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: other. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add gblinproject-gblin-mcp and true402-mcp-server as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, GBLIN MCP has a quality signal of 65/100 (Great) with 5 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. MCP Server has 64/100 (Good) with 4 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.