mcp-odds-api

A mimimalist Model Context Protocol MCP server to interact with the OddsAPI.

Features

• Uses environmental variables to limit the queries to some regions and a single sport.

>It supports both SSE and STDIO transports.

Tools

The server implements the following tools to interact with the OddsAPI:

• `get_events`:

• `get_odds`:
• `get_event_odds`:

Configuration

1. Create _or edit the Claude Desktop configuration file located at:

2. Add the following:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-bauplan": {
      "command": "/path/to/uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-odds-api"],
      "env": {
        "ODDS_API_KEY": "",
        "ODDS_API_REGIONS": "", "",
        "ODDS_API_SPORT": "",
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Replace `/path/to/uvx` with the absolute path to the `uvx` executable. Find the path with `which uvx` command in a terminal. This ensures that the correct version of `uvx` is used when starting the server.

4. Restart Claude Desktop to apply the changes.

Run the stand-alone SSE server

Create a .env file from .env.example and then execute the following command:

$ uvx --env-file /path/to/.env mcp-odds-api --transport sse --port 9090

>Note the use of `nvx` and not `uvx` will fetch `mcp-bauplan` from the default registry https://pypi.org.

Development

Setup

1. Prerequisites:

2. Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/marcoeg/mcp-odds-api
cd mcp-nvd

3. Set Environment Variables:

ODDS_API_KEY=""
    ODDS_API_REGIONS="", ""
    ODDS_API_SPORT=""

4. Install Dependencies:

uv sync
uv pip install -e .

Start the server with SSE transport

$ uv run mcp-odds-api --transport sse --port 9090
python-dotenv could not parse statement starting at line 2
2025-04-30 19:35:34 - dotenv.main - WARNING - python-dotenv could not parse statement starting at line 2
INFO:     Started server process [68314]
INFO:     Waiting for application startup.
INFO:     Application startup complete.
INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://0.0.0.0:9090 (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Run the Inspector:

$ CLIENT_PORT=8077 TARGET_PORT=9090 \
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector run

Starting MCP inspector...
⚙️ Proxy server listening on port 6277
🔍 MCP Inspector is up and running at http://127.0.0.1:8077 🚀

Then open the browser to the URL indicated by the MCP Inspector. Select SSE Transport Type.