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MCP server · Finance and crypto

Lighter MCP server

by 0xDegenMo

Let your AI check crypto markets and place trades on the Lighter exchange for you.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Buy 50 USDC worth of BTC on Lighter”, the Lighter MCP server connects it to Lighter exchange, and you get back trade confirmation.

This is a small helper that connects your AI assistant to Lighter, a crypto trading exchange. Once it is set up, you can ask your AI to look at prices, check your balance, or place a trade, and it will do it for you. It is handy if you already trade on Lighter or want to try it without clicking around the website.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat. It cannot see your trading account or press any buttons on an exchange. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill, in this case a connection to Lighter. With it connected, your AI can look up markets and, if you allow it, place trades on your Lighter account when you ask.

What this MCP server does

You type a request in plain words, like asking about a price or telling it to buy something. Your AI passes that request to this helper. The helper then talks to Lighter, the exchange, over the internet. Lighter sends back the answer or carries out the trade. Your AI shows you the result in the chat, like a price, a list of your positions, or a confirmation that an order was placed.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Buy 50 USDC worth of BTC on Lighter”, the Lighter MCP server connects it to Lighter exchange, and you get back trade confirmation. Click to zoom

What you can do with it

  • See the list of markets and current prices on Lighter
  • Check your account balance and open positions
  • Place a market or limit order to buy or sell
  • Set a stop-loss or take-profit on a position
  • Close a position or cancel an order
  • Change the leverage on a market

Try asking your AI

  • “List the markets available on Lighter”
  • “What is my balance and what positions do I have open?”
  • “Buy 50 USDC worth of BTC on Lighter”
  • “Set a stop-loss on my ETH position at 3000”

What it gives back to you

You get answers right in the chat. That can be a list of markets, a price, your balance, or your open positions. When you place or cancel an order, it tells you what it did. It does not send files; everything shows up as text in the conversation.

Before you start

What you need

  • Python installed on your computer
  • The lighter-mcp package (installed with pip)
  • A Lighter account if you want to see your balance or trade (a free account works)
  • An API key from your Lighter sub-account if you want to place trades

Good to know

This helper can place real trades with real money, so use a Lighter sub-account with only what you are willing to risk, and never put your main wallet key in the settings.

Install it with your AI

Add Lighter MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

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Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Lighter MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.

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Who it's for

People who already trade crypto on Lighter or want to try it, and who like doing things by chatting with an AI instead of clicking through a website.