Polymarket Paper Trader
Polymarket Paper Trader is an MCP server that adds finance tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Polymarket paper trading for AI agents: $10k paper money, real order books, official fees. It has 454 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx polymarket-paper-trader.
github.com/agent-next/polymarket-paper-trader (opens in a new tab)
- Finance
- MIT
- Actively maintained
Install Polymarket Paper Trader
Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"polymarket-paper-trader": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"polymarket-paper-trader"
]
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio polymarket-paper-trader -- uvx polymarket-paper-traderCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"polymarket-paper-trader": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"polymarket-paper-trader"
]
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"servers": {
"polymarket-paper-trader": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"polymarket-paper-trader"
]
}
}
}Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).
Tools (29)
Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.
init_accountCreate paper account with starting balance
get_balanceCash, reserved/available cash, positions value, total P&L
reset_accountWipe all data and start fresh
search_marketsFind markets by keyword
list_marketsBrowse markets sorted by volume/liquidity
get_tagsAll market categories/tags for filtering
get_markets_by_tagMarkets in a specific category/tag
get_eventEvent details — a group of related markets
get_marketMarket details with outcomes and prices
get_order_bookLive order book snapshot (bids + asks)
watch_pricesMonitor prices for multiple markets
sellSell shares at best available prices
portfolioOpen positions with live valuations and P&L
historyRecent trade log with execution details
place_limit_orderLimit order — stays open until filled or cancelled/expired
list_ordersPending limit orders
cancel_orderCancel a pending order
cancel_all_ordersCancel all pending limit orders at once
check_ordersExecute pending orders against live prices
statsWin rate, ROI, profit, max drawdown
resolveResolve a closed market (winners get $1/share)
resolve_allResolve all closed markets
backtestBacktest a strategy against historical snapshots (stdio only)
stats_cardShareable stats card (tweet/markdown/plain)
share_contentPlatform-specific content (twitter/telegram/discord)
leaderboard_entryGenerate verifiable leaderboard submission
leaderboard_cardTop 10 ranking card from all local accounts
pk_cardHead-to-head comparison between two accounts
pk_battleRun two strategies head-to-head, auto-compare (stdio only)
About Polymarket Paper Trader
A zero-risk gym for AI agents on real prediction markets — real order books, official fees, verified fill fidelity. Practice, evaluate, and benchmark decision intelligence.
- ai-agent
- algorithmic-trading
- backtesting
- clawhub
- mcp
- openclaw
- paper-trading
- polymarket
- prediction-markets
- python
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What is Polymarket Paper Trader?
Polymarket Paper Trader is an MCP server that adds finance tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Polymarket paper trading for AI agents: $10k paper money, real order books, official fees. It has 454 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx polymarket-paper-trader. The source code is at github.com/agent-next/polymarket-paper-trader.
How do I install the Polymarket Paper Trader MCP server?
Add the command uvx polymarket-paper-trader to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.
Is Polymarket Paper Trader free?
The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.
Is Polymarket Paper Trader actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 1, 2026. The latest release is v0.4.5, published Oct 1, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.