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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)

Install Polymarket Paper Trader

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "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-trader

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "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

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "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_account

    Create paper account with starting balance

  • get_balance

    Cash, reserved/available cash, positions value, total P&L

  • reset_account

    Wipe all data and start fresh

  • search_markets

    Find markets by keyword

  • list_markets

    Browse markets sorted by volume/liquidity

  • get_tags

    All market categories/tags for filtering

  • get_markets_by_tag

    Markets in a specific category/tag

  • get_event

    Event details — a group of related markets

  • get_market

    Market details with outcomes and prices

  • get_order_book

    Live order book snapshot (bids + asks)

  • watch_prices

    Monitor prices for multiple markets

  • sell

    Sell shares at best available prices

  • portfolio

    Open positions with live valuations and P&L

  • history

    Recent trade log with execution details

  • place_limit_order

    Limit order — stays open until filled or cancelled/expired

  • list_orders

    Pending limit orders

  • cancel_order

    Cancel a pending order

  • cancel_all_orders

    Cancel all pending limit orders at once

  • check_orders

    Execute pending orders against live prices

  • stats

    Win rate, ROI, profit, max drawdown

  • resolve

    Resolve a closed market (winners get $1/share)

  • resolve_all

    Resolve all closed markets

  • backtest

    Backtest a strategy against historical snapshots (stdio only)

  • stats_card

    Shareable stats card (tweet/markdown/plain)

  • share_content

    Platform-specific content (twitter/telegram/discord)

  • leaderboard_entry

    Generate verifiable leaderboard submission

  • leaderboard_card

    Top 10 ranking card from all local accounts

  • pk_card

    Head-to-head comparison between two accounts

  • pk_battle

    Run 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

FAQ

Polymarket Paper Trader FAQ

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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.