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      "slug": "coinbase-cdp-agentkit",
      "name": "Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP)",
      "vendor": "Coinbase Developer Platform",
      "vendorUrl": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com",
      "kind": "sdk",
      "category": "agent-wallets",
      "summary": "Coinbase's wallet infrastructure for agents, with programmatic transactions, spending controls and MCP integrations.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/coinbase/agentkit",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [
        "stdio",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.base.org",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "awal"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@coinbase/payments-mcp"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@coinbase/agentkit"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "coinbase-agentkit"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@coinbase/agentkit-model-context-protocol"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@coinbase/cdp-cli"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@coinbase/cdp-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@x402/mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Agentic Wallet (CLI and MCP) signs in with email OTP, no API key; the agent never sees a private key. CDP MCP / AgentKit / server wallets use a CDP API key ID + secret and a wallet secret (the CLI stores them in the OS keyring and mints short-lived JWTs). Coinbase Wallet MCP (https://mcp.base.org, a separate consumer-wallet product) uses per-action approval URLs.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Agentic Wallet, its MCP server, wallet creation and gas on Base are free; x402 services charge their own prices and Coinbase Onramp fees apply. CDP server and embedded wallets bill $0.005 per wallet operation (create account 1, sign 1, send 2, policy evaluation 1) after 5,000 free operations a month; reads are free. AgentKit and the CLIs are free open source (https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/wallets/pricing-and-rewards/overview).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.005 / call",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Coinbase's CDP SQL API is paid per query over x402 at x402.cdp.coinbase.com. Agentic Wallet pays x402-gated APIs in USDC on Base, Polygon and Solana with a `--max-amount` cap and can host paid endpoints; @x402/fetch, @x402/axios, @x402/mcp and the CDP SDK cover code paths, and Coinbase runs the CDP facilitator. The wallet APIs and MCP servers aren't paid per call (https://github.com/coinbase/agentic-wallet-skills; https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/agentic-wallet/cli/welcome)",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://x402.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/data/query/run",
            "priceUsd": null,
            "network": ""
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 1322,
        "npmWeekly": 5785,
        "pypiWeekly": 1465,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/agentic-wallet/welcome",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coinbase/cdp-sdk/main/openapi.yaml",
      "capabilities": [
        "wallet.onchain",
        "wallet.custody",
        "wallet.spend-limits",
        "payments.x402"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "local",
        "open-source",
        "x402-payer",
        "wallet",
        "stablecoin",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "free-tier"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-29",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 71.2,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 144,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1210,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.6",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 83,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 85,
          "reliability": 49,
          "schema": 94,
          "security": 78,
          "transparency": 76
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -5,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "AgentKit's flaunch and zora action providers read any non-URL `image` argument as a local file path and uploaded the file to a public IPFS pinning service, so an injected agent could publish arbitrary host files (present since 2025-07-25). Fixed in source on 2026-08-19 by PR #1432 and documented in a changeset, but the npm package (0.10.4, 2025-12-19) still carries the path, so we deduct less than for an open incident. Only agents that register those providers are exposed (https://github.com/coinbase/agentkit/pull/1432)."
        ],
        "verdict": "Operator-set max per call and max per session that the agent can't change, set in the wallet UI. AgentKit on npm is 0.10.4 from December 2025, and its fix for a local file read and public upload path is unreleased.",
        "bestFor": "Giving a personal agent a USDC wallet with hard caps in two commands, and for builders who want policy-bound server wallets and x402 on both sides.",
        "strengths": [
          "Operator-set max per call and max per session that the agent can't change, set in the wallet UI",
          "Server-wallet policy engine that rejects by default, on CDP API keys with scopes and a separate wallet secret",
          "Public OpenAPI with 208 operations, typed error codes and idempotency keys, and SDKs in five languages",
          "x402 on Coinbase's own SQL API, payer and seller tooling, and the CDP facilitator",
          "$0.005 per wallet operation after 5,000 free a month; the Agentic Wallet and gas on Base are free"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "AgentKit on npm is 0.10.4 from December 2025, and its fix for a local file read and public upload path is unreleased",
          "Agentic Wallet caps are amounts only; allowlists need server wallets and the policy engine",
          "No published rate limits or SLA for the wallet APIs",
          "Agentic Wallet MCP is beta and can only discover and pay",
          "No official Coinbase entry in the MCP registry"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Run `npx awal@2.12.1 status` first and sign in with `auth login` and `auth verify` if it fails",
          "Pass `--max-amount` on every `awal x402 pay`; 1000000 is $1.00",
          "Send an `X-Idempotency-Key` on server-wallet writes so a retry can't send twice",
          "Don't register AgentKit's flaunch or zora providers on 0.10.4; they read local files",
          "Give an agent a policy-bound server account or an Agentic Wallet, never a full CDP API key"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.6",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 71.2
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
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          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 85,
          "reliability": 49,
          "schema": 94,
          "security": 78,
          "transparency": 65
        },
        "provenanceScore": 87,
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          "last": "2026-10-01",
          "lastMoved": "2026-10-08",
          "oldest": "2026-10-01",
          "stale": false,
          "staleAfterDays": 90
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      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npx skills add coinbase/agentic-wallet-skills",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --scope user --transport stdio cdp -- npx -y @coinbase/cdp-cli mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "cdp": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@coinbase/cdp-cli",
                "mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx"
            },
            "coinbase-wallet": {
              "url": "https://mcp.base.org"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/wallet.onchain",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/coinbase-cdp-agentkit"
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      "area": "payments",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "CDP wallet operation",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.005,
          "note": "after 5,000 free a month; a send counts as 2 operations"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Coinbase, Inc.",
        "domain": "base.org",
        "domainRegistered": "1996-11-11",
        "domainNote": "The hosted endpoint is the Coinbase Wallet MCP on base.org, the domain of Coinbase's Base network. base.org was registered long before Coinbase acquired it. The CDP docs send status readers to status.coinbase.com, which has a Developer Platform component group. coinbase.com's security.txt had passed its Expires date per the 30 September check.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://coinbase.com/legal/developer-platform/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://coinbase.com/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.coinbase.com",
        "changelog": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/get-started/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "expired",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "score": 87
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit.json",
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            {
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              "date": "2026-10-11",
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              "date": "2026-10-22",
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              "date": "2026-10-23",
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.coinbase.com",
          "indicator": "minor",
          "summary": "Partially Degraded Service",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:02:37.369494188Z",
          "stars": 1336,
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T20:47:38.915858261Z"
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    },
    "answer": "Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) scores 71.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)'s 60.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) leads on reliability.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "coinbase-mcp",
      "name": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)",
      "vendor": "Coinbase, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/ai-agents/coinbase-for-agents/coinbase-mcp",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "category": "agent-wallets",
      "summary": "Coinbase's remote MCP server connects an agent to a person's Coinbase account to trade crypto, eligible US stocks and futures, manage portfolios and pay for x402 data from the account's USDC balance, after the person signs in with OAuth.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-mcp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-mcp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-mcp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coinbase-mcp.json",
      "license": "Proprietary hosted service under Coinbase's account terms, which we couldn't read. The companion CLI, @coinbase/coinbase-cli, is MIT-licensed on npm with no public repository",
      "transports": [
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@coinbase/coinbase-cli"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "oauth",
      "authNotes": "Coinbase OAuth at login.coinbase.com, authorisation code with PKCE S256, with dynamic client registration and Client ID Metadata Documents. Coinbase allowlists clients; the docs name ChatGPT, Grok, Grok Bot, Muse, Perplexity Computer, Claude, Claude Code and Codex CLI, and say registration alone grants nothing. The person signs in and picks which portfolios the agent may use. Ten `mcp:*` scopes cover reads, portfolio changes, orders, trades and transfers between portfolios; `offline_access` adds a refresh token. Access is revoked under Coinbase Account \u003e Security \u003e Connections. Other clients use the local CLI with a CDP API key scoped to portfolios with View, Trade and Transfer permissions (https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/coinbase-for-agents/skill.md, checked 2026-10-24).",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "No charge for the MCP server was found in Coinbase's docs. Orders execute through Coinbase Advanced Trade, so Advanced Trade fees and eligibility apply; the fee schedule on coinbase.com sits behind a bot check and wasn't read. x402 data payments come from the account's USDC balance on Base at the provider's price, capped at 5 USDC per payment; catalogue prices are advisory and shown only after sign-in (https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/ai-agents/coinbase-for-agents/coinbase-mcp.md, checked 2026-10-24).",
      "priceSummary": "Free",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "The server pays x402 as a buyer. `coinbase_x402_resources`, `coinbase_x402_fetch` and `coinbase_x402_pay` find and pay curated x402 resources (Arkham, Dripstack, Exa, Glassnode, Massive, Nansen, You.com) in USDC on Base from the account balance, x402 v2 only for fetch, 5 USDC per payment. The MCP endpoint itself isn't paid per call; it answers 401 with OAuth metadata (https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/ai-agents/coinbase-for-agents/coinbase-mcp.md, checked 2026-10-24).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "asOf": "2026-10-24"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/ai-agents/coinbase-for-agents/coinbase-mcp",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
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        "data.markets",
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        "payments.stablecoin"
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-24"
        },
        "negative": 0,
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        "bestFor": "An agent acting in a person's own Coinbase account, trading spot crypto, US futures and eligible US stocks and paying for market research by x402.",
        "strengths": [
          "OAuth with PKCE S256, ten `mcp:*` scopes, and a consent screen where the person picks the portfolios the agent may use",
          "Access is revoked from Coinbase Account \u003e Security \u003e Connections, and transfers move funds only between the person's own portfolios",
          "Orders take a `client_order_id` that returns the existing order on retry, and x402 payments an `idempotency_key` kept for the same payment",
          "Setup guide and docs in Markdown with a routing matrix of what works for spot, equities and futures, and an error table with causes and fixes",
          "x402 payments for data from the account's USDC balance, capped at 5 USDC per payment by the server"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Only clients Coinbase has allowlisted can connect; other agents need the local CLI and a CDP API key",
          "`tools/list` needs a signed-in account, so tool schemas and annotations can't be read before connecting",
          "No numeric rate limit for the remote server, no SLA and no status component for it",
          "No per-order size limit or server-side spending budget is documented beyond portfolio scoping and the 5 USDC x402 cap",
          "Not in the official MCP registry, and the companion CLI is at 0.0.10 with no public repository"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call `coinbase_portfolios_list` first and name the portfolio on every order; an order without one falls back to the default portfolio and fails if it isn't granted",
          "Send a fresh `client_order_id` with each order and reuse it on retry, so a dropped connection doesn't place a second order",
          "Preview with `coinbase_orders_preview` and confirm with the person before `coinbase_orders_create`; equity previews may be unavailable",
          "Use `ETH-USDC`-style pairs when buying with a USDC balance, and `base_size` in contracts for futures",
          "Agree a spending budget before `coinbase_x402_fetch`, set `max_amount`, and keep the `idempotency_key` for any retry; settled payments can't be reversed"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 65,
          "security": 70,
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      "connect": {
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          "args": [
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          "transport": "stdio"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/wallet.custody",
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        "legalEntity": "Coinbase, Inc.",
        "domain": "coinbase.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2011-07-02",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement",
        "privacy": "https://www.coinbase.com/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.coinbase.com",
        "changelog": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/get-started/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "expired",
        "checked": "2026-10-24",
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          "The docs don't name the terms that govern agent access. coinbase.com's legal pages answered a Cloudflare bot check and weren't read; the terms and privacy URLs are Coinbase's standard ones and Coinbase, Inc. is the entity named in the coinbase-cdp-agentkit listing and in CDP's third-party user agreement.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2 July 2011 for coinbase.com.",
          "https://www.coinbase.com/.well-known/security.txt points to HackerOne and expired on 1 June 2024. agents.coinbase.com has no security.txt (404).",
          "status.coinbase.com is a Statuspage site shared with the rest of Coinbase, with no component for the agents MCP server.",
          "The CDP changelog carries dated Coinbase for Agents entries for 12 June, 19 June, 17 August and 21 August 2026."
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.coinbase.com",
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          "url": "https://coinbase.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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        "a": "SDK + MCP",
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        "a": "Coinbase Developer Platform",
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      {
        "a": "https://mcp.base.org",
        "b": "https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
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      {
        "a": "stdio, Streamable HTTP",
        "b": "Streamable HTTP, stdio",
        "name": "Transports"
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      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth",
        "name": "Auth"
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        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
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        "a": "payer tooling only",
        "b": "payer tooling only",
        "name": "x402"
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      {
        "a": "Apache-2.0",
        "b": "Proprietary hosted service under Coinbase's account terms, which we couldn't read. The companion CLI, @coinbase/coinbase-cli, is MIT-licensed on npm with no public repository",
        "name": "Licence"
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      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "29",
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "a": "2026-09-29",
        "b": "2026-09-30",
        "name": "Last release"
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      {
        "a": "2026-06-23",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
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      {
        "a": "2026-05-27",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "a": "1.3k stars, 5.8k npm/wk, 1.5k PyPI/wk",
        "b": "509 npm/wk",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "3.5/5 (2)",
        "b": "2.5/5 (4)",
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        "answer": "Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) scores 71.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)'s 60.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) leads on reliability.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) or Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)?"
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      {
        "answer": "Yes. Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.base.org and Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) at https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp.",
        "question": "Can an agent call Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) and Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) without installing anything?"
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      {
        "answer": "Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents).",
        "question": "Are Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) and Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) open source?"
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          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 94 against 65",
          "Agent ergonomics, 83 against 66",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 78 against 70",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 85 against 40",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 58",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 64"
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          "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better",
          "Open source",
          "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.5 out of 5"
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        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 55 against 49"
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          "No incidents deducted, where Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) loses 5 points for them"
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        "slug": "coinbase-mcp",
        "watchFor": "Only clients Coinbase has allowlisted can connect; other agents need the local CLI and a CDP API key"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coinbase-mcp.json\n- Best agent wallets and spending controls: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-wallets/index.md\n- All 47 wallets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-wallets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) (BB)\n\nGood for: Giving a personal agent a USDC wallet with hard caps in two commands, and for builders who want policy-bound server wallets and x402 on both sides.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 94 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 66\n- Security \u0026 auth, 78 against 70\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 85 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.5 out of 5\n\nWatch for: AgentKit on npm is 0.10.4 from December 2025, and its fix for a local file read and public upload path is unreleased\n\n### Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) (C)\n\nGood for: An agent acting in a person's own Coinbase account, trading spot crypto, US futures and eligible US stocks and paying for market research by x402.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 55 against 49\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: Only clients Coinbase has allowlisted can connect; other agents need the local CLI and a CDP API key\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 49 | 55 | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) +6 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 94 | 65 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +29 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 66 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 78 | 70 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 85 | 40 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +45 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 58 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 64 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **71.2 · BB** | **60.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Coinbase Developer Platform | Coinbase, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.base.org` | `https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp` |\n| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service under Coinbase's account terms, which we couldn't read. The companion CLI, @coinbase/coinbase-cli, is MIT-licensed on npm with no public repository |\n| Tools exposed | none | 29 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-23 |  |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-27 |  |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |\n| Popularity | 1.3k stars, 5.8k npm/wk, 1.5k PyPI/wk | 509 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP).** Operator-set max per call and max per session that the agent can't change, set in the wallet UI. AgentKit on npm is 0.10.4 from December 2025, and its fix for a local file read and public upload path is unreleased.\n\n**Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents).** Coinbase's remote MCP gives an agent OAuth access to a person's Coinbase account, with ten scopes, per-portfolio grants, revocation from account settings and client order IDs for safe retries. Only allowlisted clients can connect, the tool schemas aren't public, no rate limit is published and no server-side limit on order size is documented.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP)\n\n1. Run `npx awal@2.12.1 status` first and sign in with `auth login` and `auth verify` if it fails\n2. Pass `--max-amount` on every `awal x402 pay`; 1000000 is $1.00\n3. Send an `X-Idempotency-Key` on server-wallet writes so a retry can't send twice\n4. Don't register AgentKit's flaunch or zora providers on 0.10.4; they read local files\n5. Give an agent a policy-bound server account or an Agentic Wallet, never a full CDP API key\n\n### Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)\n\n1. Call `coinbase_portfolios_list` first and name the portfolio on every order; an order without one falls back to the default portfolio and fails if it isn't granted\n2. Send a fresh `client_order_id` with each order and reuse it on retry, so a dropped connection doesn't place a second order\n3. Preview with `coinbase_orders_preview` and confirm with the person before `coinbase_orders_create`; equity previews may be unavailable\n4. Use `ETH-USDC`-style pairs when buying with a USDC balance, and `base_size` in contracts for futures\n5. Agree a spending budget before `coinbase_x402_fetch`, set `max_amount`, and keep the `idempotency_key` for any retry; settled payments can't be reversed\n\n## Tutorials\n\n- [Check an Agentic Wallet balance on Base Sepolia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tutorials/coinbase-cdp-agentkit/), for Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) or Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)?\n\nCoinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) scores 71.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)'s 60.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) leads on reliability.\n\n### Can an agent call Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) and Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) without installing anything?\n\nYes. Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.base.org and Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) at https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp.\n\n### Are Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) and Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) open source?\n\nCoinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-coinbase-mcp.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-coinbase-mcp.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"coinbase-cdp-agentkit\", \"b\": \"coinbase-mcp\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare coinbase-cdp-agentkit coinbase-mcp`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coinbase-mcp.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) or Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)\n\n- [Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets) vs Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/circle-wallets-vs-coinbase-cdp-agentkit.md)\n- [Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Kite Agent Passport](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-kite-agent-passport.md)\n- [Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Openfort](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-openfort.md)\n- [Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Privy Wallets (server wallets, agent wallets, policy engine)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-privy.md)\n- [Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Sponge Wallet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-sponge-wallet.md)\n- [Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Turnkey Agentic Wallets](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-turnkey-agentic-wallets.md)\n- [Agentcard vs Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcard-vs-coinbase-cdp-agentkit.md)\n- [Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Agent Vault by Self](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-self-agent-vault.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Kite Agent Passport](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kite-agent-passport.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Agent Vault by Self](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-self-agent-vault.md)\n- [Agentcard vs Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcard-vs-coinbase-mcp.md)\n- [Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets) vs Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/circle-wallets-vs-coinbase-mcp.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Openfort](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-openfort.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Privy Wallets (server wallets, agent wallets, policy engine)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-privy.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Sponge Wallet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-sponge-wallet.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Turnkey Agentic Wallets](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-turnkey-agentic-wallets.md)\n",
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