{ "data": { "a": { "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": [] }, "toolCount": 29, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 509, "pypiWeekly": null, "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": [ "wallet.custody", "market.crypto", "data.markets", "payments.x402", "wallet.spend-limits", "payments.stablecoin" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "closed-source", "x402-payer", "stablecoin", "llms-txt", "cli", "free", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 593, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1210, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 40, "reliability": 55, "schema": 65, "security": 70, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-24" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 40, "reliability": 55, "schema": 65, "security": 70, "transparency": 32 }, "provenanceScore": 95, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-24", "maintenance": "2026-10-24", "payments": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "2026-10-24", "schema": "2026-10-24", "security": "2026-10-24", "transparency": "2026-10-24" }, "last": "2026-10-24", "oldest": "2026-10-24", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @coinbase/coinbase-cli", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add coinbase --transport http https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp", "config": { "args": [ "mcp" ], "command": "coinbase", "transport": "stdio" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/wallet.custody", "tool": "https://letme.dev/coinbase-mcp" }, "area": "payments", "provenance": { "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", "notes": [ "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." ], "score": 95 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "coinbase-mcp", "probe": { "target": "https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-25T20:42:25.592612157Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 184, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 178, "p95ms24h": 406, "samples24h": 69, "samples30d": 69, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 69, "ok": 69 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.coinbase.com", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Partially Degraded Service", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T20:47:39.104819823Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://coinbase.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2024-06-01T00:00:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T15:27:59.146056518Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:51:48.210003694Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T20:47:39.104819823Z" } }, "answer": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Kite Agent Passport's 51.4 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Kite Agent Passport leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "kite-agent-passport", "name": "Kite Agent Passport", "vendor": "Kite AI", "vendorUrl": "https://gokite.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "agent-wallets", "summary": "Kite Agent Passport gives an AI agent a funded USDC wallet and an identity, with spending sessions a person approves by passkey. Agents use it through the kpass CLI and a skills bundle to pay x402 and MPP services.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kite-agent-passport.json", "repo": "https://github.com/gokite-ai/passport-skills", "license": "Closed service under terms from Datalego Inc. dated 29 April 2026. The Passport Skills repository is MIT. The kpass CLI is distributed as binaries and its source repository is private.", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs up by email (a verification link plus an 8-character code) and creates a passkey on the Passport dashboard. The agent then registers itself with `kpass agent:register` and requests spending sessions, each approved by the person with the passkey. Wallet sends, session approvals and passkey changes need a fresh passkey step-up. Returning logins use an emailed code. A hosted MCP endpoint with OAuth exists for ChatGPT and other MCP clients (changelog, 23 June 2026); its URL was not found in the reviewed docs.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "No published fee schedule was found (checked 10 October 2026). The changelog says session preflight returns an estimate covering merchant fees, network gas and Passport's own service margin, shown before approval, without stating the margin. Merchants set their own prices. Account creation and sandbox test mode with a testnet faucet need no card. Fiat funding goes through Banxa with an ID check.", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "partial", "evidence": "Passport pays third-party x402 services as a buyer (`kpass agent:session execute`, `--payment-approach x402_http`) and also pays MPP services, per the Service Provider Guide (https://docs.gokite.ai/kite-agent-passport/service-provider-guide). Passport's own backend is not paid over x402, MPP or L402, and Kite recommends the third-party Pieverse facilitator for Kite chain.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-10" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.gokite.ai/kite-agent-passport", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.gokite.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "wallet.onchain", "wallet.spend-limits", "payments.x402", "payments.card", "auth.agent-identity" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "cli", "skills", "llms-txt", "wallet", "x402", "mpp", "stablecoins", "virtual-cards", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 51.4, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 882, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1210, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 35, "reliability": 35, "schema": 64, "security": 72, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-10" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "22 July 2026: Kite fixed a settlement-timing gap in agent-session payments, marked [security], that could allow repricing between detection and settlement. It is fixed and disclosed in the changelog, with no report of exploitation found, so -2 (https://docs.gokite.ai/changelog/2026/2026-07-22-release).", "8 July 2026: settlement moved to Base, replacing the treasury relay path, and mainnet agent wallets' USDC was bridged to Base. The release note asked integrations that assumed Kite settlement to update, with no earlier notice found, so -3 (https://docs.gokite.ai/changelog/2026/2026-07-08-release)." ], "verdict": "Spending sessions with per-transaction and total caps, a lifetime and passkey approval are enforced by the service, with step-up checks and an audit log. A person must sign up by email and create a passkey before an agent can pay. No published fee rate, OpenAPI file or Passport status page was found.", "bestFor": "Coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex that need to pay x402 or MPP services within budgets a person approves by passkey.", "strengths": [ "Each spending session has a per-transaction cap, a USD budget, a lifetime and a scope, approved by the person with a passkey", "Wallet sends, session approvals and passkey changes need an action-bound passkey step-up, and a step-up log and login history are readable", "Pays third-party x402 and MPP services as a buyer, with cross-chain routing across Base, Tempo and Solana since 8 July 2026", "The kpass CLI returns JSON with numbered exit codes, an `error_code` and a `hint`, and documents an idempotency key on paid executes", "Active releases: CLI bundle 83 on 7 October 2026 and twelve Passport Skills tags since 29 August 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "A person signs up by email, clicks a verification link and creates a passkey in a browser before any agent can spend", "No fee rate is published. Passport's service margin appears only in a per-session estimate before approval", "The API reference is a placeholder and no OpenAPI file is published, so agents work through the CLI or the hosted MCP endpoint", "No status page covers the Passport backend, and no rate limit with numbers or SLA was found", "The kite-passport skill tells agents to use paid services before WebSearch or built-in tools, which can spend budget on tasks free tools could do" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run `kpass` with `--output json --no-interactive` and branch on the exit code and `error_code`. Exit 6 is a session policy breach, so request a new session rather than logging in again", "Pass `--idempotency-key` on every `kpass session execute` so a retry after a timeout does not pay twice", "Ask the person for a session with a small per-transaction cap and a short `--ttl`, and confirm the merchant URL before executing", "Use `kpass sandbox` test mode and the faucet to try a payment flow without real funds. Scoped cards are not available in sandbox", "Check the kite-passport skill's trigger rules before installing it, since it directs the agent to paid services ahead of free tools" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 51.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 35, "reliability": 35, "schema": 64, "security": 72, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 60, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-10", "maintenance": "2026-10-10", "payments": "2026-10-10", "reliability": "2026-10-10", "schema": "2026-10-10", "security": "2026-10-10", "transparency": "2026-10-10" }, "last": "2026-10-10", "lastMoved": "2026-10-12", "oldest": "2026-10-10", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://agentpassport.ai/install.sh | bash" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/wallet.onchain", "tool": "https://letme.dev/kite-agent-passport" }, "area": "payments", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Datalego Inc.", "domain": "agentpassport.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://agentpassport.ai/terms/", "privacy": "https://agentpassport.ai/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.gokite.ai/changelog/2026/2026-07-29-release", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-10", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy name Datalego Inc. as the operator of agentpassport.ai, and the privacy policy gives ops@gokite.ai for requests.", "status.gokite.ai covers the Kite website, explorer and RPC endpoints, not the Passport backend, so statusPage is empty.", "agentpassport.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns the site's HTML page and gokite.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. SECURITY.md in the skills repository names security@kitepassport.com.", "The backend runs at passport.prod.gokite.ai, a Kite domain, per the skills repository." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.json", "live": { "slug": "kite-agent-passport", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "gokite-ai/passport-skills", "version": "v3.5.7", "released": "2026-10-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-25T08:59:27.787847882Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://agentpassport.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T15:27:36.860751393Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.gokite.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:52:22.803103093Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "agentpassport.ai", "registered": "2025-04-17", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/agentpassport.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:04:53.88561933Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.gokite.ai/changelog/2026/2026-07-29-release", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T02:45:09.807867938Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-15T21:25:25.626497612Z", "fingerprint": "57383dc9e66a" }, { "url": "https://agentpassport.ai/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T02:39:34.616227796Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-24T02:09:54.237069509Z", "fingerprint": "10a6b2aa6acb" }, { "url": "https://agentpassport.ai/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T02:39:36.695113292Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-24T02:09:56.64860328Z", "fingerprint": "b0782dd939df" } ], "github": { "repo": "gokite-ai/passport-skills", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:13:26.96566633Z", "stars": 1, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-16T11:06:49Z", "openIssues": 2, "openPRs": 7, "issuesOpened90d": 2, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 93, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 48, "failure": 2, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-15T19:37:41Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 2, "unanswered": 2 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T15:27:36.860751393Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Coinbase, Inc.", "b": "Kite AI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "payer tooling only", "b": "payer tooling only", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "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", "b": "Closed service under terms from Datalego Inc. dated 29 April 2026. The Passport Skills repository is MIT. The kpass CLI is distributed as binaries and its source repository is private.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "29", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "2026-04-29", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "2026-04-29", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "509 npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Kite Agent Passport's 51.4 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Kite Agent Passport leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) or Kite Agent Passport?" }, { "answer": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) has a hosted endpoint at https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for Kite Agent Passport.", "question": "Can an agent call Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) and Kite Agent Passport without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 55 against 35", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 54" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where Kite Agent Passport loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "coinbase-mcp", "watchFor": "Only clients Coinbase has allowlisted can connect; other agents need the local CLI and a CDP API key" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 71 against 58" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex that need to pay x402 or MPP services within budgets a person approves by passkey.", "slug": "kite-agent-passport", "watchFor": "A person signs up by email, clicks a verification link and creates a passkey in a browser before any agent can spend" } ], "job": { "capability": "wallet.spend-limits", "name": "Wallet spend limits" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcard-vs-kite-agent-passport.json", "title": "Agentcard vs Kite Agent Passport", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcard-vs-kite-agent-passport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/circle-wallets-vs-kite-agent-passport.json", "title": "Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets) vs Kite Agent Passport", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/circle-wallets-vs-kite-agent-passport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-kite-agent-passport.json", "title": "Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Kite Agent Passport", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-kite-agent-passport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-openfort.json", "title": "Kite Agent Passport vs Openfort", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-openfort" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-privy.json", "title": "Kite Agent Passport vs Privy Wallets (server wallets, agent wallets, policy engine)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-privy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-sponge-wallet.json", "title": "Kite Agent Passport vs Sponge Wallet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-sponge-wallet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-turnkey-agentic-wallets.json", "title": "Kite Agent Passport vs Turnkey Agentic Wallets", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-turnkey-agentic-wallets" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-self-agent-vault.json", "title": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Agent Vault by Self", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-self-agent-vault" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-self-agent-vault.json", "title": "Kite Agent Passport vs Agent Vault by Self", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kite-agent-passport-vs-self-agent-vault" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcard-vs-coinbase-mcp.json", "title": "Agentcard vs Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcard-vs-coinbase-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/circle-wallets-vs-coinbase-mcp.json", "title": "Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets) vs Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/circle-wallets-vs-coinbase-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-coinbase-mcp.json", "title": "Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-coinbase-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-openfort.json", "title": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Openfort", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-openfort" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-privy.json", "title": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Privy Wallets (server wallets, agent wallets, policy engine)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-privy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-sponge-wallet.json", "title": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Sponge Wallet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-sponge-wallet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-turnkey-agentic-wallets.json", "title": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Turnkey Agentic Wallets", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-turnkey-agentic-wallets" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 20, "coinbase-mcp": 55, "edge": "coinbase-mcp", "key": "reliability", "kite-agent-passport": 35, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "coinbase-mcp": 65, "edge": "coinbase-mcp", "key": "schema", "kite-agent-passport": 64, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "coinbase-mcp": 66, "edge": "kite-agent-passport", "key": "ergonomics", "kite-agent-passport": 68, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "coinbase-mcp": 70, "edge": "kite-agent-passport", "key": "security", "kite-agent-passport": 72, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "coinbase-mcp": 40, "edge": "coinbase-mcp", "key": "payments", "kite-agent-passport": 35, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 13, "coinbase-mcp": 58, "edge": "kite-agent-passport", "key": "maintenance", "kite-agent-passport": 71, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 10, "coinbase-mcp": 64, "edge": "coinbase-mcp", "key": "transparency", "kite-agent-passport": 54, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Kite Agent Passport's 51.4 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Kite Agent Passport leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do wallet spend limits.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "coinbase-mcp": "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.", "kite-agent-passport": "Spending sessions with per-transaction and total caps, a lifetime and passkey approval are enforced by the service, with step-up checks and an audit log. A person must sign up by email and create a passkey before an agent can pay. No published fee rate, OpenAPI file or Passport status page was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kite-agent-passport", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kite-agent-passport.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kite-agent-passport.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kite-agent-passport.min.md" }, "markdown": "Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Kite Agent Passport's 51.4 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Kite Agent Passport leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do wallet spend limits.\n\n- Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents): grade C, 60.2/100, rank #593 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coinbase-mcp.json\n- Kite Agent Passport: grade D, 51.4/100, rank #882 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kite-agent-passport.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 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 35\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where Kite Agent Passport 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### Kite Agent Passport (D)\n\nGood for: Coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex that need to pay x402 or MPP services within budgets a person approves by passkey.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 71 against 58\n\nWatch for: A person signs up by email, clicks a verification link and creates a passkey in a browser before any agent can spend\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) | Kite Agent Passport | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 35 | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 64 | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 68 | Kite Agent Passport +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 72 | Kite Agent Passport +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 35 | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 71 | Kite Agent Passport +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 54 | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.2 · C** | **51.4 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) | Kite Agent Passport |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | Platform |\n| Vendor | Coinbase, Inc. | Kite AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | 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 | Closed service under terms from Datalego Inc. dated 29 April 2026. The Passport Skills repository is MIT. The kpass CLI is distributed as binaries and its source repository is private. |\n| Tools exposed | 29 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | | 2026-04-29 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | 2026-04-29 |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 509 npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Kite Agent Passport.** Spending sessions with per-transaction and total caps, a lifetime and passkey approval are enforced by the service, with step-up checks and an audit log. A person must sign up by email and create a passkey before an agent can pay. No published fee rate, OpenAPI file or Passport status page was found.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Kite Agent Passport\n\n1. Run `kpass` with `--output json --no-interactive` and branch on the exit code and `error_code`. Exit 6 is a session policy breach, so request a new session rather than logging in again\n2. Pass `--idempotency-key` on every `kpass session execute` so a retry after a timeout does not pay twice\n3. Ask the person for a session with a small per-transaction cap and a short `--ttl`, and confirm the merchant URL before executing\n4. Use `kpass sandbox` test mode and the faucet to try a payment flow without real funds. Scoped cards are not available in sandbox\n5. Check the kite-passport skill's trigger rules before installing it, since it directs the agent to paid services ahead of free tools\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) or Kite Agent Passport?\n\nCoinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Kite Agent Passport's 51.4 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Kite Agent Passport leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Can an agent call Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) and Kite Agent Passport without installing anything?\n\nCoinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) has a hosted endpoint at https://agents.coinbase.com/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for Kite Agent Passport.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kite-agent-passport.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kite-agent-passport.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"coinbase-mcp\", \"b\": \"kite-agent-passport\"}`. 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