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  "data": {
    "a": {
      "slug": "gate-io",
      "name": "Gate",
      "vendor": "Gate",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.gate.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "crypto-exchanges",
      "summary": "Gate is a centralised crypto exchange for spot, margin, futures, options, earn and tokenised stocks, reached through its REST and WebSocket API v4, official SDKs, a CLI, and hosted and local MCP servers under its Gate for AI programme.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gate-io",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gate-io.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gate-io.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gate-io.json",
      "dns": "gate-io.grade.anchorterminal.com",
      "repo": "https://github.com/gate/gate-mcp",
      "transports": [
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "gate-mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "The API v4 takes an API key and secret minted on the APIv4 Keys page after a browser sign-up, signed per request with HMAC-SHA512 in the KEY, Timestamp and SIGN headers, with a 60 second timestamp window. Each key carries a permission per product group (spot and margin, perpetual, delivery, wallet, withdrawal and others) set to disabled, read-only or read-write, an IP allow-list of up to 20 addresses, and changes take up to 5 minutes. The hosted MCP trading endpoint uses Gate OAuth 2 at www.gate.com/apiw/v2/mcp/oauth with scopes base, read, asset, spot_trade, futures_trade, earn, cfd and stock, revocable on the API management page; the public market-data endpoints need no credential; the local `gate-mcp` package takes GATE_API_KEY and GATE_API_SECRET (https://www.gate.com/docs/developers/apiv4/en/, https://api.gatemcp.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp/exchange and https://www.gate.com/docs/developers/agent/en/, checked 2026-11-03).",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "The API and the MCP servers cost nothing; trades carry Gate's fees. The fee page shows its tier table only after login. Gate's help centre gives the VIP 0 spot taker rate as 0.1 per cent and its learn articles give 0.1 per cent maker and taker with GT payment lowering it to 0.09 per cent; VIP tiers run from 0 to 16. The VIP 0 futures rate was not readable (https://www.gate.com/help/trade/spot/41629 and https://www.gate.com/fee, checked 2026-11-03).",
      "priceSummary": "0.1% fee",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API v4 docs, the agent guide, the gate-mcp README or the fee pages (checked 2026-11-03).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 58,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 44,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-11-03"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.gate.com/docs/developers/apiv4/en/",
      "registryName": "io.github.gateio-dev/gate-mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "exchange.market-data",
        "exchange.spot-trading",
        "exchange.derivatives",
        "exchange.balances",
        "exchange.transfers",
        "exchange.staking",
        "market.crypto"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "api-key",
        "oauth",
        "usage-priced",
        "sandbox",
        "no-status-page",
        "mcp",
        "remote-mcp",
        "mcp-registry",
        "official",
        "read-only-mode",
        "agent-skills",
        "cli",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "go",
        "java",
        "php",
        "dotnet"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-11-02",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 56.4,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 740,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1349,
        "categoryRank": 12,
        "methodology": "0.7",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 66,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 42,
          "schema": 70,
          "security": 60,
          "transparency": 49
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-11-03"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Gate runs official hosted MCP servers with keyless market data and OAuth-scoped trading, a local stdio server with a read-only switch, per-endpoint rate limits with headers and a futures testnet. There is no status page, SLA or OpenAPI file, the fee table needs a login, the MCP host is a separate domain, and the terms name no company.",
        "bestFor": "An agent trading spot, futures and earn products in a person's Gate account outside the 35 restricted locations, with a keyless MCP for research and an OAuth MCP or scoped key for trading.",
        "strengths": [
          "Hosted MCP at api.gatemcp.ai split by purpose, 58 market-data tools with no credential and trading tools behind Gate OAuth 2 with eight scopes, in the official MCP registry",
          "API keys with a disabled, read-only or read-write setting per product group, a withdrawal group of its own and an IP allow-list of up to 20 addresses",
          "Per-endpoint rate limits with X-Gate-RateLimit-Limit, X-Gate-RateLimit-Requests-Remain and X-Gate-RateLimit-Reset-Timestamp headers and a labelled error body",
          "Futures TestNet at api-testnet.gateapi.io with its own keys, and the complete REST and WebSocket docs downloadable as Markdown",
          "Official SDKs in Python, Java, PHP, Go, C#, Node.js and JavaScript, a CLI with JSON output, and 40 dated changelog entries in the last 90 days"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No status page, incident history or SLA; the terms give no uptime guarantee and cap liability at three months of fees",
          "The MCP endpoints live on gatemcp.ai, not gate.com, and the registry namespace is a GitHub organisation; the OAuth scopes in the metadata differ from the ones the docs describe",
          "The local MCP server sets no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations, and the hosted server's annotations could not be read without a session",
          "The fee table loads only after login, and the docs disagree with themselves on keys per account (5 against 20) and tool counts",
          "Clause 1.3(h) of the user agreement bans automated activity through any channel Gate has not designated, and the agreement names no legal entity"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Start on https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp for prices and order books with no credential; switch to /mcp/exchange only when the person has approved the OAuth grant with the narrowest scopes",
          "For a key-based route, create a key on a dedicated sub-account with read-only on every group but the one the task needs, withdrawal disabled and an IP allow-list; changes take up to 5 minutes",
          "Put a unique `text` value starting with t- on every spot order and reuse it on the retry; read the order back before placing again",
          "Read X-Gate-RateLimit-Requests-Remain and stop at zero; spot order placement is capped at 10 a second and withdrawals at 1 per 3 seconds",
          "Rehearse futures logic on api-testnet.gateapi.io with TestNet keys; there is no spot testnet"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.7",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 56.4
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 66,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 42,
          "schema": 70,
          "security": 60,
          "transparency": 37
        },
        "provenanceScore": 60,
        "checked": {
          "categories": {
            "ergonomics": "2026-11-03",
            "maintenance": "2026-11-03",
            "payments": "2026-11-03",
            "reliability": "2026-11-03",
            "schema": "2026-11-03",
            "security": "2026-11-03",
            "transparency": "2026-11-03"
          },
          "last": "2026-11-03",
          "oldest": "2026-11-03",
          "stale": false,
          "staleAfterDays": 90
        }
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npx -y gate-mcp",
        "http": "curl https://api.gateio.ws/api/v4/spot/tickers?currency_pair=BTC_USDT",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add gate-mcp --transport http https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "gate-mcp": {
              "transport": "streamable-http",
              "url": "https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/exchange.market-data",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/gate-io"
      },
      "area": "payments",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Spot trade, VIP 0 taker",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 0.1,
          "note": "maker 0.1 per cent per Gate's learn articles; 0.09 per cent paid in GT"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "gate.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1996-03-29",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.gate.com/user-agreement",
        "privacy": "https://www.gate.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://www.gate.com/docs/developers/apiv4/en/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-11-03",
        "notes": [
          "The user agreement (last updated 22 July 2026) and the privacy policy name only Gate, under the laws of the Republic of Panama with ICC arbitration; no company name or registration number appears. The about page names Gate Technology Ltd for the Malta licence only.",
          "www.gate.com/robots.txt allows the docs, help, legal and about paths and disallows /post/, search results, referral URLs and a list of internal API paths; nothing under those paths was fetched. The /about path answered 403 and /about-us loaded.",
          "RDAP gives gate.com a registration date of 29 March 1996 (Amazon Registrar); the exchange moved from gate.io to gate.com and traces its origin to 2013.",
          "https://www.gate.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404. No status page found; status.gate.com does not resolve and the docs link none.",
          "The API endpoint api.gateio.ws is Gate's own; the MCP endpoints are on api.gatemcp.ai, a separate domain whose OAuth metadata points back to www.gate.com. The changelog is the versioned section of the API v4 docs page."
        ],
        "score": 60
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gate-io.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "gate-io",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-11-04T20:46:46.96949385Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
          "lastMs": 10350,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 10330,
          "p95ms24h": 10631,
          "samples24h": 55,
          "samples30d": 55,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-11-04",
              "probes": 55,
              "ok": 55
            }
          ]
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.gateio-dev/gate-mcp",
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-11-04T17:11:44.552009456Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "gate-mcp",
            "version": "0.19.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-11-04T20:17:45.56236451Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 44,
        "npmWeekly": 303,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://gate.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "unknown",
          "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:53:27.737532632Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T20:46:46.96949385Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Gate scores 56.4 (C) on agent readiness against KuCoin's 53.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. KuCoin leads on transparency \u0026 trust.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "kucoin",
      "name": "KuCoin",
      "vendor": "KuCoin",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.kucoin.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "crypto-exchanges",
      "summary": "KuCoin is a centralised crypto exchange for spot, margin and futures trading and earn products, reached through its REST and WebSocket API with a unified trading account, an official multi-language SDK and read-only agent skills. It runs no MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kucoin",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kucoin.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kucoin.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kucoin.json",
      "dns": "kucoin.grade.anchorterminal.com",
      "repo": "https://github.com/Kucoin/kucoin-universal-sdk",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "API key, secret and user-set passphrase minted under API Management after a browser sign-up and identity verification, with KC-API-KEY, KC-API-SIGN (HMAC-SHA256 over timestamp, method, path and body, Base64), KC-API-TIMESTAMP, KC-API-PASSPHRASE (the passphrase signed with the secret) and KC-API-KEY-VERSION headers. Permissions are General (read-only), Spot, Margin, Futures, Earn, Withdrawal, FlexTransfers, LeadtradeFutures and Unified; Withdrawal and FlexTransfers need an IP allow-list, and a key with trading permissions and no IP bound has trading disabled or is deleted after 30 days of inactivity. General-only keys do not expire (https://www.kucoin.com/docs-new/authentication, https://www.kucoin.com/docs-new/ and https://www.kucoin.com/support/360015102174, checked 2026-11-03).",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "The API costs nothing; trades carry KuCoin's fees. Spot fee levels are set against a base of 0.1 per cent maker and 0.1 per cent taker at LV0, with some pairs priced differently and a 20 per cent discount when fees are paid in KCS. The futures LV0 rate (0.02 per cent maker and 0.06 per cent taker per a KuCoin blog post) sits in an image on the support page and was not read first-hand. The fee page itself loads its table by script (https://www.kucoin.com/support/360015188494 and https://www.kucoin.com/en-eu/support/360015207133, checked 2026-11-03).",
      "priceSummary": "0.1% fee",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the skills hub or the fee pages (checked 2026-11-03).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 55,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-11-03"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.kucoin.com/docs-new/",
      "capabilities": [
        "exchange.market-data",
        "exchange.spot-trading",
        "exchange.derivatives",
        "exchange.balances",
        "exchange.transfers",
        "exchange.staking",
        "market.crypto"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "api-key",
        "usage-priced",
        "no-status-page",
        "agent-skills",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "go",
        "java",
        "php"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-11-02",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 53.9,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 824,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1349,
        "categoryRank": 16,
        "methodology": "0.7",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 62,
          "maintenance": 73,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 60,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 54
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-11-03"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "KuCoin publishes pooled rate limits with remaining and reset headers, scoped keys where withdrawals and transfers need an IP allow-list, an official SDK in five languages and read-only agent skills. It runs no MCP server, has no sandbox, status page or OpenAPI file, and its terms name no legal entity.",
        "bestFor": "An agent trading spot, margin and futures in a person's KuCoin account outside the restricted list, with no sandbox and no MCP server, so through the SDK or raw REST.",
        "strengths": [
          "Rate limits published per VIP level with per-endpoint weights and gw-ratelimit-limit, gw-ratelimit-remaining and gw-ratelimit-reset headers, 429000 on breach",
          "API key permissions split into General, Spot, Margin, Futures, Earn, Withdrawal, FlexTransfers and Unified, with Withdrawal and FlexTransfers requiring an IP allow-list",
          "Official kucoin-universal-sdk for Go, Python, Node.js, PHP and Java, MIT, pushed September 2026",
          "Unified Trading Account API V2 with a dated changelog and unified six-digit error codes",
          "Seven read-only agent skills in a KuCoin-published repository, installable with the skills CLI"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No official MCP server; the registry's `kucoin` entry is a third party's keyless market-data package",
          "No sandbox or testnet; the legacy sandbox is offline and the docs point to mocking",
          "No status page, incident history or SLA found",
          "No OpenAPI file or llms.txt; the SDK page links a Postman workspace instead",
          "Terms name no company and fix the Turks and Caicos Islands as the deemed place of every transaction; the privacy policy names only KuCoin"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Mint a key with General only for research; add Spot or Futures only with an IP allow-list, since unbound trading keys are disabled after 30 days of inactivity",
          "Send a UUID clientOid on every order and keep it for the retry, and read the order back by clientOid before placing again",
          "Budget requests by weight against gw-ratelimit-remaining and sleep for gw-ratelimit-reset milliseconds on 429000; sub-accounts share the pool",
          "There is no sandbox, so rehearse with the smallest order size on a dedicated sub-account",
          "Use the UTA V2 endpoints and hosts; the Classic API loses endpoints without notice, as the margin credit endpoints did on 21 October 2026"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.7",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 53.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 62,
          "maintenance": 73,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 60,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 52
        },
        "provenanceScore": 55,
        "checked": {
          "categories": {
            "ergonomics": "2026-11-03",
            "maintenance": "2026-11-03",
            "payments": "2026-11-03",
            "reliability": "2026-11-03",
            "schema": "2026-11-03",
            "security": "2026-11-03",
            "transparency": "2026-11-03"
          },
          "last": "2026-11-03",
          "oldest": "2026-11-03",
          "stale": false,
          "staleAfterDays": 90
        }
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.kucoin.com/api/v1/market/orderbook/level1?symbol=BTC-USDT"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/exchange.market-data",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/kucoin"
      },
      "area": "payments",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Spot trade, LV0 maker or taker",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 0.1,
          "note": "base rate; some pairs differ, 20 per cent off in KCS"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "kucoin.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2013-11-13",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.kucoin.com/support/47185419968079",
        "privacy": "https://www.kucoin.com/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://www.kucoin.com/docs-new/change-log",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-11-03",
        "notes": [
          "The terms (last updated 29 October 2026) name no company; they deem all activity to occur in the Turks and Caicos Islands under its law with SIAC arbitration. /legal/terms-of-use is a shell page that links the support article recorded here. The privacy policy (dated 10/05/2026 in an ambiguous format) names KuCoin as controller with no company name.",
          "www.kucoin.com/robots.txt disallows assets, order and account paths only; docs-new and support pages are allowed.",
          "RDAP gives kucoin.com a registration date of 13 November 2013 (Amazon Registrar).",
          "https://www.kucoin.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404. No status page found; status.kucoin.com does not resolve and the docs link none.",
          "The docs changelog is dated by day; its newest entry is dated 6 November 2026, three days ahead of the check, and the newest past entry 2 November 2026."
        ],
        "score": 55
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kucoin.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "kucoin",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "Kucoin/kucoin-universal-sdk",
            "version": "v1.3.1",
            "released": "2026-05-29",
            "seenAt": "2026-11-04T20:29:03.487838607Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 55,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://kucoin.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:54:04.738329571Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T20:29:03.487838607Z"
      }
    },
    "edges": [
      {
        "by": 10,
        "category": "schema",
        "leads": "gate-io",
        "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "No public OpenAPI file was found, though the SDKs are generated and the MCP tools carry typed parameters per the tool reference; the hosted tools' JSON Schema could not be read without a session (12 of 25). The whole REST and WebSocket documentation is downloadable as Markdown and the agent guide is a plain page (10). The tool reference gives one line and the main parameters per tool, the API reference a description per endpoint, no when-not-to-use guidance (12 of 20). Required flags, enums for side, type and time_in_force (11 of 15). Examples per endpoint and a labelled error body with a fixed label list the docs tell you to branch on instead of messages (13 of 15). A versioned changelog, v4.106.177 on 2 November 2026 (12 of 15, since entries are terse). 70.",
          "b": "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract was found; the docs link a Postman workspace and the universal SDK is generated from an internal spec (8 of 25). No llms.txt; the skills hub ships Markdown SKILL.md files with endpoint tables for seven product areas, read-only (6 of 10). One docs page per endpoint with a description, permission and weight, but no when-to-use guidance (12 of 20). Typed parameter tables with enums for type and side and required flags (11 of 15). Request and response examples per endpoint and a unified six-digit error code scheme introduced with V2 (10 of 15). Dated changelog with V1 to V2 versioning (13 of 15). 60."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 70,
          "b": 60
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 5,
        "category": "security",
        "leads": "gate-io",
        "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Gate OAuth 2 for the hosted trading MCP with eight scopes per the protected-resource metadata and revocation on the API management page, and API keys with disabled, read-only or read-write per product group, a separate withdrawal group and an IP allow-list of 20 addresses (30). A read-only key and a GATE_READONLY switch exist, and the guide says fund-moving actions need the person's confirmation in the client, with no server-side cap documented (15 of 20). The news and info servers return third-party content with no guidance on treating it as untrusted (5 of 15). Key changes and OAuth grants are visible on the API management page; no per-call log found (5 of 15). No security.txt, no disclosure policy or bounty on a page we read, a proof-of-reserves repository (5 of 20). 60.",
          "b": "API key with a user-set passphrase, HMAC-SHA256 signing, nine permission groups, IP allow-lists required for Withdrawal and FlexTransfers, trading keys without an IP disabled after 30 days of inactivity, revocation on the management page; no OAuth and no expiry on General keys (24 of 30). A General-only key is a true read-only mode and withdrawals are a separate permission; no confirmation step for writes beyond the key scope (12 of 20). Tools return the exchange's own data (10). The API key info endpoint shows permissions and IP lists; no per-call audit log was found (5 of 15). No security.txt, no disclosure policy or bounty on a page we could read, a whistleblower notice on the legal page (4 of 20). 55."
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          "a": "The editorial half. A closed hosted service with a clear user agreement that names no company; the MCP packages are MIT (12 of 30). The privacy policy names a DPO address and categories of recipients, with no retention numbers and no named subprocessors (12 of 30). The changelog records breaking changes such as the amend endpoint path move of 16 October 2026 with no notice period or policy (8 of 20). Transfers outside the user's jurisdiction are disclosed with no locations or provider names (5 of 20). 37.",
          "b": "The editorial half. A closed hosted service with terms that are clear on use, liability and law but name no company (12 of 30). The privacy policy gives retention periods by purpose and provider (2 years after closure, 14 months for Firebase, 3 years for Jumio, 5 years for Sumsub) and names 41 services, with no data centre locations (22 of 30). Endpoints are removed and fields deprecated in dated changelog entries with no notice period or policy (8 of 20). Third parties named by service, locations not stated beyond transfers around the globe (10 of 20). 52."
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          "b": 54
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        "a": "https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp",
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        "a": "Streamable HTTP, stdio",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
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        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
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      {
        "a": "Pay per use",
        "b": "Pay per use",
        "name": "Pricing"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
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      {
        "a": "58",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
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      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "a": "io.github.gateio-dev/gate-mcp",
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        "name": "MCP registry"
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        "a": "2026-11-02",
        "b": "2026-11-02",
        "name": "Last release"
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        "a": "2026-07-22",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
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      {
        "a": "no date given",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "a": "44 stars",
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        "answer": "Gate scores 56.4 (C) on agent readiness against KuCoin's 53.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. KuCoin leads on transparency \u0026 trust.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Gate or KuCoin?"
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      {
        "answer": "Gate takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. KuCoin needs an API key.",
        "question": "Do Gate and KuCoin need an API key?"
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      {
        "answer": "Gate has a hosted endpoint at https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for KuCoin.",
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  "markdown": "Gate scores 56.4 (C) on agent readiness against KuCoin's 53.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. KuCoin leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do exchange market data.\n\n- Gate: grade C, 56.4/100, rank #740 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gate-io.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gate-io.json\n- KuCoin: grade D, 53.9/100, rank #824 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kucoin.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kucoin.json\n- Best crypto exchange APIs and MCP servers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/crypto-exchanges/index.md\n- All 210 exchanges comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crypto-exchanges/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Gate (C)\n\nGood for: An agent trading spot, futures and earn products in a person's Gate account outside the 35 restricted locations, with a keyless MCP for research and an OAuth MCP or scoped key for trading.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 70 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 60 against 55\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or SLA; the terms give no uptime guarantee and cap liability at three months of fees\n\n### KuCoin (D)\n\nGood for: An agent trading spot, margin and futures in a person's KuCoin account outside the restricted list, with no sandbox and no MCP server, so through the SDK or raw REST.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 54 against 49\n\nWatch for: No official MCP server; the registry's `kucoin` entry is a third party's keyless market-data package\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Gate +10\n\n- Gate (70): No public OpenAPI file was found, though the SDKs are generated and the MCP tools carry typed parameters per the tool reference; the hosted tools' JSON Schema could not be read without a session (12 of 25). The whole REST and WebSocket documentation is downloadable as Markdown and the agent guide is a plain page (10). The tool reference gives one line and the main parameters per tool, the API reference a description per endpoint, no when-not-to-use guidance (12 of 20). Required flags, enums for side, type and time_in_force (11 of 15). Examples per endpoint and a labelled error body with a fixed label list the docs tell you to branch on instead of messages (13 of 15). A versioned changelog, v4.106.177 on 2 November 2026 (12 of 15, since entries are terse). 70.\n- KuCoin (60): No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract was found; the docs link a Postman workspace and the universal SDK is generated from an internal spec (8 of 25). No llms.txt; the skills hub ships Markdown SKILL.md files with endpoint tables for seven product areas, read-only (6 of 10). One docs page per endpoint with a description, permission and weight, but no when-to-use guidance (12 of 20). Typed parameter tables with enums for type and side and required flags (11 of 15). Request and response examples per endpoint and a unified six-digit error code scheme introduced with V2 (10 of 15). Dated changelog with V1 to V2 versioning (13 of 15). 60.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Gate +5\n\n- Gate (60): Gate OAuth 2 for the hosted trading MCP with eight scopes per the protected-resource metadata and revocation on the API management page, and API keys with disabled, read-only or read-write per product group, a separate withdrawal group and an IP allow-list of 20 addresses (30). A read-only key and a GATE_READONLY switch exist, and the guide says fund-moving actions need the person's confirmation in the client, with no server-side cap documented (15 of 20). The news and info servers return third-party content with no guidance on treating it as untrusted (5 of 15). Key changes and OAuth grants are visible on the API management page; no per-call log found (5 of 15). No security.txt, no disclosure policy or bounty on a page we read, a proof-of-reserves repository (5 of 20). 60.\n- KuCoin (55): API key with a user-set passphrase, HMAC-SHA256 signing, nine permission groups, IP allow-lists required for Withdrawal and FlexTransfers, trading keys without an IP disabled after 30 days of inactivity, revocation on the management page; no OAuth and no expiry on General keys (24 of 30). A General-only key is a true read-only mode and withdrawals are a separate permission; no confirmation step for writes beyond the key scope (12 of 20). Tools return the exchange's own data (10). The API key info endpoint shows permissions and IP lists; no per-call audit log was found (5 of 15). No security.txt, no disclosure policy or bounty on a page we could read, a whistleblower notice on the legal page (4 of 20). 55.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: KuCoin +5\n\n- Gate (49): The editorial half. A closed hosted service with a clear user agreement that names no company; the MCP packages are MIT (12 of 30). The privacy policy names a DPO address and categories of recipients, with no retention numbers and no named subprocessors (12 of 30). The changelog records breaking changes such as the amend endpoint path move of 16 October 2026 with no notice period or policy (8 of 20). Transfers outside the user's jurisdiction are disclosed with no locations or provider names (5 of 20). 37.\n- KuCoin (54): The editorial half. A closed hosted service with terms that are clear on use, liability and law but name no company (12 of 30). The privacy policy gives retention periods by purpose and provider (2 years after closure, 14 months for Firebase, 3 years for Jumio, 5 years for Sumsub) and names 41 services, with no data centre locations (22 of 30). Endpoints are removed and fields deprecated in dated changelog entries with no notice period or policy (8 of 20). Third parties named by service, locations not stated beyond transfers around the globe (10 of 20). 52.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Gate | KuCoin | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 42 | 45 | KuCoin +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 60 | Gate +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 62 | Gate +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 55 | Gate +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 35 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 73 | Gate +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 54 | KuCoin +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **56.4 · C** | **53.9 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Gate | KuCoin |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Gate | KuCoin |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Tools exposed | 58 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.gateio-dev/gate-mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-22 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 44 stars | 55 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Gate.** Gate runs official hosted MCP servers with keyless market data and OAuth-scoped trading, a local stdio server with a read-only switch, per-endpoint rate limits with headers and a futures testnet. There is no status page, SLA or OpenAPI file, the fee table needs a login, the MCP host is a separate domain, and the terms name no company.\n\n**KuCoin.** KuCoin publishes pooled rate limits with remaining and reset headers, scoped keys where withdrawals and transfers need an IP allow-list, an official SDK in five languages and read-only agent skills. It runs no MCP server, has no sandbox, status page or OpenAPI file, and its terms name no legal entity.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Gate\n\n1. Start on https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp for prices and order books with no credential; switch to /mcp/exchange only when the person has approved the OAuth grant with the narrowest scopes\n2. For a key-based route, create a key on a dedicated sub-account with read-only on every group but the one the task needs, withdrawal disabled and an IP allow-list; changes take up to 5 minutes\n3. Put a unique `text` value starting with t- on every spot order and reuse it on the retry; read the order back before placing again\n4. Read X-Gate-RateLimit-Requests-Remain and stop at zero; spot order placement is capped at 10 a second and withdrawals at 1 per 3 seconds\n5. Rehearse futures logic on api-testnet.gateapi.io with TestNet keys; there is no spot testnet\n\n### KuCoin\n\n1. Mint a key with General only for research; add Spot or Futures only with an IP allow-list, since unbound trading keys are disabled after 30 days of inactivity\n2. Send a UUID clientOid on every order and keep it for the retry, and read the order back by clientOid before placing again\n3. Budget requests by weight against gw-ratelimit-remaining and sleep for gw-ratelimit-reset milliseconds on 429000; sub-accounts share the pool\n4. There is no sandbox, so rehearse with the smallest order size on a dedicated sub-account\n5. Use the UTA V2 endpoints and hosts; the Classic API loses endpoints without notice, as the margin credit endpoints did on 21 October 2026\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Gate or KuCoin?\n\nGate scores 56.4 (C) on agent readiness against KuCoin's 53.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. KuCoin leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Gate and KuCoin need an API key?\n\nGate takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. KuCoin needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Gate and KuCoin without installing anything?\n\nGate has a hosted endpoint at https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for KuCoin.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-kucoin.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-kucoin.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"gate-io\", \"b\": \"kucoin\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare gate-io kucoin`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gate-io.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kucoin.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Gate or KuCoin\n\n- [Bitfinex API vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitfinex-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Bitfinex API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitfinex-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Bitget vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitget-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Bitget vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitget-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Bithumb Open API vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bithumb-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Bithumb Open API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bithumb-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Bitstamp API vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitstamp-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Bitstamp API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitstamp-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Bybit vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bybit-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Bybit vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bybit-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Crypto.com Exchange API vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crypto-com-exchange-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Crypto.com Exchange API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crypto-com-exchange-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Gate vs Gemini Exchange API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-gemini-exchange.md)\n- [Gate vs HTX trading API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-htx.md)\n- [Gate vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Gate vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Gate vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Gate vs OKX API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-okx.md)\n- [Gate vs Uniswap Trading API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-uniswap.md)\n- [Gate vs Upbit Open API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-upbit.md)\n- [Gemini Exchange API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-exchange-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [HTX trading API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/htx-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [KuCoin vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kucoin-vs-mexc.md)\n- [KuCoin vs OKX API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kucoin-vs-okx.md)\n- [KuCoin vs Uniswap Trading API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kucoin-vs-uniswap.md)\n- [KuCoin vs Upbit Open API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kucoin-vs-upbit.md)\n- [Binance API vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Binance API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Coinbase Advanced Trade API vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-advanced-trade-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Coinbase Advanced Trade API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-advanced-trade-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Kraken API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kraken-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Deribit vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deribit-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Deribit vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deribit-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [dYdX vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [dYdX vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Hyperliquid vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kucoin.md)\n",
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