category

Pack: coinmarketcap · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/coinmarketcap/mcp

Coins belonging to a specific category.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
idstringyesCategory id (from categories)
convertstringno

Example call

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/coinmarketcap/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"category","arguments":{}}}'

Response shape

FieldTypeDescription
dataobject
statusobject
Full JSON Schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Category ID"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Category name"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Category title"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Category description"
        },
        "num_tokens": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Number of cryptocurrencies in category"
        },
        "avg_price_change": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Average price change percentage"
        },
        "market_cap": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Total market cap of category"
        },
        "market_cap_change": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Market cap change percentage"
        },
        "volume_24h": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "24-hour trading volume"
        },
        "last_updated": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Last update ISO timestamp"
        },
        "cryptocurrencies": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Cryptocurrencies in this category",
          "items": {
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "timestamp": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "ISO timestamp"
        },
        "error_code": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Error code (0 for success)"
        },
        "error_message": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Error message if applicable"
        },
        "elapsed": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Elapsed milliseconds"
        },
        "credit_count": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "API credits consumed"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coinmarketcap": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/coinmarketcap/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build May 21, 2026