Gate MCP Skill

Gate MCP Skill

Use this skill to run Gate public market data workflows through uxc + MCP.

Reuse the uxc skill for shared MCP execution, output parsing, and generic auth guidance.

Prerequisites

• uxc is installed and available in PATH.
• Network access to https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp.

Scope

This skill covers the official Gate MCP surface for:

• public spot market discovery
• public spot tickers, trades, order books, and candlesticks
• public futures contracts, tickers, trades, order books, funding, and premium data

This skill does not cover:

• private account or trading workflows
• Gate REST v4 signed APIs
• wallet, funding, or portfolio actions

Endpoint

Use Gate's official MCP endpoint:

• https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp

Core Workflow

1. Use the fixed link command by default:
   • command -v gate-mcp-cli
   • If missing, create it: uxc link gate-mcp-cli https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp
   • gate-mcp-cli -h
2. Inspect tool and argument help before execution:
   • gate-mcp-cli cex_spot_get_spot_tickers -h
   • gate-mcp-cli cex_spot_get_spot_order_book -h
   • gate-mcp-cli cex_fx_get_fx_tickers -h
   • gate-mcp-cli cex_fx_get_fx_order_book -h
3. Prefer narrow spot or futures reads with explicit instrument identifiers:
   • gate-mcp-cli cex_spot_get_spot_tickers currency_pair=BTC_USDT
   • gate-mcp-cli cex_spot_get_spot_order_book currency_pair=BTC_USDT limit=20
   • gate-mcp-cli cex_fx_get_fx_tickers contract=BTC_USDT
   • gate-mcp-cli cex_fx_get_fx_funding_rate contract=BTC_USDT

Operations

Spot

• cex_spot_list_currencies
• cex_spot_list_currency_pairs
• cex_spot_get_currency
• cex_spot_get_currency_pair
• cex_spot_get_spot_tickers
• cex_spot_get_spot_order_book
• cex_spot_get_spot_trades
• cex_spot_get_spot_candlesticks

Futures

• cex_fx_list_fx_contracts
• cex_fx_get_fx_contract
• cex_fx_get_fx_tickers
• cex_fx_get_fx_order_book
• cex_fx_get_fx_trades
• cex_fx_get_fx_candlesticks
• cex_fx_get_fx_funding_rate
• cex_fx_get_fx_premium_index
• cex_fx_list_fx_liq_orders

Guardrails

• Keep automation on the JSON output envelope; do not use --text.
• Parse stable fields first: ok, kind, protocol, data, error.
• Treat this v1 skill as read-only.
• Prefer currency_pair values like BTC_USDT for spot and contract values like BTC_USDT for futures unless help output indicates a different contract name.
• gate-mcp-cli <operation> ... is equivalent to uxc https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp <operation> ....

References

• Usage patterns: references/usage-patterns.md
• Official Gate for AI / MCP docs: https://www.gate.com/gate-mcp-skills
• Gate MCP setup article: https://www.gate.com/ru/help/gateforai/gateforaibasics/50102/gate-for-ai-one-click-integration-with-major-ai-agents-no-api-keys-required-zero-barriers