kraken-cli

Kraken CLI

The first AI-native CLI for trading crypto, stocks, forex, and derivatives.

Full Kraken API access. Built-in MCP server. Live and paper trading. Single binary.

Works with Cursor, Claude, Codex, Copilot, Gemini, Goose, and OpenClaw.

Try these with your AI agent:

"Install kraken-cli (https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli) and build me a morning market brief."

"Watch ETH, SOL, and BTC for 30 seconds. What are the pros and cons of buying each right now?"

"Look up AAPLx, TSLAx, and SPYx on xStocks. Summarize how each is performing today."

"You are a Wall Street veteran with 20 years of experience. You have 1 minute. Paper trade BTC and show me your P&L."

"Open a 10x leveraged long on BTC futures paper with $5,000 collateral. Set a trailing stop at 3%."

[!CAUTION] Experimental software. Interacts with the live Kraken exchange and can execute real financial transactions. Read DISCLAIMER.md before using with real funds or AI agents.

Contents

• Installation
• What You Can Trade
• Quick Start
• MCP Server
• Paper Trading
• Commands
• API Keys & Configuration
• Verifying Binaries
• Contributing
• License & Disclaimer

Installation

Single binary, no runtime dependencies.

One-liner

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/releases/latest/download/kraken-cli-installer.sh | sh

Detects your OS and architecture, downloads the right binary, and installs it. macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Linux (x86_64 and ARM64) are supported. Windows: use WSL.

Verify it works:

kraken status && kraken ticker BTCUSD

Pre-built binaries are also available on the GitHub Releases page.

cargo install --git https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli

git clone https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli.git
cd kraken-cli
cargo install --path .

What You Can Trade

One binary covers six asset classes. All trading commands work across asset classes using the same interface; pass --asset-class where needed.

xStocks are not available in the USA. Availability for all products varies by jurisdiction.

For AI Agents

If you're an AI agent or building one, start here:

Core invocation pattern:

kraken <command> [args...] -o json 2>/dev/null

• stdout is always valid JSON on success, or a JSON error envelope on failure.
• Exit code 0 means success. Non-zero means failure.
• stderr carries diagnostics only (enabled with -v). Never parse stderr for data.