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Kalshi Kernel MCP Server

Name: Kalshi Kernel MCP Server
Author: copyleftdev

Unofficial safety-focused MCP server for Kalshi market data and explicitly authorized trading

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "copyleftdev-kalshi-kernel": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel:0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE": "paper",
        "KALSHI_API_KEY_ID": "YOUR_KALSHI_API_KEY_ID",
        "KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH": "",
        "KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE	No	Immutable execution mode; paper is the safe default
KALSHI_API_KEY_ID	No	Kalshi API key identifier; used only in live mode Secret.
KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH	No	Path to a mounted Kalshi private key; used only in live mode
KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK	No	Explicit live-risk acknowledgement documented by this project

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