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Kalshi Kernel for Claude Desktop

io.github.copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel

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

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Kalshi Kernel in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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