{"id":"nlinhvu-spring-boot-bitcoin-mcp-server-2025","name":"spring-boot-bitcoin-mcp-server-2025","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/nlinhvu/spring-boot-bitcoin-mcp-server-2025","category":"ai-ml","subcategories":[],"tags":["ai-mcp","spring-boot","java","crypto","bitcoin","coinlifecycle","market-data","demo"],"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server (Spring Boot-based) that retrieves Bitcoin price data from CoinGecko’s API, intended for use with Claude Desktop via an MCP server configuration that launches a packaged JAR.","use_cases":["Query current Bitcoin price information via an MCP-compatible assistant","Demoing/learning how to connect an AI MCP server to a third-party market data API (CoinGecko)","Building a lightweight assistant tool for cryptocurrency price lookups"],"not_for":["Production-grade financial data services requiring strong correctness guarantees, auditability, and reliability/SLA commitments","Use cases needing private data handling, user accounts, or authenticated access controls"],"best_when":"You want a simple educational MCP integration that demonstrates calling an external HTTP API (CoinGecko) from a Java/Spring Boot MCP server and consuming it from Claude Desktop.","avoid_when":"You need robust operational guarantees (SLA/monitoring), strong security controls, or documented error/retry/idempotency behavior suitable for mission-critical workloads.","alternatives":["CoinGecko API used directly from your own backend","Other MCP examples/servers (e.g., Spring AI MCP server starters) with better-documented tool contracts","A dedicated HTTP->assistant gateway (your own REST API + tool wrapper) instead of an MCP server"],"af_score":41.8,"security_score":36.5,"reliability_score":25.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:41:15.819476+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":["Java"],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":[],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"No authentication mechanism is described for the MCP server itself. CoinGecko usage may be unauthenticated or token-based depending on their API policy, but the README does not specify any API key/auth configuration."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing information for this repository is provided; costs would depend on CoinGecko API terms and usage rate limits."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":41.8,"security_score":36.5,"reliability_score":25.0,"mcp_server_quality":55.0,"documentation_accuracy":35.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":100.0,"rate_limit_clarity":20.0,"tls_enforcement":80.0,"auth_strength":20.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":50.0,"secret_handling":30.0,"security_notes":"README does not mention TLS settings, API keys, or secret handling. Since this is a demo querying a public market-data endpoint, risk is likely lower than authenticated systems, but operational/security hardening (TLS verification, header/token management, logging hygiene, dependency/SBOM/CVE review) is not evidenced by the provided documentation.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":30.0,"breaking_changes_history":50.0,"error_recovery":20.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["README focuses on Claude Desktop configuration to launch a jar; it does not document the MCP tools, their schemas, parameter names, or expected outputs.","No documented strategy for handling CoinGecko API failures (timeouts, rate limits, non-200 responses) from the MCP server.","No documented rate limit headers/behavior mapping into MCP error messages."]}}