DunkAPI MCP server

DunkAPI MCP server

The basketball data API. NBA play-by-play with the location of every shot, box scores, win probability, standings, injuries, our own team Elo ratings, sportsbook lines and player prop lines, plus the WNBA and men's and women's Division I college basketball. REST API and MCP server. 500 free credits every month, no card.

Website: https://dunkapi.com · Docs: https://dunkapi.com/docs · Get a key: https://dunkapi.com/signup

You:    "What was each sportsbook's closing spread for every Celtics home game in 2023-24?"
Claude: [calls get_odds]

You:    "Which players took the most shots at the rim in the 2025 playoffs?"
Claude: [calls get_shot_chart]

You:    "How often has Jalen Brunson gone over his points line this season?"
Claude: [calls get_prop_history]

Skills

skills/ holds 16 free Claude skills that turn Claude into a basketball analyst for the NBA, WNBA and men's and women's college basketball. A skill is a markdown file: when to use it, which DunkAPI tools it calls and what they cost, the method (shot zones and expected points, pace and efficiency, rolling game logs, prop modeling, devigging, backtesting), and examples taken from real API responses.

git clone https://github.com/noahowsh/dunkapi-mcp.git

Or install them as a Claude Code plugin:

/plugin marketplace add noahowsh/dunkapi-mcp
/plugin install dunkapi-skills@dunkapi

Or with the skills CLI: npx skills add noahowsh/dunkapi-mcp.

Point Claude at the skills/ folder, connect the MCP server below, and ask a question. Start with the dispatch skill if you are not sure which one applies. Skills also work on your own CSV or JSON files, with no key. Full list: skills/README.md.

Quick start

This is a hosted (remote) MCP server over Streamable HTTP. There is nothing to install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http dunkapi "https://mcp.dunkapi.com/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Claude Desktop, Cursor and other clients

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dunkapi": {
      "url": "https://mcp.dunkapi.com/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

The key can also be sent as an x-api-key header or Authorization: Bearer. Connecting and listing tools works without a key; calling a tool needs one.

REST

curl -X POST https://mcp.dunkapi.com/v1/list_teams -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Every tool is POST /v1/{tool} with a JSON body.

Examples

Runnable Python (standard library only) and Node 18+ (no dependencies) examples live in examples/:

• examples/python/quickstart.py and examples/node/quickstart.mjs: schedule plus a headline call.
• examples/python/nbaplayerprops.py: Player prop lines against results.

export DUNKAPI_API_KEY=your_key
python3 examples/python/quickstart.py
node examples/node/quickstart.mjs

See examples/README.md for details. Get a free key (500 credits a month, no card) at https://dunkapi.com/signup.

Tools (18)

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.