livetennisapi-mcp

MCP server for the Live Tennis API.

Give Claude, Cursor, Zed or any MCP client live tennis scores, players, odds and model win-probability — for ATP, WTA, Challenger and ITF.

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Setup

Claude Code

claude mcp add livetennis -e LIVETENNISAPI_KEY=twjp_… -- npx -y livetennisapi-mcp

Claude Desktop — add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livetennis": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "livetennisapi-mcp"],
      "env": { "LIVETENNISAPI_KEY": "twjp_…" }
    }
  }
}

Cursor / Zed / others — same command, same env var. No install step; npx fetches it on demand.

Get a free key (no card) at livetennisapi.com, or a paid plan at pricing.

Try it

"What tennis matches are live right now?" "Who's winning the Alcaraz match, and what does the model give him?" "Show me Sinner's ranking and recent results." "What are the current odds on match 18953?"

Tools

Tier awareness

The API gates endpoints by plan and returns a bare 403 {"error":"upgrade_required"}. Handed that, a model will usually invent a reason or retry pointlessly.

So every tool that can hit a tier wall returns a plain-English explanation — as a normal result, not an error — naming the tier required and where to upgrade. The assistant can then tell you something true and actionable:

This data requires the ULTRA plan, and the configured API key is on a lower tier. Nothing is wrong with the key — the endpoint is simply not included in the current plan. Upgrade at https://livetennisapi.com/#pricing

check_api_status probes upward to report which plan your key is actually on, so you can diagnose that without guessing.

Plans

Notes

• Read-only. Every tool is a GET; nothing here can modify anything.
• Your key stays local. It is read from the environment by the server process on your machine and sent only to api.livetennisapi.com.
• Requires Node 18+.

Development

npm install
npm run build
LIVETENNISAPI_KEY=twjp_… node dist/index.js   # speaks MCP over stdio

Built on the official livetennisapi client.

Related

Everything in the Live Tennis API developer surface:

• API reference — https://docs.livetennisapi.com (plain-HTML version, no JavaScript required)
• OpenAPI 3.1 specification — livetennisapi/openapi
• Website and plans — https://livetennisapi.com

Licence

MIT — see LICENSE. Use of the API service is governed by the Terms of Service.