thegraph-token-mcp-skill

name	thegraph-token-mcp-skill
description	Use The Graph Token API MCP through UXC for token metadata, wallet balances, transfers, holders, pools, and market data with help-first inspection and Token API specific JWT bearer auth binding.

The Graph Token MCP Skill

Use this skill to run The Graph Token API MCP operations through uxc.

Reuse the uxc skill for generic protocol discovery, envelope parsing, and error handling rules.

Prerequisites

• uxc is installed and available in PATH.
• Network access to https://token-api.mcp.thegraph.com/.
• A The Graph Token API API TOKEN (JWT) from https://thegraph.market/dashboard is available for authenticated calls.

Important auth distinction:

• Do not reuse the thegraph-mcp-skill API key directly.
• thegraph-token-mcp-skill uses a separate credential sourced from The Graph Market Token API dashboard.
• The value used with Authorization: Bearer ... must be the generated API TOKEN (JWT), not the raw dashboard API key.

Core Workflow

1. Verify endpoint and protocol with help-first probing:
   • uxc https://token-api.mcp.thegraph.com/ -h
   • Confirm protocol is MCP (protocol == "mcp" in envelope).
2. Configure a dedicated Token API JWT credential and binding:
   • Generate the API TOKEN (JWT) in https://thegraph.market/dashboard
   • Store it separately from the subgraph credential, for example:
     • uxc auth credential set thegraph-token --secret-env THEGRAPH_TOKEN_API_JWT
   • Bind the Token API endpoint to that dedicated credential:
     • uxc auth binding add --id thegraph-token-mcp --host token-api.mcp.thegraph.com --scheme https --credential thegraph-token --priority 100
3. Use fixed link command by default:
   • command -v thegraph-token-mcp-cli
   • If missing, create it:
     • uxc link thegraph-token-mcp-cli https://token-api.mcp.thegraph.com/
   • thegraph-token-mcp-cli -h
4. Inspect operation schema before execution:
   • thegraph-token-mcp-cli getV1Networks -h
   • thegraph-token-mcp-cli getV1EvmTokens -h
   • thegraph-token-mcp-cli getV1EvmBalances -h
5. Prefer read operations first, then narrower wallet/token/pool queries.

Capability Map

• Service discovery:
  • getV1Health
  • getV1Version
  • getV1Networks
• Token data:
  • getV1EvmTokens
  • getV1EvmTokensNative
• Wallet and transfer data:
  • getV1EvmBalances
  • transfer/history operations exposed by the endpoint
• Market and DEX data:
  • pool / OHLC / dex operations exposed by the endpoint
• Non-EVM coverage:
  • TVM and other chain families exposed by the endpoint

Always inspect host help and operation help in the current endpoint version before relying on an operation name or argument shape.

Recommended Usage Pattern

1. Start with network discovery:
   • thegraph-token-mcp-cli getV1Networks
2. Confirm the operation and required arguments with -h.
3. Query the narrowest surface first:
   • token metadata for one contract
   • balances for one address
   • one pool / one token / one date range
4. Expand to broader scans only when needed.

Guardrails

• Keep automation on JSON output envelope; do not rely on --text.
• Parse stable fields first: ok, kind, protocol, data, error.
• Use thegraph-token-mcp-cli as default command path.
• thegraph-token-mcp-cli <operation> ... is equivalent to uxc https://token-api.mcp.thegraph.com/ <operation> ... when the same auth binding is configured.
• Use direct uxc "<endpoint>" ... only as temporary fallback when link setup is unavailable.
• Prefer key=value for simple arguments and positional JSON for nested objects.
• If auth fails:
  • confirm uxc auth credential info thegraph-token succeeds
  • confirm uxc auth binding match https://token-api.mcp.thegraph.com/ resolves to thegraph-token
  • confirm the stored secret is the generated API TOKEN (JWT), not the raw API key from The Graph Market dashboard
  • rerun thegraph-token-mcp-cli -h

Tested Real Scenario

The endpoint was verified through uxc host discovery and returned a live MCP tool list including:

• getV1Health
• getV1Version
• getV1Networks
• getV1EvmTokens
• getV1EvmTokensNative
• getV1EvmBalances

This confirms the skill target is a real MCP surface rather than a direct OpenAPI host.

The Token API requires its own bearer token workflow:

• manage the token in https://thegraph.market/dashboard
• generate API TOKEN (JWT) from the dashboard-managed Token API key
• store that JWT separately from the subgraph MCP credential

Do not document or implement this skill as if it reused the same raw API key as thegraph-mcp-skill.

References

• Invocation patterns:
  • references/usage-patterns.md