How to connect Cursor to your Kraken account
With TraderWAI, Cursor can read live charts, check your Kraken account and prepare orders with stop loss and take profit that you approve. Setup takes a few minutes.
Connect Kraken to Cursor in 2 minutes — free1. Add TraderWAI to Cursor
Works in Cursor (Agent).
- In Cursor go to Settings → Tools & MCP → «Add new MCP server».
- Or paste the configuration below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
- Click «Login» / «Connect» next to traderwai and sign in with Google.
- Use the chat in Agent mode and ask for what you need.
2. Connect your Kraken account
In TraderWAI, add your Kraken account with the platform it uses:
Kraken
In Kraken go to Settings → Connections & API → Spot trading API → Create API key, with «Query funds», query open and closed orders, «Create & modify orders» and «Cancel & close orders» (never deposits or withdrawals), and paste the API key and the private key. Spot only, on live accounts: Kraken has no demo (beta).
Kraken works on the free plan: unlimited charts and analysis, and 5 order executions per day.
Detailed guide: Cursor + Kraken →The platforms each firm offers can change; check which one your account uses in your Kraken dashboard.
3. Ask Cursor
Try one of these in a new chat:
- «Show me the gold H1 chart and tell me where the key levels are.»
- «What positions do I have open and how much am I risking?»
- «Prepare a buy limit on EUR/USD at yesterday's low with a 20-pip stop and a 2R target. I'll approve it.»
Kraken and TraderWAI: what to know
- TraderWAI connects to Kraken spot through its official API (beta): in Kraken go to Settings → Connections & API → Spot trading API and create a key with query funds/orders and create/cancel orders permissions, never withdrawals. Kraken accounts work on TraderWAI's free plan.
- Kraken has no demo for spot (and closed its futures demo in 2025), so you connect your real account; you can start with a small balance.
- On spot your AI buys and later sells what you hold, with no shorts. The stop loss is placed at Kraken attached to the purchase; Kraken spot allows one exit per holding, so a take profit is handled as a conditional exit order.
What Cursor can do with your Kraken account
- Read live charts in any timeframe, with the indicators you ask for.
- Check your balance, open positions and pending orders.
- Backtest a strategy idea on historical data before risking anything.
- Prepare market, limit and stop orders with stop loss and take profit that you approve.
- Leave conditional orders that TraderWAI watches every minute.
- Respect your risk limits: maximum daily loss and drawdown, risk per trade, size and number of trades.
Kraken and Cursor: questions
Can I connect Claude or ChatGPT to Kraken?
Yes. Add TraderWAI to Claude or ChatGPT (free plans work) and connect your Kraken spot account with an API key and its private key. Your AI can then read charts, check your balance and prepare buys with a stop loss that you approve.
Related guides
Other AIs with Kraken
- How to connect Claude to your Kraken account
- How to connect ChatGPT to your Kraken account
- How to connect Grok to your Kraken account
- How to connect Gemini to your Kraken account
- How to connect Perplexity to your Kraken account
TraderWAI is independent software and is not affiliated with Kraken. Trading involves risk; TraderWAI does not provide investment advice.