# Getting started Fusion MCP connects any MCP-compatible AI assistant to your Bitpanda Fusion account. Once connected, your AI can query market data, check balances, place orders, and manage your account through natural language. ## Prerequisites Before connecting your assistant, you need a Bitpanda Fusion API key. Create one in your Bitpanda account under **Account settings → API Keys → Fusion** and assign the scopes required by your integration: - **Read** for market data, balances, account information, and trade history - **Trade** for placing and cancelling orders :::caution[] Only enable the **Trade** scope if you want your assistant to perform trading actions. ::: See the [API key generation](https://docs.fusion.bitpanda.com/api-key-generation-363384m0.md) guide for step-by-step instructions. ## Connect to Fusion MCP To connect to Fusion MCP, configure your AI tool with the following settings: | Setting | Value | | ------- | ----- | | Transport | HTTP | | Server URL | `https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com` | | Header | `x-api-key: ` | The examples below show how to configure these settings in popular AI tools. To use Fusion MCP with Claude Code, add the Fusion MCP server using the Claude CLI. ### Prerequisites Make sure Claude Code is installed and the `claude` command is available in your terminal. You can check this by running: ```bash claude --version ``` ### Configuration Run the following command in your terminal: ```bash claude mcp add --transport http fusion "[https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com](https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com)" --scope user --header "x-api-key: " ``` Replace `` with your Fusion API key. ### Restart Claude Code After adding the MCP server, restart Claude Code for the changes to take effect. To use Fusion MCP with Claude Desktop, you need to configure Claude Desktop to start the MCP server. ### Prerequisites Claude Desktop requires Node.js to be installed and available on your system. You can install the latest LTS version of Node.js from: [https://nodejs.org](https://nodejs.org) ### Configuration Add or update the Claude Desktop configuration file based on your operating system. **On macOS / Linux:** Configuration path: ```bash ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json ``` Add the following configuration: ```json { "mcpServers": { "fusion": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "mcp-remote", "[https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com](https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com)", "--header", "x-api-key: " ] } } } ``` **On Windows:** Launching `npx` directly via Claude Desktop often fails on Windows due to spaces in the default Node.js installation path (e.g., `C:\Program Files\nodejs`), throwing an error such as `"The command C:\Program is either misspelled or could not be found."` To resolve this: 1. Install `mcp-remote` globally to place the binary in a path without spaces: ```bash npm install -g mcp-remote ``` 2. Open your configuration file at: ```bash %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json ``` 3. Add the following configuration, replacing `YOUR_USERNAME` with your Windows username and `` with your Fusion API key: ```json { "mcpServers": { "fusion": { "command": "C:\\Users\\YOUR_USERNAME\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\mcp-remote.cmd", "args": [ "[https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com](https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com)", "--header", "x-api-key:" ] } } } ``` ### Restart Claude Desktop After saving the configuration file, restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect. :::note[] **Windows Note:** Closing the application window will not apply the changes. You must completely quit Claude Desktop by right-clicking its icon in the system tray and selecting **Quit**, then relaunching the app. ::: To use Fusion MCP with Cursor, add the Fusion MCP server to your Cursor MCP configuration. ### Configuration Add or update the Cursor MCP configuration file. For a project-specific configuration: ```bash .cursor/mcp.json ``` For a global configuration: ```bash ~/.cursor/mcp.json ``` Add the following configuration: ```json { "mcpServers": { "fusion": { "type": "http", "url": "[https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com](https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com)", "headers": { "x-api-key": "" } } } } ``` Replace `` with your Fusion API key. ### Restart Cursor After saving the configuration file, restart Cursor for the changes to take effect. To use Fusion MCP with OpenClaw, add the Fusion MCP server to your OpenClaw configuration. ### Configuration Add or update the OpenClaw configuration file: ```bash openclaw.json ``` Add the following configuration: ```json { "mcp": { "servers": { "fusion": { "url": "[https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com](https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com)", "transport": "streamable-http", "headers": { "x-api-key": "" } } } } } ``` Replace `` with your Fusion API key. ### Restart OpenClaw After saving the configuration file, restart OpenClaw for the changes to take effect. To use Fusion MCP with Goose, add the Fusion MCP server to your Goose configuration. ### Configuration Add or update the Goose configuration file. On macOS/Linux: ```bash ~/.config/goose/config.yaml ``` On Windows: ```bash %APPDATA%\Block\goose\config\config.yaml ``` Add the following configuration: ```yaml extensions: fusion: name: fusion type: streamable_http uri: [https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com](https://mcp.fusion.bitpanda.com) headers: x-api-key: "" ``` Replace `` with your Fusion API key. ### Restart Goose After saving the configuration file, restart Goose for the changes to take effect. ## Verify the connection Ask your AI assistant: > "List available trading pairs on Bitpanda Fusion." If you receive a list of pairs (e.g. BTC-EUR, ETH-EUR), the connection is working.