SockOdds

Name: SockOdds
Author: jameselle

by jameselleversion 1.1.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.jameselle/sockodds-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Australian sports odds from SockOdds API v1: bookmaker prices, best price and no-vig fair odds.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Games, sports, food & learning
You need to fill in: SOCKODDS_API_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: SOCKODDS_API_KEY, SOCKODDS_DEMO, SOCKODDS_TIMEZONE

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sockodds": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sockodds-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SOCKODDS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SOCKODDS_DEMO": "your-value",
        "SOCKODDS_TIMEZONE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add sockodds --env SOCKODDS_API_KEY=your-value --env SOCKODDS_DEMO=your-value --env SOCKODDS_TIMEZONE=your-value -- npx -y sockodds-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sockodds": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sockodds-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SOCKODDS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SOCKODDS_DEMO": "your-value",
        "SOCKODDS_TIMEZONE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "sockodds": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sockodds-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SOCKODDS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SOCKODDS_DEMO": "your-value",
        "SOCKODDS_TIMEZONE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

SOCKODDS_API_KEY secret env
Your SockOdds API key, sent as an Authorization: Bearer header. A free key is available at https://sockodds.com/signup/
SOCKODDS_DEMO env
Set to 1 to try the tools with invented sample data and no key. Ignored when a key is set.
SOCKODDS_TIMEZONE env
Time zone for start times (UTC is always shown too)

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
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Compared with others in Games, sports, food & learningi

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Published to the registry more recently than 54% of the other 1286 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1286 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is SockOdds safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: SOCKODDS_API_KEY

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.1.0) reached the registry 25 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

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README from the maker

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sockodds-mcp

Ask Claude "what are the odds on X right now" and get Australian bookmakers' prices, the best price and the no-vig fair price, from the SockOdds sports odds API (v1). The free key covers 3 bookmakers and 6 leagues; paid plans add more (pricing).

Version 1.0 speaks SockOdds API v1. Versions 0.x called the older v2 API, which SockOdds is retiring: once it is switched off, 0.x stops working. Update to 1.0: restart your MCP client so npx -y sockodds-mcp fetches it, and if the server still starts as 0.x, point it at sockodds-mcp@latest once. Your key carries over. See Upgrading from 0.x.

A free, open-source MCP server plus a Claude Code skill, built for the "$1M in 365 Days" series. MIT licence.

30-second demo

This transcript uses demo mode (SOCKODDS_DEMO=1), so the prices are invented samples, not real odds.

You: What are the odds on Lions v Crows?

Claude calls find_event with { "query": "Lions v Crows", "league_id": "afl" }:

`text

1. Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows (AFL)

Starts: Sat, 12 Sept 2026, 7:35 pm AEST (09:35 UTC)

Event ID: ev_kqe6aepys23z

`

You: Is 1.95 on the Lions a fair price?

Claude calls fair_odds with { "event_id": "ev_kqe6aepys23z", "market": "h2h" }:

`text

No-vig fair odds: Head to head, from 3 bookmakers

Brisbane Lions: fair 2.03 (49.3% chance)

Adelaide Crows: fair 1.97 (50.7% chance)

Per bookmaker (margin, then its own no-vig prices):

Sportsbet: margin 5.3%, 2.03 / 1.97, seen 11 Sept 06:00:12 UTC

TAB: margin 5.0%, 2.01 / 1.99, seen 11 Sept 06:01:40 UTC

Unibet: margin 5.3%, 2.05 / 1.95, seen 11 Sept 05:59:03 UTC

`

Claude: The best Lions price is 1.95 at Unibet (read 05:59 UTC). With the bookmakers' margins taken out, the Lions come out at about 2.03, so 1.95 is a little shorter than the fair price. Odds change, so check the price at the bookmaker. 18+. Nothing here is a tip. Gamble responsibly: Gambling Help Online 1800 858 858.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`list_leagues`	Leagues SockOdds carries, with the league keys (`afl`, `nrl`, `rlwc` ...) the other tools take
`find_event`	Turns "Broncos v Bulldogs" or "AFL grand final" into events with start times and event IDs (`ev_...`)
`get_odds`	Each bookmaker's decimal prices for head to head, line and total, each with the time SockOdds saw it
`best_price`	Best price for one side of one market, plus the field; prices at other lines are left out
`fair_odds`	No-vig fair price for a two- or three-way market (see the method below); also works by hand with no API call

How `fair_odds` works

For each bookmaker that prices every outcome at the same line, each price becomes an implied chance (1 / price). Those chances add up to more than 100%; the extra is the bookmaker's margin. Dividing each chance by the total removes the margin (the proportional method). The tool then averages each bookmaker's margin-free chances and turns them back into prices (1 / chance). It also shows each bookmaker's margin and the combined margin of the best prices.

The free plan's books are retail bookmakers, so this is an estimate of the chance, not a prediction. SockOdds API v1 publishes each bookmaker's price exactly as shown, margin included, so the fair price is always worked out here from those prices.

No line movement tool

SockOdds API v1 has recorded price history (/v1/odds/history), but history is on the Pro plan and other plans get HTTP 403. The free key cannot read it, so this server does not include a line movement tool.

Get a free SockOdds key

Get a free SockOdds key. No card needed. Sign-up asks for an Australian or international mobile number and sends a one-time SMS code to confirm it. The key is shown once, so copy it somewhere safe. To try the tools before signing up, set SOCKODDS_DEMO=1: every tool works on invented sample data, no key needed.

The free Developer plan, as stated on the pricing page and in plans and limits:

2,500 objects a month, reset each UTC calendar month. Each event in a response is one object, and every priced outcome inside an odds response is one more: one game with three bookmakers each quoting a two-way market is 1 + 3 x 2 = 7 objects.
10 requests a minute
6 leagues: MLB, NFL, AFL, NRL and the Rugby League World Cup (men's and women's)
3 bookmakers: Sportsbet, TAB and Ladbrokes. Prices from bookmakers outside your plan are left out of responses rather than refused.

To stay inside that, this server caches every response for 60 seconds, never retries a failed request, and after a rate limit error (HTTP 429) refuses further calls until SockOdds' Retry-After time has passed. find_event reads events without prices (one object each) and asks for one league and a date window where it can. get_odds, best_price and fair_odds ask only for the markets they show, and every live answer says how many objects it used.

Install

You need Node.js 20 or newer. The server is on npm as sockodds-mcp, so there is nothing to build.

Claude Code

claude mcp add sockodds --env SOCKODDS_API_KEY=your-key -- npx -y sockodds-mcp

No key yet? Try it on invented sample data first:

claude mcp add sockodds --env SOCKODDS_DEMO=1 -- npx -y sockodds-mcp

To add the skill, which tells Claude when to use the tools and how to quote prices:

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/sockodds-odds

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jameselle/sockodds-mcp/main/skill/SKILL.md -o ~/.claude/skills/sockodds-odds/SKILL.md

Claude Desktop

Add this to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings, Developer, Edit Config), then restart Claude Desktop:

"mcpServers": { "sockodds": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "sockodds-mcp"], "env": { "SOCKODDS_API_KEY": "your-key" } } } }

For demo mode, swap the env block for "SOCKODDS_DEMO": "1".

Other MCP clients

Any client that runs a local (stdio) server: command npx, arguments -y sockodds-mcp, environment SOCKODDS_API_KEY. It is also listed in the official MCP Registry as io.github.jameselle/sockodds-mcp.

From source

git clone https://github.com/jameselle/sockodds-mcp.git

cd sockodds-mcp npm install npm run build claude mcp add sockodds --env SOCKODDS_API_KEY=your-key -- node "$(pwd)/dist/src/index.js"

Settings

Variable	Default	Meaning
`SOCKODDS_API_KEY`	none	Your SockOdds key. Sent only as an `Authorization: Bearer` header, never in a URL. Without it the odds tools explain how to get one.
`SOCKODDS_DEMO`	off	Set to `1` to try the tools with invented sample data and no key. Ignored when a key is set.
`SOCKODDS_TIMEZONE`	`Australia/Sydney`	Time zone for start times (UTC is always shown too)
`SOCKODDS_BASE_URL`	`https://api.sockodds.com/v1`	API base URL. Leave it unset. An old setting pointing at `/v2` will fail once v2 is retired: remove it.

Develop

npm install

npm test

Tests use Node's built-in test runner with a fake fetch. They cover the fair odds maths, best price selection, parsing of the example responses from the SockOdds v1 docs, the v1 paths and query names, every error status, and the MCP tools end to end. No test calls the live API.

docs/API-NOTES.md lists every endpoint and field this server relies on, with links to the SockOdds docs. fixtures/docs/ holds example responses copied from those docs; fixtures/demo/ holds invented data in the same shape for demo mode.

What changed in 1.1.0

SockOdds now groups odds by market by default: each market and outcome once, with every bookmaker's price under it. 1.1.0 reads that shape as well as the older one, so the answers are the same as in 1.0.0. The first odds answer reads the bookmaker list once for display names, and its usage line counts those objects.

Upgrading from 0.x

Version 1.0.0 moves from the retired v2 API to SockOdds API v1. What changes for you:

Your key carries over. It is now sent as Authorization: Bearer instead of x-api-key.
Event IDs are new. v1 IDs look like ev_000ckk0nc1tg. IDs from 0.x (such as afl_2026-09-12_...) are not translated, so run find_event again.
League and sport keys are lower case, such as afl, nrl, rlwc, australian_football. find_event and list_leagues still accept plain names such as "AFL" or "Rugby League World Cup".
Bookmaker keys follow v1, for example betfair_exchange.
`best_price` takes `outcome_id` (an oc_... ID that get_odds shows with all_markets) in place of odd_id.
`find_event` no longer shows prices. Under v1 every priced outcome counts as an object, so the search reads events only. Use get_odds or best_price next.
No SockOdds consensus or sharp fair price. v1 publishes each bookmaker's price as shown; fair_odds works out the no-vig price from them, as before.
Usage counts differently. One object per event, plus one per priced outcome in an odds answer. Each live answer says what it used.
Errors follow the v1 problem format, with plain messages for 400, 401, 403, 404, 410, 429 (rate limit or monthly allowance) and 503.

The tool names (list_leagues, find_event, get_odds, best_price, fair_odds) and the settings are unchanged.

Release

package.json (version, mcpName) and server.json (version, packages[0].version) must carry the same version. To release:

npm test

npm publish mcp-publisher login github mcp-publisher publish

server.json lists this server in the official MCP Registry as io.github.jameselle/sockodds-mcp, and the registry checks that the npm package's mcpName matches. glama.json names the maintainers of the Glama listing.

Gamble responsibly

18+. Odds change all the time and nothing this tool shows is a tip or advice. If gambling is causing you or someone close to you harm, call Gambling Help Online on 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au. You can exclude yourself from Australian online bookmakers at BetStop.

Licence

MIT. See LICENSE.

SockOdds

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Games, sports, food & learningi

Common questions

Alternatives

Prospre

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README from the maker

sockodds-mcp

30-second demo

Tools

How fair_odds works

No line movement tool

Get a free SockOdds key

Install

Claude Code

Claude Desktop

Other MCP clients

From source

Settings

Develop

What changed in 1.1.0

Upgrading from 0.x

Release

Gamble responsibly

Licence

How `fair_odds` works