As AI-powered tools become central to how modern software is built, the gap between developer intent and documentation discovery continues to widen. Developers building on complex platforms spend significant time navigating API references, searching for setup guides, and tracking down the right endpoints. These tasks all require context-switching that slows down integration work and delays time to production.
Today, BitGo is closing that gap with the launch of the BitGo Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, a new capability that connects AI-powered development tools directly to BitGo's Developer Portal. With the MCP Server, developers can now search, read, and interact with BitGo documentation through natural language—without ever leaving their preferred AI client or development environment.
What Is MCP and Why Does It Matter?
The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that enables AI assistants to connect to external data sources in real time. Rather than relying solely on general-purpose training data, MCP empowers AI tools to pull structured, up-to-date information from authoritative sources—like the BitGo Developer Portal—and use it to generate accurate, contextual answers specific to individual use cases.
For developers building on BitGo, this means that the documentation behind wallets, transactions, staking, webhooks, policies, and every other BitGo capability is now accessible as native context inside the tools they already use to write code.
How Can Developers Use MCP?
The BitGo MCP Server enables developers to interact with BitGo's full documentation library through conversational queries in any MCP-compatible client. With it, teams can:
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Search documentation using natural language. Instead of manually browsing API references, developers can ask questions like "What wallet types does BitGo support?" or "What are the required parameters for the generate wallet endpoint?" and receive answers grounded in the official docs.
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Pull full page content into AI conversations. Need to go deeper on a topic? The MCP Server retrieves the complete text of any documentation page, giving AI assistants the context they need to provide thorough, accurate guidance.
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Get integration help in real time. Developers can ask their AI client to help write code against BitGo APIs, with the documentation serving as live context. This means fewer trips to the browser and faster, more accurate implementations.
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Get answers tailored to your integration. Your AI client already understands your codebase and tech stack. The MCP Server adds live BitGo documentation to that context—so whether you're exploring the policy engine at a high level or asking how to configure webhooks given your existing architecture, the answers account for both BitGo's recommended patterns and your specific setup.
Broad Compatibility Across the AI Ecosystem
The MCP Server works with a wide range of AI clients and development environments, including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and Windsurf. Setup is straightforward: developers add the BitGo MCP server URL to their client's configuration, and the connection is live. Detailed setup instructions for each supported client are available in the BitGo Developer Portal.
For developers who want quick answers while reading the docs, BitGo also offers an Ask AI feature built directly into every page of the Developer Portal—no configuration required. The MCP Server extends that same intelligence into the tools where developers actually build, bridging the gap between documentation and code.
Built for How Developers Work Today
The launch of the MCP Server reflects a broader shift in how institutional-grade infrastructure is consumed. Developers increasingly expect to interact with platforms through AI-first workflows—asking questions, generating code, and validating implementations without breaking their flow. By meeting developers where they already work, BitGo is reducing the friction between documentation and production.
This is especially meaningful for teams building complex integrations across BitGo's product suite, where understanding the interplay between custody, wallets, trading, staking, and policy controls is critical to a successful deployment. The MCP Server ensures that all of that knowledge is available on demand, in context, exactly when it's needed.
Get Started
The BitGo MCP Server is available now. Developers can connect their preferred AI client and start querying BitGo documentation in minutes. Learn more on the Developer Portal:
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BitGo is the digital asset infrastructure company, delivering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing, and settlement services from regulated cold storage. Since our founding in 2013, we have been focused on accelerating the transition of the financial system to a digital asset economy. With a global presence and multiple regulated entities, BitGo serves thousands of institutions, including many of the industry's top brands, exchanges, and platforms, and millions of retail investors worldwide.