mantis
Mantis is a cross-venue prediction market router.
What it can do
- Route Market: Find the best prediction market for a natural-language question or trading intent. Returns the best cross-venue match, current probability, liquidity, and any arbitrage opportunity betwe
- Get Arbitrage: Find live cross-venue arbitrage opportunities — markets where the same event trades at different prices on Polymarket vs Kalshi vs other venues. Returns spread in cents and actionable t
- Execute Url: Get a deep link URL to place a trade on the best venue for a given market. The URL has a referral code embedded so the platform earns commission. Call this to get the URL, then direct the
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Mantis is a cross-venue prediction market router. One query searches Polymarket, Kalshi, Limitless, Myriad, SX Bet and PredictIt and returns the best price, best liquidity, and any cross-venue arbitrage spread.
Tools: route_market, get_arbitrage, execute_url, get_quote, get_unmet_demand.
Free self-serve API key; paid tiers add higher limits and webhooks. No account needed to search.
How to connect
How to connect mantis to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://mantis--criswu20010728.run.tools
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect mantis to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://mantis--criswu20010728.run.tools
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect mantis to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://mantis--criswu20010728.run.tools
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (5)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| route_market | Find the best prediction market for a natural-language question or trading intent. Returns the best cross-venue match, current probability, liquidity, and any arbitrage opportunity between venues. |
| get_arbitrage | Find live cross-venue arbitrage opportunities — markets where the same event trades at different prices on Polymarket vs Kalshi vs other venues. Returns spread in cents and actionable trade instructions. |
| execute_url | Get a deep link URL to place a trade on the best venue for a given market. The URL has a referral code embedded so the platform earns commission. Call this to get the URL, then direct the user to open it. |
| get_quote | Get the live probability, liquidity, and volume for a prediction market across all venues. Use this to see current prices before trading. |
| get_unmet_demand | Find questions that users are searching for but no prediction market exists. Useful for discovering new market creation opportunities or identifying emerging topics with real trading interest. |