# Tape, the Hyperliquid analytics & data terminal

> Tape is a free-to-view analytics terminal for the Hyperliquid perpetual-futures exchange. Some API/MCP tools are paid per call. It reads only public on-chain data. Tape does not place trades, hold funds, or take custody of keys, you execute wherever you already trade.

## What Tape is
- A read-only research terminal for Hyperliquid perps: markets radar (near real-time, may be delayed) for funding, open interest, volume, and premium, sampled-wallet positioning, a sampled trader leaderboard, AI wallet analytics, and signals (near real-time, may be delayed).
- 100% free to view. No signup, no wallet connection, no account required.
- Non-custodial and analytics-only. Tape is not an exchange, broker, custodian, or investment adviser.
- Covers core Hyperliquid perps and a reviewed set of HIP-3 markets. New issues and pre-IPO markets are excluded.

## Who Tape is for
- Active Hyperliquid perp traders who want to read the whole market before taking a position.
- Funding-rate and basis arbitrageurs tracking carry across every perp.
- Sampled-wallet and whale watchers following the top wallets by PnL.
- Quant and prop desks that need a read-only, auditable data layer.
- AI-agent and tool developers integrating Hyperliquid data (near real-time, may be delayed) via MCP or a pay-per-call API.

## Key facts
- Data source: the public Hyperliquid L1 API.
- Custody: none. Tape never sees a private key and cannot move funds.
- Cost to view: free. Pro is $9 for 7 days or $39 for 30 days in USDC, or $39 per month by card. Desk is $299 per month by card. Pro includes an API key at 300 req/min, Gemini wallet reads for that term, a watchlist cap lift, and the private Telegram desk feed via @tapeperp1_alerts_bot. Desk includes a 1,200 req/min key, then /embed/signals. Agents pay per call on x402: basic MCP read tools are $0, Gemini wallet reads are $0.01, signals are $0.03, whale prints are $0.01, and Grok voice is $0.10. Per-call tools do not renew. Card plans renew monthly until canceled from the account page. USDC passes do not renew. Public Telegram @tapeperpanalytics stays free. There is no signal-history archive.

## Primary pages
- Terminal (order book and tape, near real-time, may be delayed): https://tapeperp.com/app
- Markets Radar (all perps by funding, OI, volume): https://tapeperp.com/radar
- Live Signals: https://tapeperp.com/signals
- Live Alerts: https://tapeperp.com/alerts
- Whale Prints: https://tapeperp.com/whales
- Sampled Trader Leaderboard: https://tapeperp.com/leaderboard
- The Tape Room (top Hyperliquid wallets): https://tapeperp.com/wallets
- Wallet Analytics: https://tapeperp.com/wallet
- TradFi Signals (S&P 500, Nasdaq, Gold, Oil, 10Y, DXY, VIX technicals, explained): https://tapeperp.com/tradfi
- HIP-3 market pages: https://tapeperp.com/markets/{gold,oil,equities,predictions}
- Pricing: https://tapeperp.com/pricing
- For AI agents (MCP + x402): https://tapeperp.com/mcp
- Live answers, one question per page with the current figure and its table: https://tapeperp.com/answers
- Liquidations. Recent liquidations on Hyperliquid perps (sampled). Near real-time, may be delayed. Observed price-level heatmap for BTC/ETH/SOL/HYPE (public, sampled, coverage stated): https://tapeperp.com/liquidations · JSON /api/liquidations and /api/liquidations/heatmap?coin=BTC&format=concise
- Dataset catalog (schema.org DataCatalog, every dataset with a JSON endpoint): https://tapeperp.com/datasets
- Delta polling: /api/markets?since=<ISO or epoch> returns only rows that moved past stated thresholds, with nextSince as the cursor; ?limit, ?sort, ?coins, ?fields slice the full set. Every JSON response carries a provenance block (source, request, fetch time).
- OpenAPI spec: https://tapeperp.com/openapi.json
- Per-coin pages (near real-time, may be delayed): https://tapeperp.com/markets/{coin} for the top 50 Hyperliquid perps by volume (btc, eth, hype, sol, …), mark, funding + APR, OI, key levels

## For AI agents
- MCP endpoint: https://tapeperp.com/mcp, tools for market signals, market pulse, whale prints, markets radar, leaderboard, liquidations, the US Treasury curve, and wallet analysis. Read-only. Near real-time, may be delayed.
- initialize and tools/list are free (discovery). Basic MCP read tools (analytics, alerts, pulse, markets radar, leaderboard, Treasury curve, liquidations, liquidation heatmap) are free on tools/call. No API key and no payment. Signals and whale prints are free on REST but paid via MCP: signals $0.03, whale prints $0.01. Wallet reads are $0.01. Grok voice is $0.10, in USDC on Base via x402. Pay a priced call with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE or X-PAYMENT header. The 402 body states the price and how to pay.
- Cursor / Claude Desktop / any MCP host, add this to mcp.json:
  { "mcpServers": { "tape": { "url": "https://tapeperp.com/mcp" } } }
- Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http tape https://tapeperp.com/mcp
- Registry name: com.tapeperp/tape (server.json at https://tapeperp.com/server.json). Every tool is read-only (readOnlyHint=true).
- Indexes: official MCP Registry (com.tapeperp/tape), Smithery (@tapeperp/tape), and Glama.
- Catalogs crawlers already fetch: /.well-known/llms.txt, /.well-known/mcp-server.json, /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json, /.well-known/mcp-registry-auth, /.well-known/api-catalog, /.well-known/ai-catalog.json, /.well-known/x402.json, /openapi.json, /api/ai-voices, /server.json, /.well-known/ai-plugin.json, /.well-known/agent-card.json.

## Quickstart for agents
MCP endpoint: https://tapeperp.com/mcp (streamable HTTP). initialize, tools/list, and basic MCP read tools/call are free. No API key and no payment.
llms.txt URL:
https://tapeperp.com/llms.txt
Claude Desktop, add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "tape": { "url": "https://tapeperp.com/mcp" } } }
Cursor, add to mcp.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "tape": { "url": "https://tapeperp.com/mcp" } } }
Other clients, add the same mcp.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "tape": { "url": "https://tapeperp.com/mcp" } } }
Generic MCP client: POST JSON-RPC to https://tapeperp.com/mcp. Call initialize, then tools/list, then tools/call. A free tool returns the result. A priced tool returns HTTP 402 with the USDC price and how to pay (PAYMENT-SIGNATURE or X-PAYMENT header).
Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http tape https://tapeperp.com/mcp
Signals and whale prints are free on REST (/api/signals and /api/whales) but paid via MCP (tape_market_signals $0.03, tape_whale_prints $0.01). Wallet reads are $0.01. Grok voice is $0.10.
Free REST:
curl -s "https://tapeperp.com/api/markets?limit=3"
curl -s "https://tapeperp.com/api/pulse"
curl -s "https://tapeperp.com/api/leaderboard?limit=5&format=concise"
curl -s "https://tapeperp.com/api/signals?limit=5"
OpenAPI 3.1: https://tapeperp.com/openapi.json
Human docs: https://tapeperp.com/docs
Agent card: https://tapeperp.com/.well-known/agent-card.json
Plugin manifest: https://tapeperp.com/.well-known/ai-plugin.json

## Common questions
- What is Tape? Tape is a free-to-view analytics terminal for the Hyperliquid perpetual-futures exchange. Some API/MCP tools are paid per call.
- Is Tape free? Every page is free to VIEW with no signup or wallet. Tape Pro is an optional pass (API key 300/min, Gemini reads included, watchlist cap lift, private Telegram desk feed). Public Telegram stays free. Basic MCP read tools are free. Signals and whale prints are free on REST but paid via MCP (signals $0.03, whale prints $0.01). Wallet reads are $0.01. Grok voice is $0.10.
- How do I track Hyperliquid whales? Open https://tapeperp.com/whales for large fills (near real-time, may be delayed) and https://tapeperp.com/leaderboard for the top wallets by PnL.
- How do I see Hyperliquid funding rates? https://tapeperp.com/radar ranks core Hyperliquid perps and a reviewed set of HIP-3 markets by funding rate, funding APR, open interest, and 24h volume. Near real-time, may be delayed. New issues and pre-IPO markets are excluded.
- Can AI agents use Tape data? Yes, via the MCP endpoint at https://tapeperp.com/mcp or the OpenAPI-documented x402 pay-per-call API. Discovery is free. Start at /.well-known/ai-catalog.json.
- Is Tape safe? Tape is read-only. It never asks for keys, never connects a wallet, and cannot place trades or move funds.

Informational only, not financial advice. Trading perpetual futures is high-risk.

## Disclosures
- For educational purposes only. Not trading advice. Not investment advice.
- Independent. Not affiliated with Hyperliquid Labs or the Hyperliquid Foundation.