CCXT Tools (for Strands Agents)

A community tool package that exposes CCXT (and optional CCXT Pro) to Strands Agents via @tool wrappers.

• Generic method calling: fetch_*, create_order, cancel_order, etc.
• Optional real-time WebSocket streaming via ccxt.pro (watch_*).

Install

pip install ccxt-tool-strands

Usage in a Strands Agent

from strands import Agent

from ccxt_tool_strands.ccxt_generic import ccxt_generic, ccxt_multi_exchange_orderbook
from ccxt_tool_strands.ccxt_pro import ccxt_pro_watch

agent = Agent(
    model="...",
    tools=[ccxt_generic, ccxt_multi_exchange_orderbook, ccxt_pro_watch],
)

# public market data
agent.tool.ccxt_generic(action="call", exchange="bybit", method="fetch_ticker", args='["BTC/USDT"]')
agent.tool.ccxt_generic(action="call", exchange="bybit", method="fetch_ohlcv", args='["BTC/USDT","1m",null,200]')

# multi-exchange best bid/ask
agent.tool.ccxt_multi_exchange_orderbook(exchanges='["binance","bybit","okx"]', symbol="BTC/USDT")

Authentication (recommended: server-side)

Set environment variables in the agent runtime (shell, .zshrc, .env, secret manager):

export CCXT_EXCHANGE=bybit   # or binance, okx, coinbase, ...
export CCXT_API_KEY=...
export CCXT_SECRET=...

# optional (only if your exchange requires them)
export CCXT_PASSWORD=...
export CCXT_UID=...
export CCXT_TOKEN=...
export CCXT_DEFAULT_TYPE=swap   # or spot
export CCXT_SANDBOX=false

Then you can omit exchange= and call authenticated methods:

agent.tool.ccxt_generic(action="call", method="fetch_balance")

Notes

• Keep API keys out of code and out of git.
• CCXT enableRateLimit=True is enabled by default in the tool.

Links

• CCXT: https://github.com/ccxt/ccxt
• Strands community tools: https://strandsagents.com/latest/documentation/docs/community/tools