AI Ball — AI football match analysis
Football match outcome probabilities recorded before kick-off, and an open record of results.
Install
Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).
claude mcp add --transport http ai-ball-ai-football-match-analysis 'https://aiball.samagent.ai/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-ball-ai-football-match-analysis": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://aiball.samagent.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
https://github.com/aiballfooty/aiball-mcp/releases/download/v0.3.0/aiball-mcp.mcpbDocumentation
From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.
Contents
AI Ball MCP server
Read-only Model Context Protocol server for AI Ball, AI football match analysis.
It gives an AI assistant two things:
- Pre-kick-off outcome probabilities. For each match, the model's home / draw / away probabilities as recorded before kick-off.
- The open record. What happened afterwards: the final score and whether the model's most likely outcome came in. Misses are counted the same way as hits, and nothing is removed after the fact.
No account, no API key. The server only calls AI Ball's public record API.
Tools
| Tool | What it returns |
|---|---|
list_matches | One calendar day: match_id, kick-off time, league, teams and status (upcoming, pending or finished) |
get_match_analysis | One match: home / draw / away probabilities recorded before kick-off, the most likely outcome, confidence, when the read was captured, and once played the score and whether it came in |
get_open_record | The whole record, or one week with week_start: matches counted, how many went the model's way, two baselines on the same matches, and the count by confidence band |
Every tool is read-only (readOnlyHint: true). Names are available in English (lang: "en") and Malay (lang: "ms"). Responses are built from a fixed list of fields; nothing from the upstream API is passed through as-is.
Reading the numbers
models.balancedholds fractions forhome,drawandawaythat sum to 1. This version returns the balanced model;models_availablelists what is included.result.hitistruewhen the model's most likely outcome happened.hit_rateis a percentage.nullmeans the sample is undermin_band_sample, so use the countshitsandninstead.favourite_baselinescores the same matches by always taking the pre-match favourite;random_baselineis one outcome in three.upcomingmatches are locked before kick-off.pendingmatches carry a current read that may still change.
The server caches each upstream response for five minutes and spaces its requests, so repeated questions do not hit AI Ball's API again.
Hosted version
Prefer not to install anything? The same record is served over MCP at:
https://aiball.samagent.ai/mcp
Streamable HTTP, no sign-in, read-only. It has the three tools below plus get_match_context (head-to-head, recent form, injuries and fixtures for finished matches only). Rate limit: 60 requests a minute per IP.
claude mcp add --transport http aiball https://aiball.samagent.ai/mcp
Install (local version)
Claude Desktop
Download aiball-mcp.mcpb from the latest release and open it.
Claude Code
claude mcp add aiball -- npx -y github:aiballfooty/aiball-mcp
Cursor, VS Code and other clients
{
"mcpServers": {
"aiball": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "github:aiballfooty/aiball-mcp"]
}
}
}
Requires Node.js 18 or later.
Example questions
- "How did AI Ball's model do on last week's matches?"
- "Which of last week's matches did the model get wrong?"
- "What are the model's probabilities for today's matches, in Malaysia time?"
- "Across the whole record, does the model do better than always taking the favourite?"
Privacy
The server runs on your machine and sends requests only to https://aiball.samagent.ai/api/v1. Requests carry the tool's parameters (a date, a time zone, a language) and a User-Agent of aiball-mcp/<version>. They do not carry your conversation, your files or any identifier. AI Ball's web server keeps standard access logs. Site privacy policy: https://aiball.samagent.ai/en/privacy
Development
npm install
npm test # starts the server and calls every tool against the live API
Set AIBALL_API_BASE to point the server at another base URL.
Licence
MIT. For information only. Not advice. 18+.
Frequently asked questions
What is AI Ball — AI football match analysis?
Football match outcome probabilities recorded before kick-off, and an open record of results.
How do I install AI Ball — AI football match analysis?
It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http ai-ball-ai-football-match-analysis 'https://aiball.samagent.ai/mcp'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.
Does AI Ball — AI football match analysis need an API key?
Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.
Is AI Ball — AI football match analysis open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
Who maintains AI Ball — AI football match analysis?
It is published by aiballfooty. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.
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