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Building an MCP-Enabled Sports Data API: Making Sports Intelligence Agent-Discoverable
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Building an MCP-Enabled Sports Data API: Making Sports Intelligence Agent-Discoverable

DEV Community·roykeano941-eng·6 months ago
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The Problem

AI agents are getting good at business intelligence tasks. But they still can't access most domain-specific data — it's locked in PDFs, behind paywalls, or formatted for humans.

I built a sports sponsorship intelligence API that's natively accessible to AI agents via Model Context Protocol (MCP).

What It Does

Query: GET /api/match-score?club=everton&brand=Revolut

Response: Structured JSON with:

Match score (1-100)

Reasoning

Comparable deals

Risk factors

Suggested deal terms

Why MCP?

MCP lets AI agents discover and use your API without custom integration. Any MCP-compatible agent finds the endpoint at:

https://sportsignal.agency/.well-known/mcp.json

The Business Case

£83.9M in Premier League sponsorship revenue is changing hands due to the UK gambling ad ban. 11 clubs need new sponsors.…

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