# Meridian

> Normalized crypto futures, spot, and custom trade-bar data for developers and agents.

## Docs

- [Dollar bars](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/custom-bars/dollar-bars.md): Bars that close after a configured amount of quote value has traded.
- [Imbalance bars](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/custom-bars/imbalance-bars.md): Adaptive Lopez de Prado-style tick imbalance bars with continuous state.
- [Custom bars overview](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/custom-bars/overview.md): Activity-based BTCUSDT bars constructed continuously from Binance Futures aggTrades.
- [Tick bars](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/custom-bars/tick-bars.md): Bars that close after a configured number of Binance aggTrade records.
- [Volume bars](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/custom-bars/volume-bars.md): Bars that close after a configured quantity of the base asset has traded.
- [Worked examples](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/custom-bars/worked-example.md): Understand custom-bar threshold mechanics and query exact stored configurations.
- [Coverage](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/data/coverage.md): Interpret Meridian coverage segments, source-limited values, gaps, and supported venue/product pairs.
- [Custom-bar columns](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/data/custom-bar-columns.md): Fields returned by Meridian dollar, volume, tick, and imbalance bars.
- [Futures columns](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/data/futures-columns.md): The complete 30-column Meridian futures contract.
- [Instruments and aliases](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/data/instruments.md): Understand Meridian canonical products, exchange mappings, and the current M2 futures universe.
- [Provenance](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/data/provenance.md): Trace Meridian facts to native collection, historical backfill, source runs, and processing lineage.
- [Spot columns](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/data/spot-columns.md): The complete 13-column Meridian spot contract.
- [Authentication and billing](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/getting-started/authentication.md): Create and protect the Context Protocol API key used to access Meridian.
- [Query mode and Execute mode](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/getting-started/query-vs-execute.md): Choose between managed Context queries and direct Meridian method execution.
- [Meridian documentation](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/index.md): Query normalized crypto futures, spot, and custom trade-bar data through Context Protocol.
- [Official MCP endpoint](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/integrations/mcp.md): Connect an MCP-compatible agent to Meridian through Context Protocol's remote MCP server.
- [Python SDK](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/integrations/python.md): Query or execute Meridian through the official Context Protocol Python SDK.
- [TypeScript SDK](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/integrations/typescript.md): Query or execute Meridian through the official Context Protocol TypeScript SDK.
- [Changelog](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/operations/changelog.md): Documentation and public-contract changes for Meridian.
- [Errors and empty results](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/operations/errors.md): Handle authentication, contract errors, source limitations, and valid empty responses.
- [Pagination and large results](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/operations/pagination.md): Page Meridian results without accidental continuation or oversized agent responses.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/quickstart.md): Install the Context Protocol SDK and query Meridian with its marketplace tool ID.
- [custom_bars](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/reference/custom-bars.md): Query stored BTCUSDT dollar, volume, tick, and imbalance bars.
- [custom_bars_catalog](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/reference/custom-bars-catalog.md): Discover stored custom-bar configurations, thresholds, ranges, and source runs.
- [futures](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/reference/futures.md): Query normalized futures market data across Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Hyperliquid.
- [Response contract](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/reference/response-contract.md): Understand Meridian rows, metadata, coverage, provenance, warnings, and completion states.
- [spot](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/reference/spot.md): Query normalized spot OHLCV and trade-flow data across four exchanges.
- [Tool ID and methods](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/reference/tool-id.md): Pin Meridian directly in Context Protocol using its stable marketplace identifier.

## OpenAPI Specs

- [openapi](https://docs.meridiandata.xyz/generated/openapi.json)

## Optional

- [Meridian](https://meridiandata.xyz)
- [Context Protocol](https://docs.ctxprotocol.com)