DefiLlama protocols API

DeFi protocols ranked by total value locked, with market cap, chain breakdown and one and seven day change.

Ask your agent

“Call defillama/protocols with no arguments and summarize what comes back.”

Works in any MCP client connected to https://data.openkrill.app/mcp. Install in one line.

Path: defillama/protocols
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 5
Cache: 30 min

Parameters

querystring, optional	Free text matched against protocol names, slugs and symbols
chainstring, optional	Only protocols on this chain, such as ethereum or solana
categorystring, optional	Only this category, such as lending or dexes
limitinteger, optional	1-100 protocols, default 20

Response

data.resources[] uses the same keys as every other platform: author, engagement, metadata, with DefiLlama-only fields under extras. A failed upstream call is never billed.

More DefiLlama tools

MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "defillama/protocols",
    "params": {}
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/defillama/protocols" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "defillama",
  "endpoint": "defillama/protocols",
  "data": {
    "resources": [
      { "id": …, "title": …, "text": …, "url": …,
        "author": {…}, "engagement": {…},
        "metadata": {…}, "extras": {…} }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 5,
  "cached": false
}