Developers
Football data your agent can actually call
REST for code, MCP for Claude and Cursor — 17 tools, one key, no scraping.
Getting NFL data into an application normally means a scraper, a scheduler and a schema you maintain. Getting it into an assistant means writing a tool layer on top of that.
What to build
Point Claude at it
One URL in the MCP config. The assistant picks the tool and reads the response; you write no client code.
Build a game page
Both teams, the odds and the full play log from a single game id.
Weekly fantasy or props tooling
Injuries, depth charts and snap counts by week are the three inputs most tools need and most sources make hard.
What it will not do
- Rate limit is 60 requests a minute, dropping to 10 below 100 credits.
- JSON only. No GraphQL, no websockets.
Worth reading first
Start with 500 free credits
No card. REST or MCP.