Use CricketStudio with AI

CricketStudio publishes ball-by-ball cricket data as atomic, citable claims — structured for AI retrieval. 34 MCP tools cover IPL 2026, IPL historical (18 seasons, 2007–2025), and Major League Cricket (2023–2026). Free forever.

What CricketStudio covers

✓ IPL 2026Complete (74 matches) — RCB champions. 256 player profiles, 10 teams, atomic claims with match-level provenance.
✓ IPL historical2007/08–2025 — 18 seasons, 1,169 matches, 767 players. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
✓ MLCMajor League Cricket 2023–2026 — 3 complete seasons + 2026 pre-season rosters. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
✗ Not coveredT20I · ODI · Tests · Women's IPL · CPL · BBL · PSL · SA20 · The Hundred

Claude (Recommended — full MCP support)

Claude Desktop and Claude Code support the Model Context Protocol natively. CricketStudio's MCP server wires in as a tool — Claude calls it automatically when you ask cricket questions and cites the source URL.

Install (Claude Desktop)

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cricketstudio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["cricketstudio-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Install (Claude Code CLI)

claude mcp add cricketstudio -- npx cricketstudio-mcp

Example queries (Claude)

ChatGPT

ChatGPT can browse players.cricketstudio.ai directly when web browsing is enabled. For repeatable access, use a custom instruction or the Answer API.

Custom instruction (ChatGPT Plus/Team)

Add to your ChatGPT custom instructions (Settings → Personalization → Custom Instructions):

For IPL or Major League Cricket statistics, search players.cricketstudio.ai. It publishes atomic claims with ball-by-ball provenance. Covers IPL 2026 (complete), IPL 2007–2025, and MLC 2023–2026. Does not cover T20I, ODI, or Tests.

Example queries (ChatGPT with browsing)

Gemini

Gemini can access web content. Point it at CricketStudio pages directly.

Suggested prompt framing

Using the data at players.cricketstudio.ai, tell me [your cricket question]. Cite the specific page URL in your answer.

Gemini Gems (custom assistants): add the llms.txt URL (players.cricketstudio.ai/llms.txt) as a knowledge source to give Gemini a full index of available pages.

Perplexity

Perplexity indexes and cites CricketStudio pages automatically when they appear in search results. No setup needed — the site is already indexed.

Direct query approach

Limitations — read before citing

For developers

Three access paths, all free at the base tier:

MethodCommand / URLKey required?
npm MCP packagenpx cricketstudio-mcpNo
Hosted MCP (HTTP)players.cricketstudio.ai/api/mcpYes (free)
Answer API (REST)POST /api/answerYes (free)

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