Use API-Sports from Claude
Add the API-Sports connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use it from every channel in that Space.
ConnectorAPI-Sports
API-Sports integration for Claude and Codex
Connect API-Sports once, then control which Spaces can use its approved tools and data without pasting credentials into prompts or threads.
CategoryDeveloper Tools & IT
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Developer Tools & IT
What the API-Sports connector can do
API-Sports covers live scores, standings, and statistics across football, basketball, baseball, and several other sports. A content or fantasy-sports Space in type.com can ask Claude to pull current AFL standings, check a player's stats from a specific game, or compare two baseball teams' head-to-head history.
One connection, many Spaces
Connect API-Sports once, then decide which Spaces can use it in threads, skills, automations, and coding work.
Use API-Sports from Claude Code, Codex, and automations
Use API-Sports from Claude Code or Codex
Once API-Sports is connected in type.com, install the type.com CLI, and Claude Code or Codex can call its tools with type-cli integrations call. Calls run with your type.com access, and the credentials stay on type.com's servers.
Automate API-Sports on a schedule or webhook
In a Space with API-Sports connected, describe the job, and type.com proposes an automation with its trigger, schedule, and destination. Runs can start on a schedule or from a webhook, Slack, GitHub, Linear, email, or RSS, and each run leaves a thread the team can read.
What teams do with API-Sports in type.com
Check current league standings
Pull AFL standings for a season to see team rankings and points before writing a recap.
Get the current AFL standings for this season from API-Sports.
Pull a player's game stats
Look up a specific player's performance in a given AFL game instead of digging through a stats site.
Get AFL player statistics for player ID 884 from last weekend's game.
Compare two teams' history
Pull head-to-head results between two baseball teams to add context to a preview or betting note.
Get the head-to-head record between the Yankees and Red Sox from API-Sports.
Representative actions
- Get AFL Games
Looks up AFL matches, narrowed down by a specific game, date, league, season, club, or timezone.
- Get AFL Game Player Statistics
Returns player performance stats for specific AFL games, players, or seasons.
- Get AFL Seasons
Returns the list of available AFL seasons for use as filters.
- Get AFL Standings
Returns current team rankings and points for an AFL league and season.
- Get Baseball Games Head-to-Head
Returns past game history between two specified baseball teams.
Connection
API and auth details
API-SPORTS provides sports data APIs and widgets across football, baseball, basketball, NBA, NFL, rugby, volleyball, hockey, AFL, handball, and related sports, with endpoints for leagues, teams, players, fixtures, live scores, standings, statistics, media assets, widgets, SDKs, dashboards, and sport-specific API hosts.
- Source
- type.com catalog metadata
- Auth schemes
- API key
- Official site
- https://api-sports.io/
FAQ
Questions people ask before connecting API-Sports
Can Claude pull live sports data from API-Sports?
Yes. Once an API-Sports connection is shared with a Space, the agent can pull standings, player stats, and head-to-head records from a thread.
How do I authenticate API-Sports in type.com?
API-Sports uses an API key. An admin adds it once when creating the connection, then controls which Spaces can use it.
Can type.com post game updates on a schedule?
Yes. An automation can check standings or recent games on a recurring basis and post updates to a channel.
Can Claude Code or Codex use API-Sports?
Yes. Once API-Sports is connected in type.com, install the type.com CLI, and Claude Code or Codex can call its tools with type-cli integrations call. Calls run with your type.com access, and the credentials stay on type.com's servers.
Can I automate API-Sports on a schedule?
Yes. In a Space with API-Sports connected, describe the job, and type.com proposes an automation with its trigger, schedule, and destination. Runs can start on a schedule or from a webhook, Slack, GitHub, Linear, email, or RSS, and each run leaves a thread the team can read.
Is this the same as an MCP server for API-Sports?
Not exactly. type.com uses connectors and connections to give selected Spaces access to approved app tools and data. Some connectors use hosted MCP, while others use OAuth, API keys, service accounts, or custom APIs.
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