Claude Code + Binance API: Complete Setup Guide

What You’ll Set Up

By the end of this guide, you’ll have:

• A Binance account with API keys configured for trading
• Claude Code installed and ready to use
• A Python environment with the CCXT library
• A working script that fetches your account balance

Prerequisites

• A computer with Python 3.10+ installed
• A Binance account (we’ll show you how to get API keys)

Step 1: Get Your Binance API Keys

1. Log into your Binance account
2. Navigate to Account → API Management (see the Binance API documentation for full details)
3. Click “Create API” and choose “System Generated”
4. Name it something like trading-bot-dev

Important: Only enable “Enable Spot & Margin Trading”. Do NOT enable withdrawals.

Save your API key and secret somewhere safe — you won’t be able to see the secret again.

Step 2: Install Claude Code

Open your terminal and install Claude Code:

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Verify the installation:

claude --version

Step 3: Set Up Your Python Project

Create a new project directory and set up a virtual environment:

mkdir my-trading-bot && cd my-trading-bot
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install ccxt python-dotenv

Create a .env file for your API keys:

BINANCE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
BINANCE_API_SECRET=your_secret_here

Step 4: Your First API Call

Ask Claude Code to generate a simple script:

claude "Write a Python script that uses ccxt to connect to Binance
and fetch my USDT balance. Use python-dotenv to load API keys
from a .env file."

Claude Code will generate something like:

import ccxt
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

exchange = ccxt.binance({
    'apiKey': os.getenv('BINANCE_API_KEY'),
    'secret': os.getenv('BINANCE_API_SECRET'),
})

balance = exchange.fetch_balance()
usdt = balance['total'].get('USDT', 0)
print(f"USDT Balance: {usdt}")

Run it:

python balance.py

If you see your USDT balance printed, everything is working.

Next Steps

• Build a DCA bot — Now that your setup is complete, follow the AI DCA Bot in Python tutorial to build your first trading bot
• Build a grid bot — Ready for something more active? Try building a grid trading bot with Claude Code