exrate MCP server — central bank rates for AI assistants

MCP server at mcp.banks-rates.com. Add it to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT or any MCP-compatible client and your assistant gets live access to daily rates from 9 national central banks.

Setup

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exrate": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.banks-rates.com/"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add exrate https://mcp.banks-rates.com/

Cursor

// Cursor → Settings → MCP → Add Server
// URL: https://mcp.banks-rates.com/

Server URL is the same across every MCP-compatible client: https://mcp.banks-rates.com/.

What your AI can do with this MCP

  • Get USD/PLN at NBP today.
  • Get historical EUR/CZK at CNB on 2024-03-15.
  • Convert 1500 USD to GEL using NBG's rate for last Friday.
  • Fetch all six banks' rates for one currency at once.
  • Compute cross-rates (e.g., GBP/CZK) via a chosen national bank's national currency.
  • Compare today's rate to the previous business day for accounting fallback.
  • Pull a 30/90/365-day series for a bank+currency pair.
  • List which currencies a given bank publishes.
  • Get the freshness timestamp per bank to detect ingestion lag.

Example prompts

  • "What was the NBP rate for 100 USD on 2024-03-15? Use the previous business day if it wasn't quoted."
  • "Compare today's USD/PLN rate at NBP, ECB and CNB."
  • "Pull a 90-day series for EUR/CZK at CNB and tell me the volatility."
  • "For each of the 9 central banks, give me today's USD rate."

Frequently asked questions

Does this work with Claude Desktop and Claude Code?

Yes — both. Setup snippets above. Same URL works for ChatGPT custom GPTs and Cursor.

Is the MCP free?

Yes — same free service as the rest of exrate.

What tools does the MCP expose?

get_rate, list_banks, get_status, get_series — covering every operation the REST API supports.

Can my AI compute cross-rates?

Yes — call get_rate twice via the national currency and divide. Or pass a cross specification directly.

Is there a usage limit?

Per-IP rate limits at the edge. Typical assistant chat patterns will never hit them.