Currency Exchange — Real-Time and Historical Rates
About
Currency exchange tools for AI agents. Convert between 30+ currencies, get real-time rates, list supported currencies, and look up historical exchange rates back to 1999. European Central Bank data.
Details
- Author
- easysolutions906
- Downloads
- 332
- Categories
- Finance
Jump to
- currency_convert – convert an amount between two currencies
- currency_rates – get all exchange rates for a base currency
- currency_list – list all 30+ supported currencies
- currency_historical – retrieve historical rates for a specific date (back to 1999)
- Exchange rates cached for 1 hour to improve performance
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Currency Exchange — Real-Time and Historical RatesCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install globally via npx @easysolutions906/mcp-finance. For Claude Desktop, add a finance entry to claude_desktop_config.json; for Cursor, add it to .cursor/mcp.json in your project. The server exposes four tools: currency_convert, currency_rates, currency_list, and currency_historical.
currency_convert
Convert an amount between two currencies using live exchange rates from Frankfurter API. Returns the conversion rate, result, and rate date.
currency_rates
Get all current exchange rates for a base currency. Returns rates for ~30 currencies from Frankfurter API (European Central Bank data).
currency_list
List all supported currency codes and their full names. Frankfurter supports ~30 currencies based on European Central Bank reference rates.
currency_historical
Get historical exchange rates for a specific past date. Uses European Central Bank reference rates. Data available from 1999-01-04 onwards.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"currency exchange \u2014 real-time and historical rates": {
"finance": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@easysolutions906/mcp-finance"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"finance": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@easysolutions906/mcp-finance"
]
}
}MCP Finance Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing currency exchange tools for use with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP clients.Tools (4 total)
| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| |currency_convert | Convert an amount between two currencies (e.g., USD to EUR) |
| currency_rates | Get all exchange rates for a base currency |
| currency_list | List all 30+ supported currencies |
| currency_historical | Get historical rates for a specific date (back to 1999) |
Install
``bash
npx @easysolutions906/mcp-finance
`
Claude Desktop
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:
`json
{
"mcpServers": {
"finance": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@easysolutions906/mcp-finance"]
}
}
}
`
Cursor
Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project:
`json
{
"mcpServers": {
"finance": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@easysolutions906/mcp-finance"]
}
}
}
`
Data Source
Exchange rates from the Frankfurter API (European Central Bank reference rates). Supports 30+ currencies with rates cached for 1 hour.
Transport
- stdio (default) — for local use with Claude Desktop and Cursor
- HTTP — set PORT env var to start in Streamable HTTP mode on /mcp`Sign in to leave a review
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