OilPriceAPI MCP Server

Give your AI agent real-time oil, gas, LNG, carbon and fuel prices in under 60 seconds — works in Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and any MCP client. No API key needed to try it.

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Backed by OilPriceAPI — the commodity price API behind fintech dashboards, fleet & logistics tools, maritime compliance platforms and energy analytics products, serving 2M+ API requests every month.

Features

• 26 Tools — 17 read tools (spot prices, history, futures, marine fuels, rig counts, diesel by state, storage, OPEC production, forecasts, EIA oil inventories, well permits, refining spreads) plus 4 authenticated price-alert tools (create/list/delete persistent alerts + trigger activity) and 5 agent tools (multi-commodity market briefs, persistent price watches)

• 5 Resources — subscribable price snapshots for Brent, WTI, Natural Gas, Diesel, and all commodities

• 6 Prompts — pre-built analyst templates (daily briefing, spread analysis, gas markets, commodity report, diesel costs, supply analysis)

• Natural language — ask for "brent oil" or "natural gas", not codes

• 70+ commodities — oil, gas, coal, refined products, metals, forex, bunker fuels, state diesel

• Smart errors — unrecognized commodities get suggestions, not silent fallbacks

Related MCP server: EIA MCP Server

Quick Start

npx oilpriceapi-mcp

What can your agent get?

The 10 most-polled commodities across our customer base:

Installation

Try it without an API key

The server works out of the box in keyless demo mode — just omit OILPRICEAPI_KEY from the configs below. The price tools (opa_get_price, opa_compare_prices, opa_list_commodities, opa_market_overview) serve live prices for a limited demo commodity set (Brent, WTI, diesel, gasoline, natural gas, gold, heating oil, EUR/USD, GBP/USD), and every other tool explains what it does and what its output looks like. Demo responses are marked with a footer. When you're ready for 40+ commodities, history, futures, and alerts, get a free API key and add it to your config.

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to your project's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code + Cline

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Global Install

npm install -g oilpriceapi-mcp

Environment Variables

Tools

All tools are prefixed with opa_ to avoid name collisions when multiple MCP servers are loaded.

Price Alert Tools (authenticated)

These tools create and manage persistent price alerts tied to your OilPriceAPI account, so they require an API key (OILPRICEAPI_KEY). The alert engine continuously watches live prices and notifies you (by email, plus webhook if you provide one) when a condition is met.

Market Brief & Subscription Tools (authenticated)

The market brief gives a multi-commodity snapshot in one call. Subscriptions ("watches") are persistent, recurring snapshots tied to your account — the API records an event every interval, and the agent polls for new events via a per-user cursor (events are polled, not pushed — there is no always-on connection). These require an API key (OILPRICEAPI_KEY). A subscription differs from an alert: a watch always emits an event each interval (a running log), whereas an alert fires only on a threshold crossing. Per-tier limits apply (free: 1 watch, 3 codes, 1h minimum interval); the API returns the exact limit if exceeded.

Example Questions

"What's the current Brent oil price?"
"Compare Brent and WTI crude"
"Show me oil prices for the past month"
"What's diesel cost in California vs Texas?"
"Give me a market overview of refined products"
"What's the Brent futures curve look like?"
"How many oil rigs are active in the US?"
"What are OPEC production levels?"
"What are bunker fuel prices in Singapore?"
"Show me Cushing storage levels"
"What were the latest EIA crude oil inventories?"
"How many well permits were issued in Texas?"
"What's the current 3-2-1 crack spread?"
"Show me the ICE Gasoil futures curve"

Resources

Subscribable price data (JSON):

Prompts

Pre-built analyst templates:

Natural Language Support

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm test
OILPRICEAPI_KEY=your-key node build/index.js

Breaking Changes in v2.0.0

• All tool names now use opa_ prefix (e.g., get_commodity_price -> opa_get_price)

• Unrecognized commodity names now return an error with suggestions instead of silently defaulting to Brent

• list_commodities now fetches live from the API (falls back to static list if unavailable)

The whole OilPriceAPI toolbox

Same data, every stack:

Explore the API

• 🧭 Interactive explorer: api.oilpriceapi.com/swagger — try every endpoint in the browser (demo mode, no key needed)

• 📜 OpenAPI spec: swagger.json

Privacy Policy

This MCP server runs locally on your machine and only communicates with the OilPriceAPI service:

• What is sent: tool requests are translated into HTTPS calls to api.oilpriceapi.com (commodity codes, query parameters such as time period or state, and — for alert/subscription tools — the alert parameters you specify), authenticated with your API key. No conversation content is transmitted — only the structured tool inputs above.

• API key storage: your key is stored locally in your MCP client's configuration (or the OILPRICEAPI_KEY environment variable). It is sent only to api.oilpriceapi.com as an Authorization header.

• Logging: API requests are logged by OilPriceAPI as described in the OilPriceAPI Privacy Policy.

• Third parties: no data is shared with third parties beyond what that policy describes.

• Demo mode: without an API key, price tools call the keyless demo endpoint on the same host; no key or account data is involved.

Questions: support@oilpriceapi.com

License

MIT

Links

• OilPriceAPI

• API Documentation

• Pricing

• MCP Protocol

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