realtime-currency-exchange-mcp

Real-time currency exchange MCP server powered by the free Frankfurter API. No API key required.

Transport: stdio  |  Runtime: Node.js  |  Data source: European Central Bank

Features

• Live exchange rates — get the latest rates for any currency pair

• Currency conversion — convert amounts between currencies in real time

• Historical rates — look up rates for any past date

• Currency catalog — list all 32 supported currencies with names

Related MCP server: FX Currency MCP Server

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+

Setup

git clone git@github.com:Ethereal-Jay/realtime-currency-exchange-mcp.git
cd realtime-currency-exchange-mcp
npm install

The entry point is index.js. Run it with node index.js — it communicates via stdio.

Harness configuration

Add the following to your MCP client config, replacing /path/to/repo with the absolute path to the cloned directory.

opencode

~/.opencode/opencode.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "currency-exchange": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["node", "/path/to/repo/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code / Claude Desktop

~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.claude.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "currency-exchange": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/repo/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "currency-exchange": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/repo/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP client

{
  "currency-exchange": {
    "transport": "stdio",
    "command": "node",
    "args": ["/path/to/repo/index.js"]
  }
}

Restart your harness after adding the config. Tools will appear as currency-exchange_get_exchange_rates, currency-exchange_convert_currency, etc.

Tools

Detailed tool parameters and usage patterns are in AGENTS.md.

API

All data comes from Frankfurter, a free foreign exchange API that tracks reference rates published by the European Central Bank. Rates are updated daily around 16:00 CET.

License

ISC