Twelve Data MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for fetching real-time and historical market data including forex, precious metals (XAUUSD, XAGUSD), cryptocurrencies, and stocks using the Twelve Data API.

Features

• 📈 Real-time prices for forex, metals, crypto, and stocks

• 📊 OHLC time series data with multiple intervals (1min to monthly)

• 💱 Currency conversion between any supported pairs

• 📉 Technical indicators (RSI, MACD, SMA, EMA, Bollinger Bands, etc.)

• 🏆 Commodities listing (precious metals, energy, agricultural)

• ⚡ Low latency (~170ms average)

• 🆓 Free tier available (8 API credits/minute, 800/day)

Related MCP server: MCP Finnhub Server

Supported Symbols

Precious Metals

• XAU/USD - Gold Spot

• XAG/USD - Silver Spot

• XPT/USD - Platinum Spot

• XPD/USD - Palladium Spot

Major Forex Pairs

• EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF

• AUD/USD, USD/CAD, NZD/USD

• And 140+ more currency pairs

Cryptocurrencies

• BTC/USD, ETH/USD, XRP/USD

• And many more from 180+ exchanges

Stocks

• All US exchanges (NASDAQ, NYSE)

• 90+ international exchanges

Installation

cd twelvedata-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build

Configuration

Get Your API Key

1. Sign up for free at https://twelvedata.com/

2. Get your API key from the dashboard

3. Set the environment variable:

export TWELVEDATA_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twelvedata": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/twelvedata-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "TWELVEDATA_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

twelvedata_get_price

Get real-time price for any symbol.

"Get the current gold price" → symbol: "XAU/USD"
"EURUSD price" → symbol: "EUR/USD"

twelvedata_get_quote

Get detailed quote with OHLC, change, volume.

"Full quote for silver" → symbol: "XAG/USD"

twelvedata_get_time_series

Get historical OHLC candlestick data.

"Get 1-hour gold candles" → symbol: "XAU/USD", interval: "1h"
"Daily EURUSD last 100 days" → symbol: "EUR/USD", interval: "1day", outputsize: 100

twelvedata_convert_currency

Convert amounts between currencies.

"Convert 1000 USD to EUR" → from: "USD", to: "EUR", amount: 1000
"1 oz gold in USD" → from: "XAU", to: "USD", amount: 1

twelvedata_get_exchange_rate

Get exchange rate for a currency pair.

"EUR/USD exchange rate" → symbol: "EUR/USD"

twelvedata_list_commodities

List all available commodities.

"What metals can I trade?"

twelvedata_technical_indicator

Calculate technical indicators.

"RSI for gold" → symbol: "XAU/USD", indicator: "rsi"
"MACD for EURUSD" → symbol: "EUR/USD", indicator: "macd"
"20-period SMA" → indicator: "sma", time_period: 20

Supported indicators: SMA, EMA, WMA, RSI, MACD, BBANDS, STOCH, ADX, ATR, CCI, OBV, MOM, ROC, WILLR

API Rate Limits

Running the Server

Stdio Transport (default)

TWELVEDATA_API_KEY="your_key" npm start

HTTP Transport

TWELVEDATA_API_KEY="your_key" TRANSPORT=http PORT=3000 npm start

Development

# Build
npm run build

# Watch mode (rebuild on changes)
npm run dev

Example Usage

Once configured with Claude Desktop:

"What's the current gold price?"

"Show me the last 50 1-hour candles for XAUUSD"

"Calculate RSI for EUR/USD on the daily timeframe"

"Convert 5000 USD to EUR"

"Get a detailed quote for silver"

License

MIT

Credits

Data provided by Twelve Data