currencylayer MCP by usefulapi

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://currencylayer.usefulapi.io/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http currencylayer https://currencylayer.usefulapi.io/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "currencylayer": {
      "url": "https://currencylayer.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "currencylayer": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://currencylayer.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://currencylayer.usefulapi.io/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• currencylayer_get_live_rates

  SPENDS 1 request of your currencylayer monthly quota per call (also when it fails after authentication; it is never retried). Real-time exchange rates for up to 174 world currencies and precious metals relative to a source currency (default USD). Quotes are keyed by pair, e.g. US

• currencylayer_get_historical_rates

  SPENDS 1 request of your currencylayer monthly quota per call (also when it fails after authentication; it is never retried). Exchange rates for one past date (data back to 1999 for most currencies; a currency added later has no data before its start date and the whole request th

• currencylayer_convert_currency

  SPENDS 1 request of your currencylayer monthly quota per call (also when it fails after authentication; it is never retried). Convert an amount from one currency to another with real-time rates, or with the rates of a past date. Returns the result and the quote used. Needs the Ba

• currencylayer_get_timeframe_rates

  SPENDS 1 request of your currencylayer monthly quota per call (also when it fails after authentication; it is never retried). Daily exchange rates for every date from start_date to end_date (at most 365 days apart), one entry per date. Needs the Enterprise plan or higher. The rep

• currencylayer_get_rate_changes

  SPENDS 1 request of your currencylayer monthly quota per call (also when it fails after authentication; it is never retried). How exchange rates changed between two dates: per currency pair the start_rate, end_rate, absolute change and change_pct. Pass both dates or none (none =

Basic checksi

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• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified against the domain usefulapi.io (the registry checks domain ownership)

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  Still maintained

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  Has a licence

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  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 4 ms (HTTP 200)

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  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

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