# currency-history-mcp

> A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for fetching historical currency exchange rates using the Frankfurter API.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/currency-history-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/example/currency_mcp
- repository: https://github.com/example/currency_mcp
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: currency, exchange-rates, frankfurter, history, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:currency-history-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Currency History MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides historical currency exchange rates and currency conversion.
Powered by the [Frankfurter API](https://api.frankfurter.app/), which is free and open-source.

## Features

- **Get Historical Rates**: Fetch exchange rates for a specific date (e.g., "2023-01-01").
- **Convert Currency**: Convert amounts between currencies using historical rates.

## Installation & Usage (with uv)

You can run this MCP server directly using `uv` without manually installing it everywhere:

```bash
# Run directly
uvx currency-history-mcp
```

Or install it as a tool:

```bash
uv tool install currency-history-mcp
```

## Manual Installation

```bash
pip install currency-history-mcp
```

## Running the Server

```bash
# If installed via pip
currency-history-mcp

# Or connect via an MCP client inspector
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx currency-history-mcp
```

## Tools

1. `get_historical_rate`
   - `date`: YYYY-MM-DD
   - `base`: Base currency (default USD)
   - `symbols`: Target currencies (default CNY, EUR, JPY, GBP)

2. `convert_historical_amount`
   - `amount`: Amount to convert
   - `from_curr`: Source currency
   - `to_curr`: Target currency
   - `date`: YYYY-MM-DD

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- finance.markets (1, derived)
- documents.conversion (0.836, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/currency-history-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T13:21:04.834Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/currency-history-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/currency-history-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:currency-history-mcp