Pipeworx exchange

Currency exchange rates and conversion — current, historical, and all supported pairs via the Frankfurter API

Frankfurter Currency Exchange

Convert between 30+ currencies using the European Central Bank's reference rates via the Frankfurter API. Get current rates, convert amounts, look up historical rates back to 1999, and list all supported currencies.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
get_rate	Current exchange rate between two currencies (e.g., USD to EUR)
convert	Convert a specific amount at today's rate
get_historical_rate	Exchange rate on a specific date (YYYY-MM-DD format, back to 1999-01-04)
get_currencies	List all supported currencies with full names

When to use

• "How much is 500 USD in Japanese Yen?" — convert with from=USD, to=JPY, amount=500
• Travel planning — check current rates before a trip
• Historical analysis — track how GBP/EUR changed over the past year
• E-commerce apps that need to display prices in local currencies

Example: convert 1000 EUR to GBP

bash

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/exchange/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"convert","arguments":{"from":"EUR","to":"GBP","amount":1000}}}'

json

{
  "from": "EUR",
  "to": "GBP",
  "amount": 1000,
  "result": 858.42,
  "rate": 0.85842,
  "date": "2024-03-15"
}

MCP client config

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-exchange": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/exchange/mcp"]
    }
  }
}