generated: '2026-09-16'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/UniRate-API/unirate-mcp and https://www.npmjs.com/package/@unirate/mcp
name: UniRate MCP Server
description: >-
  Official Model Context Protocol server for the UniRate API. Gives MCP-compatible AI
  assistants (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, Cline) a typed, currency-aware tool surface
  over UniRate's currency conversion, exchange-rate, and historical-rate endpoints. Ships
  both a stdio transport and a Streamable HTTP/SSE transport, but the provider hosts no
  public remote endpoint — operators run the npx package (or the ghcr.io Docker image)
  themselves, so an agent cannot reach it until a human installs and runs it.
deployment:
  mode: local-stdio
  install: "npx -y @unirate/mcp"
  package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@unirate/mcp
  auth: api-key
  verified: searched
  note: >-
    The package ALSO supports a remote transport — `unirate-mcp --http 3001` exposes
    `POST /mcp` (Streamable HTTP/SSE) and `GET /healthz` — but the vendor publishes no
    hosted endpoint URL; a remote deployment is the operator's to stand up (behind their
    own TLS/reverse proxy). Auth is an api-key passed via the UNIRATE_API_KEY environment
    variable. Multi-arch Docker images at ghcr.io/unirate-api/unirate-mcp.
version: 0.2.2
published: '2026-04-30'
tools:
- name: convert
  description: Convert an amount from one currency to another at the latest rate.
  inputs:
    from: {type: string, required: true, note: ISO 4217 code}
    to: {type: string, required: true, note: ISO 4217 code}
    amount: {type: number, required: true, note: positive amount in `from`}
  backs: convert
- name: latest_rate
  description: Get current exchange rate(s). Omit `to` to get rates for all currencies.
  inputs:
    from: {type: string, required: true}
    to: {type: string, required: false}
  backs: getRates
- name: historical_rate
  description: Exchange rate in effect on a specific date. Pro plan; coverage back to 1999-01-04.
  inputs:
    date: {type: string, required: true, note: 'YYYY-MM-DD'}
    from: {type: string, required: true}
    to: {type: string, required: true}
    amount: {type: number, required: false}
  backs: getHistoricalRates
  gated: pro
- name: list_currencies
  description: Returns the array of supported currency codes (170+). No parameters.
  backs: getCurrencies
errors:
  note: >-
    UniRate HTTP failures are mapped to friendly tool errors (400 InvalidRequestError,
    401 AuthenticationError, 403 ProPlanRequiredError, 404 InvalidCurrencyError,
    429 RateLimitError, 503 APIError). Tool calls return an object with isError:true rather
    than throwing, so the model can recover.