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Exchange rates

An MCP tool from the Public Knowledge server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Reference exchange rates between world currencies (Frankfurter, from the European Central Bank; updated each working day around 16:00 CET). Get all rates for a base currency or a few targets, for today or a past date back to 1999.

Name on the gateway: knowledge__exchange_rates · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
basestringBase ISO currency code. Default "USD".
symbolsstringComma-separated target codes, e.g. "INR,EUR,GBP". Default: all.
datestringYYYY-MM-DD for a historical rate. Default latest.

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "knowledge__exchange_rates",
  "arguments": {}
}

Or connect the Public Knowledge server directly, which lists 47 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-knowledge https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/knowledge \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

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