Mcp Server
Pull live oil, gas, and commodity benchmarks into agent research when pricing energy-adjacent products or market newsletters.
Overview
OilpriceAPI MCP Server is a MCP server for the Validate phase that delivers real-time oil, gas, and 174+ commodity prices via OilpriceAPI.
What is this MCP server?
- 174+ commodities plus futures and rig count datasets
- oilpriceapi-mcp v2.0.0 npm stdio package
- OILPRICEAPI_KEY required; free tier 200 requests per month
- Real-time oil and gas price feeds from OilpriceAPI
- 174+ commodities covered
- Free tier: 200 requests/month
Community signal: 2 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
Energy and commodity context is scattered across websites, so agent-assisted pricing research stalls on stale or manual numbers.
Who is it for?
Solo builders validating finance, energy, or commodities-facing SaaS and need agent-queryable live benchmarks on a free API tier.
Skip if: High-frequency trading systems or teams that cannot accept a 200-request monthly free cap without a paid OilpriceAPI plan.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Your agent can fetch current oil, gas, futures, and rig metrics while you test pricing stories and data product ideas.
- Agent-queryable snapshots across 174+ commodities and related metrics
- Faster validation of energy- or commodities-themed product narratives
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Journey fit
Validate is where founders test pricing assumptions and market context before committing to a full build. pricing subphase fits commodity and futures lookups used to sanity-check costs, hedging narratives, or data-product tiers.
How it compares
Commodity market data MCP integration, not a backtesting engine or brokerage skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is io.github.OilpriceAPI/mcp-server for?
Builders and analysts who want MCP agents to read OilpriceAPI feeds for oil, gas, commodities, futures, and rig counts.
When should I use io.github.OilpriceAPI/mcp-server?
Use it in Validate and early Grow when you need current commodity prices to test pricing pages, reports, or API wrappers.
How do I add io.github.OilpriceAPI/mcp-server to my agent?
Install oilpriceapi-mcp from npm, configure stdio, and set OILPRICEAPI_KEY from oilpriceapi.com signup in your MCP client.