Amber Electric MCP By UnClick
Pull real-time Australian wholesale electricity spot prices and renewables mix so you can reason about homelab, mining, or batch job scheduling costs with your agent.
Overview
Amber Electric MCP is an Operate-phase MCP server that exposes Australian spot electricity prices and renewables data to your agent via UnClick’s @unclick/amber-mcp package.
What is this MCP server?
- Real-time Australian electricity spot prices via Amber Electric data surfaces
- Renewables generation context for cost and carbon-aware scheduling conversations
- @unclick/amber-mcp on npm with stdio transport and npx (v0.1.0)
- Maintained by UnClick as a standalone package in the unclick monorepo
- Fits MCP clients such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex without a separate skill
- npm package @unclick/amber-mcp version 0.1.0
- MCP stdio transport declared in server manifest
- Server titled Amber Electric MCP by UnClick
Community signal: 4 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
You guess at power cost when scheduling heavy jobs because spot price and renewables data live outside your agent context.
Who is it for?
Australian solo builders optimizing homelab spend, energy side projects, or ops automation tied to NEM pricing.
Skip if: Builders outside Australian electricity markets or teams needing formal utility billing and contract management.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Your agent answers with current Amber-backed price and renewables signals so you can tune infra timing with data.
- Agent-accessible current spot price queries
- Renewables-related electricity market context in responses
- Registered @unclick/amber-mcp v0.1.0 MCP server
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How it compares
Live energy data MCP feed, not a general cloud cost optimizer skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Amber Electric MCP for?
Developers in Australia who want Claude Code or Cursor to reference live spot power and renewables data while discussing infra and workloads.
When should I use Amber Electric MCP?
Use it during operate-phase infra reviews, cron tuning, or when validating energy-related product ideas with real market signals.
How do I add Amber Electric MCP to my agent?
Configure MCP stdio to run npx @unclick/amber-mcp, save the server block, and reload your agent client.