CommodityPriceAPI runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 432 installs a week from npm. Last commit 27 Oct 2026.
Real-time and historical prices for gold, silver, oil, and 130+ other commodities.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check CommodityPriceAPI every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add commoditypriceapi-mcp -e 'COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY=<COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY>' -- npx -y @commoditypriceapi/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"commoditypriceapi-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@commoditypriceapi/mcp"
],
"env": {
"COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY": "<COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.commoditypriceapi-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@commoditypriceapi/mcp"]
env = { COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY = "<COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"commoditypriceapi-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@commoditypriceapi/mcp"
],
"env": {
"COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY": "<COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"commoditypriceapi-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@commoditypriceapi/mcp"
],
"env": {
"COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY": "<COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<COMMODITYPRICEAPI_KEY> (Your CommodityPriceAPI key (get one at https://commoditypriceapi.com/auth/signup)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
COMMODITYPRICEAPI_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS (Upstream request timeout in milliseconds (default 15000)).
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