AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents MCP Server

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AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 22 tools.

Holidays and business days (220+ countries), WHOIS, FX, phishing and DMARC checks, SA tenders. x402.

Uptime history 4 days of history

4 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

484 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents 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

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add agentstall --transport http https://agentstall.padawanconsulting.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://agentstall.padawanconsulting.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.agentstall]
url = "https://agentstall.padawanconsulting.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentstall": {
      "url": "https://agentstall.padawanconsulting.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "agentstall": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://agentstall.padawanconsulting.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 22

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

africa

africa_central_bank_rates

Central bank policy interest rates for 49 African countries: South African Reserve Bank repo rate, Central Bank of Nigeria MPR, Central Bank of Kenya CBR, Bank of Ghana, Central Bank of Egypt, BCEAO and BEAC (CFA franc zones) and more, with the month of the latest decision and the previous rate where it changed. Filter by ISO country codes. Useful for loan pricing, FX and macro context. Price: $0.002 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

africa_mobile_network_lookup

Mobile network operator lookup for phone numbers in 17 African countries: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Mozambique. Returns the operator (MTN, Safaricom, Airtel, Glo, Vodacom, Orange and others) and the number in E.164 format. Useful before sending airtime, mobile money or SMS. Price: $0.001 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

africa_vat_rates

Standard VAT and sales tax rates for 49 African countries, including South Africa 15%, Nigeria 7.5%, Kenya 16%, Egypt 14%, Ghana (with NHIL and GETFund levies), Morocco 20% and the CFA franc zone, with notes on levies and surcharges. Filter by one or more ISO country codes. Useful for pricing, invoicing, quotes and cross-border e-commerce in Africa. Price: $0.001 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

validate

za_validate_company_number

South African company registration number check: validates a CIPC registration number (YYYY/NNNNNN/NN) and decodes the registration year and entity type, such as (Pty) Ltd, Ltd, NPC, Inc, CC, co-operative or SOC. Format check only, not a CIPC status lookup. Useful for supplier onboarding, invoices and tender paperwork. Price: $0.002 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

za_validate_id_number

South African ID number validation: checks a 13-digit SA ID number (date of birth, citizenship digit and Luhn checksum) and decodes date of birth, age, gender and citizenship status. Structural check only, with no Home Affairs lookup; the number is not stored. Useful for KYC and onboarding forms and for catching typos. Price: $0.005 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

za_validate_tax_number

South African tax number validation: checks a 10-digit SARS VAT registration number or income tax reference number (format and modulus-10 check digit) and says which type it is. Format check only, not a SARS registration lookup; nothing is stored. Useful for invoices, supplier onboarding and form validation. Price: $0.002 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

business

za_add_business_days

Business days calculator: adds or subtracts working days from a date in any of 220+ countries, skipping weekends and public holidays, and lists the holidays skipped. Local weekends supported (e.g. Friday-Saturday in Saudi Arabia and Egypt). Verified calendars for South Africa and 10 African countries. Useful for payment terms such as 'net 5 business days', notice periods, SLAs, delivery estimates and legal deadlines. Price: $0.002 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

za_is_business_day

Checks whether a date is a business (working) day in any of 220+ countries and says why not: weekend or which public holiday. Returns the next and previous business days. Handles local weekends (Friday-Saturday in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel) and observed holidays, with verified calendars for South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and 7 more African countries. Useful for payment, settlement and delivery dates. Price: $0.001 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

agentstall

agentstall_catalog

Free. Lists every paid tool with its price in USDC, payment network and an example result.

bank

za_bank_branch_codes

South African bank universal branch codes for EFT payments and debit orders: Absa, Capitec, FNB, Nedbank, Standard Bank, TymeBank, Discovery Bank, Investec, African Bank and Bidvest Bank. Look up one bank or list all. Useful for completing South African bank payment details. Price: $0.001 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

count

za_count_business_days

Working days calculator: counts the business days between two dates in any of 220+ countries, excluding weekends and public holidays, and lists the holidays excluded. Local weekends supported. Verified calendars for South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana and 6 more African countries. Useful for SLAs, turnaround times, leave days and deadlines measured in business days. Price: $0.002 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

domain

domain_intel

WHOIS / RDAP domain lookup: registrar, registration and expiry dates, domain age, status, nameservers and DNSSEC from the registry, plus DNS records, email security grade (DMARC, SPF, MTA-STS) and plain-language risk flags such as newly registered, expiring soon or easily spoofed, with impersonation signals for African banks, tax authorities and mobile money. Useful for phishing triage, vendor due diligence and research. Price: $0.005 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

za_email_security

DMARC and SPF checker for any domain: grades DMARC, SPF, DNSSEC, MTA-STS and TLS-RPT from public DNS (score and A-F grade), says how easily fake email could be sent in the domain's name and lists the fixes. Also returns daily-updated email security scorecards ranking banks, governments, regulators and telecoms in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana and 6 more African countries. Price: $0.003 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

exchange

exchange_rates

Currency exchange rates and conversion for 150+ currencies, updated daily: USD, EUR, GBP, CNY, INR and every African currency, including South African rand (ZAR), Nigerian naira (NGN), Kenyan shilling (KES), Egyptian pound (EGP), Ghanaian cedi (GHS) and CFA francs. Any base currency, optional amount conversion. Mid-market reference rates from an open daily dataset, not official central-bank fixings. Useful for pricing, invoices and reports. Price: $0.002 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

incident

za_incident_reporting_obligations

Data breach and cyber incident reporting obligations in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Mauritius and Botswana: which regulators and people must be notified, the legal deadline (such as 72 hours) and the computed due time from discovery. Covers POPIA and FSCA/PA rules in South Africa, NDPA and ngCERT in Nigeria, and Kenya's Data Protection Act. Triage guidance, not legal advice. Price: $0.01 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

normalize

za_normalize_phone

South African phone number formatting and classification: converts an SA number in any common format to international +27 (E.164) and local formats, and says whether it is mobile, landline (with area for major cities), toll-free, VoIP or premium-rate. Useful for cleaning contact lists, SMS and WhatsApp messaging, and form validation. Price: $0.001 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

official

za_official_domain_check

Phishing URL and fake-website check for Africa: compares a link or domain with the official domains of about 130 tax authorities (SARS, KRA, FIRS, GRA), central banks, government services, banks, mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, OPay) and telecoms in South Africa and 10 other African countries, and flags lookalike domains, typosquats, brand names in unofficial domains and newly registered domains. Price: $0.005 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

public

za_public_holidays

Public holidays for any country and year (220+ countries by ISO code), with date and English name. Covers the US, UK, Europe, India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, China, Japan, Brazil and all of Africa. South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana and 6 more African countries use AgentStall's verified calendars with observed days and declared Islamic holidays. Free open sources: Nager.Date and date-holidays. Useful for scheduling, payroll and deadlines. Price: $0.001 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

sarb

za_sarb_rates

South African interest rates, inflation and rand exchange rates from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB): repo rate, prime lending rate, CPI and PPI inflation, and rand (ZAR) per US dollar, pound, euro and yen, each with its as-of date. Useful for loan and interest calculations, pricing in rand and economic context. Price: $0.005 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

sars

za_sars_deadlines

South African tax deadlines from SARS between two dates: EMP201 PAYE/UIF/SDL payments, VAT201 returns, provisional tax (IRP6), EMP501 reconciliations and income tax filing-season deadlines, already moved to the previous business day where SARS rules require it. Useful for payroll, bookkeeping, accounting and tax compliance reminders in South Africa. Price: $0.005 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

school

za_school_calendar

South African public school calendar: term dates and school holidays for 2026 and 2027 from the Department of Basic Education, special school holidays, and whether a given date is a school day. Useful for family travel, childcare, events and education planning in South Africa. Price: $0.003 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

tender

za_tender_search

South African government tenders and RFQs: searches open tenders from national and provincial departments, municipalities and state-owned companies published on the National Treasury eTenders portal. Filter by keyword, closing date, category and buyer. Returns tender number, description, buyer, procurement method, opening and closing dates, and tender document links. Updated every 3 hours. Price: $0.005 USDC per call (x402, Base mainnet).

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://agentstall.padawanconsulting.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	477 ms	12 min ago

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AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents do?

It exposes 22 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: africa_central_bank_rates, africa_mobile_network_lookup, africa_vat_rates, agentstall_catalog, domain_intel, exchange_rates and 16 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

What is AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around validate, africa and business. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 484 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents need an API key?

No. AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 22 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is AgentStall: Africa and global data for agents?

It answers our handshake in 484 ms on average, which is faster than 25% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.