EU Finance MCP — Free ECB & Eurostat Data for AI Agents

EU Finance is the first MCP server in the NexusForge portfolio. It gives AI agents structured, real-time access to European financial data — ECB interest rates, Eurostat macroeconomic indicators, and euro exchange rates — with zero configuration.

What it does

Six tools available to any MCP-compatible AI agent:

All responses are JSON-structured and ready for agent reasoning — no raw XML or SDMX parsing required.

How it works

Every call fetches live data from ECB and Eurostat APIs, parses the SDMX/CSV response, and returns clean JSON. Redis caches responses to avoid redundant calls:

• Interest rates / FX: TTL 1 hour
• Inflation: TTL 6 hours
• GDP: TTL 24 hours

No database. No data stored at rest.

Quick start

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eu-finance": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@nexusforgetools/eu-finance"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add eu-finance -- npx -y @nexusforgetools/eu-finance

Cursor / Windsurf / Cline

Use the same stdio config pattern. The server exposes the eu-finance namespace.

Example queries

Once installed, ask your AI agent:

• “What is the ECB deposit facility rate today?”
• “Compare GDP growth in France, Germany and Italy over the last 4 quarters”
• “Show me EUR/USD rate history for the past 30 days”
• “Which EU country has the highest inflation right now?”

API limits

Free plan requires no API key. Pro and Scale plans include an API key set via the NEXUSFORGE_API_KEY environment variable.

Open source

The server source is available at github.com/nexusforge-tools/mcp-eu-finance. The MCP implementation uses the official @modelcontextprotocol/sdk.