Commodities-API

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Real-time and historical commodity prices for crude oil, natural gas, gold, silver, and 100+ commodities with time-series and OHLC data.

What is Commodities-API?

Access Commodities-API for real-time and historical pricing on 100+ commodities including Brent crude, WTI, natural gas, gasoline, diesel, gold, and silver. Supports latest prices, historical lookups by date, time-series between date ranges, price fluctuation analysis, currency/commodity conversion, and OHLC data. Includes convenience methods for oil and energy commodity groups.

Available Tools

getLatestPrices
Get latest commodity prices. Optionally filter by base currency and symbols.
getHistoricalPrices
Get historical prices for a specific date.
getTimeSeries
Get time-series data between two dates.
getFluctuation
Get price fluctuation (change) between two dates.
convert
Convert an amount from one commodity/currency to another.
getOHLC
Get open/high/low/close for a commodity on a specific date.
getOilPrices
Get latest crude oil prices (Brent + WTI).
getEnergyPrices
Get latest energy commodity prices (oil, gas, gasoline, diesel).

Requirements

API key required
Sign up for free at https://commodities-api.com/documentation. Enter on the MCP Servers page.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Navigate to /mcp, find Commodities-API, and enter your API key.

Use getOilPrices for quick Brent/WTI, getTimeSeries for historical trends, or convert for currency conversion.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect Commodities-API to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect Commodities-API to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting Commodities-API to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"Commodities-API-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}