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realtime exchange rate mcp for VS Code

io.github.cahthuranag/realtime-exchange-rate-mcp

Real-time currency exchange rates, historical data, and multi-currency lookups for MCP clients.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install realtime exchange rate mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "allrates-api-key",
      "description": "ALLRATES_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "allrates-base-url",
      "description": "ALLRATES_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "realtime-exchange-rate-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@allratestoday/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLRATES_API_KEY": "${input:allrates-api-key}",
        "ALLRATES_BASE_URL": "${input:allrates-base-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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