Returns spot and historical oil, gas and commodity prices, futures curves and alerts from OilPriceAPI, read-only by default.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add oilpriceapi --env OILPRICEAPI_KEY='<OILPRICEAPI_KEY>' -- npx -y oilpriceapi-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.oilpriceapi]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"]
env = { OILPRICEAPI_KEY = "<OILPRICEAPI_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add oilpriceapi --env OILPRICEAPI_KEY='<OILPRICEAPI_KEY>' -- npx -y oilpriceapi-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"oilpriceapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"oilpriceapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "<OILPRICEAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"oilpriceapi": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"oilpriceapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "<OILPRICEAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"oilpriceapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"oilpriceapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "<OILPRICEAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"oilpriceapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"oilpriceapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "<OILPRICEAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"oilpriceapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"oilpriceapi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "<OILPRICEAPI_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
OILPRICEAPI_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.