Rba MCP server

rba-mcp

mcp-name: io.ausdata/rba-mcp

Ask Claude about Australian interest rates, exchange rates, and lending rates and get real, current numbers — not "I don't have access to that data." This MCP server gives Claude (and other MCP clients like Cursor) live access to the Reserve Bank of Australia's statistical tables, with curated mappings for the most-asked indicators.

Hosted access? For cross-source queries, webhooks, an always-on REST API, and a uniform response envelope across all 9 sources, see ausdata.io — free tier available (500 calls/mo, no card).

Companion to abs-mcp (ABS macro stats), ato-mcp (ATO tax + ACNC charity data), and au-weather-mcp (Australian weather via Open-Meteo + BOM) — together the four cover the most-asked Australian official data.

What you can ask

Once installed, your LLM can answer questions like:

Every answer comes with the period, units (Per cent per annum, USD per AUD, etc.), the publication date, and a link back to the RBA source. The MCP wraps RBA's CSV statistical tables and exposes them through 5 plain-English tools.

Install

# After publish:
uvx --upgrade rba-mcp

# Local dev:
uv pip install -e .

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rba": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--upgrade", "rba-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Why --upgrade? uvx rba-mcp (without the flag) uses whatever wheel is cached and never adopts new PyPI releases on its own — Claude Desktop's MCP child process keeps running the same wheel until you fully quit the app and refresh the cache by hand. --upgrade makes uvx check PyPI on each launch and pull a newer release if one exists. Recommended for everyone except offline-first / pinned-version workflows. To verify which version is currently serving you, look at the server_version field on any DataResponse (added in 0.1.5).

If you also have abs-mcp installed, both servers run side-by-side. Claude disambiguates with the server prefix (rba:getdata vs abs:getdata).

For local dev (pre-PyPI):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rba": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/absolute/path/to/rba-mcp", "rba-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.