# io.github.arose26/bank-of-canada-mcp (npm · bank-of-canada-mcp)

Bank of Canada economic data: exchange rates, policy rate, CPI, bond yields. No API key.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-17

## Components

- npm · `bank-of-canada-mcp`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp/bank-of-canada-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp/bank-of-canada-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `bank-of-canada-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-17.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 30 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 296 tokens (~74/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp -- npx -y bank-of-canada-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp -- npx -y bank-of-canada-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "bank-of-canada-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg bank-of-canada-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "bank-of-canada-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bank-of-canada-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-15 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_series` (~82 tokens)

Search Bank of Canada data series

Search the Bank of Canada's catalogue of ~16,000 economic time series (exchange rates, policy interest rate, CPI, bond yields, commodity prices...). Returns series names to use with get_observations.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results to return
- `query` (string, required): Keywords, e.g. 'overnight rate target' or 'USD exchange'

### `get_observations` (~108 tokens)

Get time-series observations

Fetch observations for up to 5 Bank of Canada series (find names with search_series). Defaults to the 10 most recent observations when no range is given.

Input parameters:

- `end_date`: End of range, YYYY-MM-DD
- `recent` (integer): Alternatively: just the N most recent observations
- `series` (array, required): Series names, e.g. ['FXUSDCAD', 'V39079']
- `start_date` (string): Start of range, YYYY-MM-DD

### `latest_fx_rates` (~30 tokens)

Latest daily exchange rates

Latest official Bank of Canada daily exchange rates, quoted as CAD per 1 unit of each foreign currency.

### `convert_currency` (~76 tokens)

Convert currency

Convert an amount between currencies using the latest Bank of Canada daily rates (cross-rated through CAD). Indicative daily averages, not transactional quotes.

Input parameters:

- `amount` (number, required): Amount to convert
- `from` (string, required): ISO currency code, e.g. USD
- `to` (string, required): ISO currency code, e.g. EUR

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp/bank-of-canada-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-17: 70
- 2026-08-16: 70
- 2026-08-15: 70

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/bank-of-canada-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/bank-of-canada-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/arose26/bank-of-canada-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp/bank-of-canada-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp/bank-of-canada-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/arose26-bank-of-canada-mcp/bank-of-canada-mcp