How to Connect FXMacroData to Cursor — via MCP

💡 No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly. Sign in, click Connectors → FXMacroData, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server.

FXMacroData + Cursor

Official macroeconomic releases, central-bank policy rates, release calendars and FX rates for 22 currencies via the FXMacroData API. 5 read-only tools; the data catalogue, the USD calendar and recent USD releases work without an API key.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

(none required; FXMACRODATA_API_KEY is optional)

Step 1 — Get credentials

No key is needed to start. Without one, the API serves the data catalogue for every currency, the USD release calendar and USD releases from the last 90 days, each readable 15 minutes after publication. Keyless use has a fair-use allowance of 100 requests a day.

1. Install the connector and call fxmacrodata_data_catalogue with a lowercase currency code (for example usd) to get the indicator slugs, such as inflation, policy_rate or unemployment.
2. Use those slugs with fxmacrodata_latest_announcements, fxmacrodata_indicator_history and fxmacrodata_release_calendar.
3. For other currencies, FX rates, full history and real-time releases, subscribe at https://fxmacrodata.com/subscribe and set the optional FXMACRODATA_API_KEY (sent as the X-API-Key header). fxmacrodata_fx_rates always needs it.

A route that needs a key answers 401 api_key_required: the data exists behind a subscription, it is not missing. A wrong key answers 401 invalid_api_key, even on the free routes. In the answers, date is the reference period (the month, for CPI), not the release day; the release time is announcement_datetime (Unix seconds, UTC). Lists return 20 rows by default and up to 100 with limit.

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Cursor

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

1. Create an MCP API key in AnythingMCP under MCP Servers → your server → API keys, and paste it in place of YOUR_MCP_API_KEY.
2. Save the file and restart Cursor.
3. Open Cursor → Settings → MCP and check that anythingmcp is listed and connected.
4. Start chatting — the agent can now call the FXMacroData tools.

Available tools

FAQ

Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.

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