The prices on this site, their history since January 2019 and the headlines on the news page are available to AI assistants through an MCP server, a standard way for an assistant to call outside tools. It needs no account or key.
The server address is https://sharkmetals.com/mcp.
How to connect
Add the address above as a custom connector or remote MCP server, with no sign-in. The steps below are from each company’s help pages, listed under Sources.
| Assistant | How to add the server |
|---|---|
| Claude | In Claude’s settings, open Connectors, choose Add custom connector, enter Shark Metals as the name and the address above as the URL, and choose no sign-in. Turn the connector on in a chat from the + menu. |
| ChatGPT | Turn on developer mode in Settings, under Security and login. Open chatgpt.com/plugins, choose + and then Create custom MCP server, enter the address, and choose No Authentication. |
| Gemini | In Gemini on the web, open Settings and then Connected Apps, choose Add a custom app, and enter the address. |
| Perplexity | In Settings, open Connectors, choose Custom connector and then Remote, enter the address, and set authentication to None. |
| Microsoft Copilot Studio | In an agent, open Tools, choose Add a tool, then New tool and Model Context Protocol, and enter the address with no authentication. |
| Claude Code | Run claude mcp add --transport http shark-metals https://sharkmetals.com/mcp. |
| Cursor, VS Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI | Add the address as an HTTP MCP server in the tool’s MCP settings. |
What it can do
| Tool | What it returns |
|---|---|
get_price | The latest month for a metal or series, with the change on the month and the year, the 36-month low and high, the price per pound for global prices, and the source to cite |
get_history | Monthly values for one series between two months |
get_news | Recent headlines by topic (copper, aluminum, steel, stainless, scrap, tariffs, data centers, construction) or by words |
list_series | Every series on the dashboard with its id and latest value |
get_sources | Each source, its license and how to cite it, and the prices this site does not carry |
Ask, for example: “What was the copper price in the latest month, per pound?”, “Chart aluminum mill prices since 2023,” or “Any steel tariff news this week?”
JSON for your own tools
The same data is at /api/prices (add ?q=copper for one metal), /api/history?series=PCOPPUSDM&start=2024-01, /api/news (add ?topic=tariffs) and /api/sources. Every series can also be downloaded as one CSV file.
When you publish a number from the server, cite the source it names. The International Monetary Fund asks for credit on its prices, and the server’s attribution field gives the wording.