South African Reserve Bank

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South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Web API MCP. Keyless.

5 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

home_rates

Current headline South African rates shown on the SARB home page: CPI & PPI inflation, SARB Policy Rate, prime lending rate, government bond yields, Sabor/Zaronia money-market rates, and key Rand exch

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current_market_rates

Current South African money-market rates: SARB Policy Rate, Sabor, Zaronia. Each item includes a TimeseriesCode usable with the `timeseries` tool. No arguments.

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cpd_rates

Current Corporation for Public Deposits (CPD) interest rates: interest charged and interest earned. Each item includes a TimeseriesCode usable with the `timeseries` tool. No arguments.

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exchange_rates

Selected South African Rand exchange rates. frequency="daily" (default) returns latest daily rates (Rand per USD, GBP, Euro, etc.). frequency="monthly" returns latest monthly figures including the nom

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timeseries

Historical observation series for a single SARB indicator, identified by its TimeseriesCode (obtain codes from home_rates, current_market_rates, cpd_rates or exchange_rates). Examples: "MMRD002A" (SAR

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/sarb-za/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/sarb-za/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"home_rates","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("home_rates", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("south african reserve bank (sarb) web api mcp");