carbon-fyi

Voluntary carbon market news and open carbon price data.

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Voluntary carbon market news and open carbon price data. Read-only, keyless.

    How to connect

    How to connect carbon-fyi to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://www.carbon.fyi/api/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect carbon-fyi to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://www.carbon.fyi/api/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect carbon-fyi to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://www.carbon.fyi/api/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (6)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    search_newsSearch carbon.fyi's curated voluntary carbon market story archive. Each story is an editorially clustered summary of one development, written from one or more original reports, and always carries the original source name and URL. Supply at least one filter; results are newest-first. Use `get_market_summary` first if you do not know what tags or date range to ask for.
    get_storyFetch a single story by its id, including every source that reported it. Story ids are permanent — a published story keeps its id and its public URL indefinitely — so they are safe to store.
    get_carbon_pricesCurrent voluntary carbon credit prices from two independent sources: per-category minimum/median price and available supply across the Carbonmark marketplace catalog, and spot prices per Klima Protocol carbon class. The two are NOT comparable — read the `caveats` field on each before using either number.
    get_price_historyDaily-averaged historical price series. This archive exists only because carbon.fyi records it three times a day: no upstream API serves a historical carbon price series, so these observations cannot be obtained anywhere else and cannot be re-derived. Check `seriesStartsAt` in the response — the archive began on 2026-08-27, so early windows are necessarily short.
    get_market_summaryOne call for orientation: how much of the archive is available, when it last updated, the story-tag breakdown (use these as `tag` values for search_news), and the current price table. Start here.
    list_sourcesThe publications, registries and integrity bodies carbon.fyi monitors. Useful for judging coverage — a topic absent from the archive may simply not be covered by these sources.