Rates by 402rates
Source-backed treasury data, settlement costs.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Source-backed treasury data, settlement costs. Free instrument records and history.
How to connect
How to connect Rates by 402rates to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://api.402rates.com/mcp/rates
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- 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 Rates by 402rates to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://api.402rates.com/mcp/rates
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- 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 Rates by 402rates to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://api.402rates.com/mcp/rates
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - 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 (11)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| list_rwa_updates | Free cursor-based change notices for Treasury yields, terms, source evidence and availability. Capture every fifteen minutes; 90-day retention. Notices contain field names and state digests. Full before/after records use the existing instrument access limits. No reconstruction before the first baseline. |
| compare_rwa_benchmark | Free arithmetic comparison of a saved measured USD instrument response and caller-supplied US Treasury total-return index levels with identical dates. Simple actual/365; 28-32 days. Input provenance is not verified. Spot rates, unmatched windows, quoted yields and other currencies are not comparable. The spread does not establish fees or causality. |
| compare_rwa_snapshots | Free comparison of two supplied 402rates Treasury snapshots: yield, issuer divergence, source identifiers, calculation windows and data availability. Reports numeric threshold crossings without assigning economic significance. No new data access, authentication of snapshots, historical reconstruction or automatic monitoring. Examples are synthetic. |
| list_capabilities | Free capability and MCP tool catalogue for Rates by 402rates. Contains this product and shared service information only. |
| get_manifest | Free OpenAPI manifest for Rates by 402rates. Contains this product and shared service information only. |
| get_rwa_instrument | Returns the free frozen-contract state view for one tracked tokenized treasury: identity, Open Treasury Yield Basis result or explicit unavailable reason, issuer-term evidence cells, verified deployments and evidence dates. Three distinct tickers are free per caller in a rolling hour; repeats stay free, and the fourth returns BREADTH_LIMIT with the paid complete-snapshot path. An omitted ticker returns only the known ticker list. |
| get_rwa_history | Returns free normalized observations for one tracked instrument, one reconstructible recorder source and one inclusive date window. Every point carries value, date, source id, revision and source-time versus read-time dating. Omit source_id to list the instrument's audited sources. The five current-only issuer series return HISTORY_SOURCE_RESERVED with the data-use URL, never an empty gap. Shares the instrument view's three-ticker rolling-hour breadth limit. |
| cheapest_settlement_chain | Returns only the single cheapest chain for a USDC transfer right now, its total transaction fee in USD, the scope of that figure and how long it stays valid. Free and deliberately minimal: no per-chain table, no runner-up, no fee components and no source provenance. The paid tool compare_settlement_costs returns the full comparison with every input disclosed. |
| compare_settlement_costs | Measured USDC transfer costs on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Ethereum and XDC: simulated gas, current token prices, fresh chain heads and applicable rollup L1 fees. Inputs and block references accompany each figure. Cheapest first; unmeasurable chains are excluded, not estimated. Business/professional use only. Terms: https://402rates.com/data-terms/ Price: 0.01 USDC per call over x402. |
| get_rwa_yields | Realised 30-day yields for 13 tokenized treasury funds under the Open Treasury Yield Basis. Measured rows use NAV, price or verified passive-holder balances, with observations, sources and dates. Issuer figures and differences appear where available. Quoted and unavailable rows stay explicit; free coverage lists funds and gaps. Business/professional use only. Terms: https://402rates.com/data-terms/ Price: 0.03 USDC per call over x402. |
| get_rwa_instruments | Complete evidence snapshot for 13 tokenized treasury funds: yield or gap, measured size, subscription/redemption minimums, fees, settlement, access conditions, chain conflicts, quotes, URLs and dates. Same records as the free instrument view. Internal use with attribution included; continuous access, change notices and customer-facing use are separate. Business/professional use only. Terms: https://402rates.com/data-terms/ Price: 5 USDC per call over x402. |