africa.markets.fx_rates
Get daily USD exchange rates for all 50+ African currencies. Returns current rate per USD for NGN (Nigerian naira), KES (Kenyan shilling), ZAR (South African rand), EGP (Egyptian pound), GHS (Ghanaian cedi), ETB (Ethiopian birr), MAD (Moroccan dirham), and all other African currency pairs. Rates ...
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What africa.markets.fx_rates does on Apibase
AI agents call africa.markets.fx_rates to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
country_code | string | — | Filter FX rates to the currency of a single country (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, e.g. "ng" for NGN, "ke" for KES, "za" for ZAR). Omit to return all 50+ African currency |
quote_currencies | string | — | Comma-separated list of specific quote currencies to return (e.g. "NGN,KES,ZAR,GHS,EGP"). Omit to return all available African currencies. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why africa.markets.fx_rates is rated Low
Retrieves publicly available currency exchange rate data with no side effects or modifications.
From the tool's definition Get daily USD exchange rates, Returns current rate per USD, Filter by country code
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The rule that runs africa.markets.fx_rates safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For africa.markets.fx_rates, this is the rule to start with:
africa.markets.fx_rates is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every africa.markets.fx_rates call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about africa.markets.fx_rates
Get daily USD exchange rates for all 50+ African currencies. Returns current rate per USD for NGN (Nigerian naira), KES (Kenyan shilling), ZAR (South African rand), EGP (Egyptian pound), GHS (Ghanaian cedi), ETB (Ethiopian birr), MAD (Moroccan dirham), and all other African currency pairs. Rates updated daily. Filter by country code to get the rate for a specific country's currency. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
africa.markets.fx_rates accepts 2 parameters: country_code, quote_currencies. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for africa.markets.fx_rates: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
africa.markets.fx_rates is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the africa.markets.fx_rates rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for africa.markets.fx_rates. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
africa.markets.fx_rates is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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