About Gas Fee Predictor
Gas Fee Predictor is a read-only MCP server for AI agents that need live Ethereum and Layer-2 transaction data. It offers hosted HTTP and npm stdio connections, with citations on every answer.
Key features
- 01Current Ethereum gas and ETH price
- 02Live fees across four Layer-2 networks
- 03Transaction timing and savings estimates
- 04Cost estimates for common transactions
- 05Hourly forecasts and gas history
- 06Citations linking answers to source
Use cases
- 01Compare Ethereum and Layer-2 fees before a transaction
- 02Estimate transfer, swap, or NFT mint costs
- 03Choose whether to transact now or wait
MCP support
Exposes seven gas-data tools to MCP clients through a hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint, or five through the npm stdio package. The server is read-only and requires no API key.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http higherbeing-gasfeepredictor https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcp{"mcpServers":{"higherbeing-gasfeepredictor":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"higherbeing-gasfeepredictor":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"higherbeing-gasfeepredictor":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"higherbeing-gasfeepredictor":{"serverUrl":"https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
5This tool takes no parameters.
Details
From the project READMEGas Fee Predictor — MCP Server
Live Ethereum + Layer-2 gas-fee data for AI agents, via the Model Context Protocol. Read-only, no API key, no account. Every answer carries a citation back to gasfeepredictor.com.
There are two ways to connect. Prefer the hosted one — there is nothing to install.
1. Hosted endpoint (recommended)
If your client supports remote MCP servers — ChatGPT and Claude connectors, Cursor, VS Code, and most current clients do — paste this URL and you are done:
https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcp
Streamable HTTP, unauthenticated, no install, no config file, nothing to keep updated.
It exposes 7 tools — two more than the npm package (get_gas_forecast and
get_gas_history).
Client config, if your client wants JSON rather than a URL box
{
"mcpServers": {
"gasfeepredictor": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Verify it yourself:
curl -s -X POST https://api.gasfeepredictor.com/api/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
2. npm package (stdio)
For clients that speak stdio only. Requires Node ≥ 18.
{
"mcpServers": {
"gasfeepredictor": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "gasfeepredictor-mcp"]
}
}
}
Claude Desktop keeps that file at
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS.
Restart the client, then ask: "What's the Ethereum gas fee right now, and is it
cheaper on an L2?"
| Env var | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
GASFEE_API_BASE | https://api.gasfeepredictor.com | Override the API base (e.g. for self-hosting). |
Tools
| Tool | What it answers | Hosted | npm |
|---|---|---|---|
get_current_gas | "What's the Ethereum gas fee right now?" — low/avg/high Gwei, ETH price, send-now-vs-wait. | ✅ | ✅ |
get_l2_gas | "Cheapest L2 right now?" — live Arbitrum / Base / Optimism / Polygon fees. | ✅ | ✅ |
get_eth_price | Current ETH/USD and 24h change. | ✅ | ✅ |
best_time_to_transact | Send now or wait? Next cheaper window + expected savings. | ✅ | ✅ |
estimate_transaction_cost | USD cost of an ETH transfer / USDC transfer / Uniswap swap / NFT mint (or custom gas), per tier. | ✅ | ✅ |
get_gas_forecast | Forward-looking hourly gas forecast, up to 24h ahead. | ✅ | — |
get_gas_history | Recent historical mainnet gas over a chosen window, with min/max/avg. | ✅ | — |
Notes
- Read-only and unauthenticated — it only reads public gas data.
- Upstream data refreshes every ~30–60s.
- Served from
api.gasfeepredictor.com, not the apex, so automated clients are not challenged by the CDN's bot protection. - MIT licensed.
Changelog
1.1.0 — get_current_gas and estimate_transaction_cost now fall back to
/api/eth-price when the dashboard payload returns ethPrice: null (upstream price
cooldown). Previously they rendered ETH ≈ $undefined or failed outright while the
price endpoint was serving fine.
Comments
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