SwitchWize MCP client
Read-only MCP tools for U.S. rates, savings comparisons, financial indexes,
card offers and changes, rewards, CD rollover rules, and downgrade paths.
Connect now
For clients supporting Streamable HTTP, use the hosted endpoint:
https://www.switchwize.com/api/mcp
No SwitchWize account or API key is required. The API is rate-limited.
Documentation: SwitchWize Developers.
Gemini CLI extension
Install from the public repository:
Restart Gemini CLI, then use /mcp list to confirm that switchwize is connected
and exposes all 16 tools. The extension uses Gemini CLI's native Streamable HTTP
transport; no separate local MCP process, SwitchWize account, or API key is needed.
Gemini CLI itself requires its own supported authentication and runtime setup.
Try: "Use SwitchWize to compare current U.S. high-yield savings observations.
Include source URLs and as-of dates, and flag stale or unavailable data."
The extension covers U.S. deposit and card research, excluding mortgages.
Review GEMINI.md for source, freshness, and privacy guidance. Installing this
extension enables your Gemini CLI to use the tools; it does not enable them for
other Gemini users or designate SwitchWize as a Google Search data source.
Google's extension gallery discovers public repositories with a root
gemini-extension.json and the gemini-cli-extension GitHub topic. Gallery
discovery and installation are separate from consumer usage.
Run the stdio client from source
Use a supported Node.js LTS release and npm:
For a desktop MCP client, configure command node with the absolute path to
dist/index.js as its argument. No environment file or database credentials
are needed. SWITCHWIZE_MCP_URL is an optional full MCP endpoint override for developers.
Run from npm
For a desktop MCP client, configure command npx with arguments
["-y", "[email protected]"]. No API key is required.
The source bridge and package manifest now use 0.3.0, matching the published npm
bridge. Building this repository does not republish the existing npm version.
Available tools
get_top_rates
get_top_hysa_rates
get_bank_gap
compare_switch_savings
get_rate_freshness
get_index_dataset
get_bank_gap_index
get_reality_score
get_card_offers
get_transfer_bonuses
get_card_changes
get_reward_valuations
best_move_this_week
get_cd_rollover_rules
get_card_downgrade_path
get_fed_hike_pass_through
The hosted server currently discovers 16 tools, three prompts, and four resources.
The source-built stdio bridge forwards the hosted tool schemas and annotations,
prompts, resources, structured results and tool error status.
The client connects to /api/mcp using Streamable HTTP and exposes that catalog
over stdio. It does not initiate financial transactions or
request bank credentials. Balance inputs supplied to tools are transmitted to
the hosted API; do not include account numbers or other sensitive identifiers.
Validate a source checkout
npm run verify:package checks the build and package contents without publishing.
npm run verify:live compares the source bridge's tools, prompts and resources
with the public hosted service and performs a hypothetical Bank Gap call. It
requires network access and contributes internal acceptance traffic; it does
not establish independent user adoption or verify every upstream data source.
npm run verify:gemini -- <report.json> verifies all 16 tools using Gemini CLI
0.66.0's own MCP discovery, input-schema validation, and invocation code. Set
GEMINI_CLI_PACKAGE_DIR to an installed @google/[email protected] package
directory. Optionally set SWITCHWIZE_GEMINI_MANIFEST to the manifest from an
installed extension to validate that exact configuration. Keep validation in a
separate GEMINI_CLI_HOME so it does not alter your normal Gemini settings.
This check makes live read-only calls with hypothetical inputs, labels its
requests as internal probes, records freshness states without treating stale
or unavailable data as current, and checks the other three deposit categories.
It does not make an LLM request or establish consumer adoption. See the dated
Gemini release validation.
Data boundaries
Observations may be aggregator-sourced and may be aging. Preserve each response's
source dates and freshness labels. Monthly index data is not a current offer.
Confirm product terms directly with the provider before making a decision.
Savings-gap figures are hypothetical estimates. The comparison benchmark is
the average of the top three tracked savings rates, not an average across every
tracked bank. Card Reality Scores model a consumer segment's assumptions and
may carry stale terms; they are not personalized advice or guaranteed benefits.
Attribute data as SwitchWize (switchwize.com). The MIT license covers this
client software, not upstream datasets, third-party materials, or trademarks.
See data and service terms.
Package verification
npm run verify:package builds the client and checks the npm tarball against an
exact allowlist: LICENSE, README.md, dist/index.js, and package.json.
npm pack creates a local tarball; neither command publishes it.
License: MIT. Copyright SW Digital Holdings LLC.