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Can Claude check heating oil and propane prices?

Yes with web search, with one caution. Prices change every week in the heating season, so from training data alone Claude does not have this week's number. With web search on, Claude can find a price, but news stories and dealer pages often show a different number from the official state average, sometimes without the date. Connect the free Heating Oil and Propane Prices server and Claude reads the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) weekly survey when you ask. It gives the price per gallon for the US or a surveyed state, the change from last week and a year ago, and the cost of a delivery, and it compares heating oil and propane per million Btu. These are state averages, not a quote from your dealer. For a state EIA does not survey, it says so.

Connect free, no token Heating oil and propane prices MCP server

What Claude does alone, and what needs the server

Claude on its own

  • Explains how heating oil, propane, gas and electric heat compare.
  • Finds a price on a web page when web search is on.

With the Heating Oil and Propane Prices server

  • This week's EIA residential heating oil and propane price for your state, with the week date.
  • The change from last week and from a year ago, and weekly history between two dates.
  • The cost of a fill at the state average and the cost per million Btu.

A real call to the live server

We sent this to the hosted server on 2026-11-05. The answer below is the server's own text, not a mock-up. Live values will differ when you ask.

You ask

What are heating oil and propane prices in Maine this week?

Tool call

get_heating_oil_propane_prices {"state":"Maine"}

Server answer

Residential heating oil in Maine averaged $5.984 a gallon in the week of 2026-11-02 (down $0.056 from the week before, $3.292 a year ago). Residential propane in Maine averaged $3.691 a gallon in the week of 2026-11-02 (up $0.012 from the week before, $3.145 a year ago). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly heating oil and propane survey, released 2026-11-04; next release 2026-11-12.

Run on 2026-11-05 with the EIA release of 2026-11-04. EIA publishes new prices on Wednesdays from October to March, and the server reads the newest week each time you ask.

You ask

What does 200 gallons of heating oil cost in Connecticut right now?

Tool call

estimate_heating_fuel_cost {"fuel":"heating_oil","gallons":200,"state":"CT"}

Server answer

200 gallons of heating oil at $5.991 a gallon (EIA residential heating oil average, Connecticut, week of 2026-11-02) costs $1,198.20. Per million Btu of fuel that is $43.26. At Connecticut averages, heating oil is $43.26 and propane $48.64 per million Btu.

Connect it in 1 minute

One URL, no token, no account. In Claude.ai or Claude Desktop open Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Connector URL

https://heating-oil-propane-prices-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http heating-oil-propane-prices https://heating-oil-propane-prices-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "heating-oil-propane-prices": {
      "url": "https://heating-oil-propane-prices-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "heating-oil-propane-prices": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://heating-oil-propane-prices-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

All 3 tools, sources and more prompts are on the Heating oil and propane prices MCP server page.

Questions

Can Claude check heating oil and propane prices?
Yes with web search, with one caution. Prices change every week in the heating season, so from training data alone Claude does not have this week's number. With web search on, Claude can find a price, but news stories and dealer pages often show a different number from the official state average, sometimes without the date. Connect the free Heating Oil and Propane Prices server and Claude reads the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) weekly survey when you ask. It gives the price per gallon for the US or a surveyed state, the change from last week and a year ago, and the cost of a delivery, and it compares heating oil and propane per million Btu. These are state averages, not a quote from your dealer. For a state EIA does not survey, it says so.
Is this the price my dealer will charge?
No. EIA reports a state average of residential prices with taxes. Your dealer price depends on the company, the amount you buy and any contract. Give the server your own price to work out a delivery.
Why is there no price in summer?
EIA runs the residential heating oil and propane survey from October to March. Outside those months the server returns the last week EIA published.
Is the server free?
Yes. The Heating Oil and Propane Prices server is free at its hosted URL with no token, key or account. The source is open on GitHub.

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