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FRED MCP Server

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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) provides access to over 800,000 US and international economic time series from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Includes GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, housing data, and more.

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8 tools
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AI Skill
SKILL.md

Domain knowledge for FRED — workflow patterns, data models, and gotchas for your AI agent.

FRED

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) provides 800K+ US and international economic time series. GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, housing data.

Data Model

  • Series — discover ids via search, pull metadata, download observation tables, and watch update timestamps.
  • Categories — hierarchical navigation nodes that group related series.
  • Releases — publication bundles from contributing agencies.

Gotchas

  • Series identifiers are opaque; discover them via search or category navigation before pulling long observation histories.

Tools in this Server (8)

Get Category

Get a FRED category by ID. Returns the category name, ID, and parent ID. Use category_id=0 for the root category. Combine with get_category_children t...

Get Category Children

Get child categories for a FRED category. Returns a list of subcategories with their IDs and names. Start with category_id=0 to see the top-level cate...

Get Category Series

Get the economic data series within a FRED category. Returns series ID, title, frequency, units, seasonal adjustment, and observation date range. Use ...

Get Observations

Get observations (data values) for a FRED economic data series. Returns date-value pairs for the requested time range. Supports frequency aggregation ...

Get Releases

List all FRED releases of economic data. A release is a published report containing one or more data series (e.g., 'Employment Situation', 'Consumer P...

Get Series

Get metadata for a FRED economic data series by its ID. Returns title, frequency, units, seasonal adjustment, observation date range, last updated, po...

Get Series Updates

Get economic data series sorted by when observations were most recently updated on the FRED server. Useful for monitoring which indicators have new da...

Search Series

Search FRED for economic data series matching keywords. Returns series ID, title, frequency, units, seasonal adjustment, observation date range, and p...

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the FRED MCP server?

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) provides access to over 800,000 US and international economic time series from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Includes GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, housing data, and more. It provides 8 tools that AI agents can use through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

How do I connect FRED to my AI agent?

Add the MCPBundles server URL to your MCP client configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.). The URL format is: https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/fred. Authentication is handled automatically.

How many tools does FRED provide?

FRED provides 8 tools that can be called by AI agents, along with a SKILL.md that gives your AI agent domain knowledge about when and how to use them.

What authentication does FRED require?

FRED uses API Key. FRED requires credentials. Connect via MCPBundles and authentication is handled automatically.

Setup Instructions

Connect FRED to any MCP client in minutes

MCP URL
https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/fred

One-click install:

The link prefills the Add custom connector dialog — you still review the values and click Add, then Connect to complete OAuth.

Or add manually

  1. Open claude.ai → Settings → Connectors.
  2. Click the + button and choose Add custom connector.
  3. Set Name to FRED and paste the MCP URL into Remote MCP server URL.
  4. Click Add. FRED will appear under Not connected — select it and click Connect to complete OAuth.
Name: FRED
Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/fred
Authentication: OAuth

Custom connectors at claude.ai require a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise).

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FRED MCP Server & Skill — 8 Tools