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FRED API MCP Server

by dracepj

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
FRED_API_KEYYesYour FRED API key from https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
search_economic_dataA

Search for economic data series in FRED database.

Args: search_text: Text to search for in series titles and descriptions limit: Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)

get_economic_seriesB

Get data for a specific economic data series.

Args: series_id: FRED series ID (e.g., 'GDP', 'UNRATE', 'CPIAUCSL') start_date: Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format (optional) end_date: End date in YYYY-MM-DD format (optional) limit: Maximum number of observations to return

get_series_infoC

Get detailed information about an economic data series.

Args: series_id: FRED series ID

get_categoriesA

Get FRED data categories.

Args: category_id: Category ID (optional, returns root categories if not specified)

get_releasesB

Get all FRED data releases or information about a specific release.

Args: release_id: Specific release ID to get detailed information (optional) limit: Maximum number of releases to return (default: 100)

get_release_seriesA

Get all series for a specific FRED release.

Args: release_id: Release ID to get series for limit: Maximum number of series to return (default: 100)

get_release_datesB

Get release dates for a specific FRED release.

Args: release_id: Release ID to get dates for limit: Maximum number of dates to return (default: 100) start_date: Start date for release dates in YYYY-MM-DD format (optional) end_date: End date for release dates in YYYY-MM-DD format (optional)

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription
popular_seriesList of popular economic data series
popular_releasesList of popular economic data releases

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