FRED API MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRED_API_KEY | Yes | Your FRED API key from https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| popular_series | List of popular economic data series |
| popular_releases | List of popular economic data releases |
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