Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRED_API_KEY | Yes | FRED® API key required to access Federal Reserve Economic Data. You can obtain one from the FRED® website (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": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| fred_browseA | Browse FRED's complete catalog through categories, releases, or sources. Use browse_type='categories' to explore the category tree, 'releases' for data releases, 'sources' for data sources, 'category_series' to get all series in a category, or 'release_series' to get all series in a release. |
| fred_searchA | Search for FRED economic data series by keywords, tags, or filters. Returns matching series with their IDs, titles, and metadata. Use this to find specific series when you know what you're looking for. |
| fred_get_seriesB | Retrieve data for any FRED series by its ID. Supports data transformations, frequency changes, and date ranges. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 3 tools
Each tool serves a distinct purpose: browsing catalog structure, searching for series, and retrieving series data. There is no overlap or ambiguity between browse, search, and get_series.
All tools follow the consistent pattern fred_<verb>, with descriptive action names: browse, search, get_series. Naming is uniform and predictable.
Three tools cover the core FRED workflow of exploring, finding, and retrieving economic data. The count is minimal but well-scoped for the server's purpose, avoiding unnecessary bloat.
The tool set covers the essential operations: browse the catalog, search for series, and retrieve data. Minor gaps exist such as fetching detailed metadata for a specific series or category, but these are not critical for standard use cases.