Fred MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --env FRED_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio fred-mcp-server -- npx -y fred-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "fred_api_key",
      "description": "FRED_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "${input:fred_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

• fred_browse
• browse_type

  Type of browsing - "categories", "releases", "sources", "categoryseries", "releaseseries"

• category_id

  Category ID for browsing subcategories or series within a category

• release_id

  Release ID for browsing series within a release

• limit

  Maximum number of results (default: 50)

• offset

  Number of results to skip for pagination

• order_by

  Field to order results by

• sort_order

  "asc" or "desc"

• fred_search
• search_text

  Text to search for in series titles and descriptions

• search_type

  "fulltext" or "seriesid"

• tag_names

  Comma-separated list of tag names to filter by

• exclude_tag_names

  Comma-separated list of tag names to exclude

• filter_variable

  Filter by "frequency", "units", or "seasonal_adjustment"

• filter_value

  Value to filter the variable by

• fred_get_series
• series_id

  The FRED series ID (e.g., "GDP", "UNRATE", "CPIAUCSL")

• observation_start

  Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format

• observation_end

  End date in YYYY-MM-DD format

• units

  Data transformation:

• frequency

  Frequency aggregation ("d", "w", "m", "q", "a")

• aggregation_method

  "avg" (average), "sum", or "eop" (end of period)

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing universal access to all 800,000+ Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED®) time series through three powerful tools.

• finance
• genai
• llm
• mcp-server
• data
• data-analysis-project
• financial-analysis
• mcp
• model-context-protocol
• model-context-protocol-server