Fred Mcp Server

Name: Fred Mcp Server
Author: stefanoamorelli

by stefanoamorellicommunityv1.0.1

The Federal Reserve Economic Data MCP Server provides universal access to over 800,000 Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) time series through a Model Context Protocol (MCP).

From the registry: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) MCP Server - Access all 800,000+ economic time series

GitHub Repository

Install & configure

Prerequisites

required
FRED API key
Get a free API key from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html

Install in your client

Paste into the AI you're chatting with — it will figure out the rest

Please install the `fred-mcp-server` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).

Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **FRED API key** — Get a free API key from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html)

Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `npx`
- args: ["-y","fred-mcp-server"]
- required environment variables:
  - `FRED_API_KEY`: FRED API key (example: `<your-fred-api-key>`)
- optional environment variables:
  - `TRANSPORT`: Transport mode: stdio (default) or http (example: `stdio`)
  - `PORT`: HTTP port when using http transport (example: `3000`)

Note: Access to all 800,000+ FRED economic data series via three tools (browse, search, get_series). Also available as Docker image stefanoamorelli/fred-mcp-server.

Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.

Note: Access to all 800,000+ FRED economic data series via three tools (browse, search, get_series). Also available as Docker image stefanoamorelli/fred-mcp-server.