How is FRED organized?

FRED uses a hierarchical tree of categories. The root (ID 0) branches into 8 domains like Money & Banking, Employment, and Prices. Each domain subdivides into hundreds of subcategories, each containing related series. Start from root and drill down to discover data.

FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server for Google ADK 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy
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Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is Google's framework for building production AI agents. Add FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy as an MCP tool provider through Vinkius and your ADK agents can call every tool with full schema introspection.

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python

from google.adk.agents import Agent
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool import McpToolset
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_session_manager import (
    StreamableHTTPConnectionParams,
)

# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
mcp_tools = McpToolset(
    connection_params=StreamableHTTPConnectionParams(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp",
    )
)

agent = Agent(
    model="gemini-2.5-pro",
    name="fred_categories_economic_data_taxonomy_agent",
    instruction=(
        "You help users interact with FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy "
        "using 4 available tools."
    ),
    tools=[mcp_tools],
)

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About FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server

Explore FRED like a library. The Categories server lets your AI agent navigate the entire FRED taxonomy tree — from the root down to individual series.

Google ADK natively supports FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy as an MCP tool provider. declare Vinkius Edge URL and the framework handles discovery, validation, and execution automatically. Combine 4 tools with Gemini's long-context reasoning for complex multi-tool workflows, with production-ready session management and evaluation built in.

What you can do

Browse the Tree — Start from root (category 0) and drill into 8 top-level domains
Discover Series — Find all series within any category, sorted by popularity
Tag Filtering — Get tags for any category to understand available dimensions

Top-Level Categories

32991 Money, Banking & Finance · 10 Population & Employment · 32992 National Accounts · 1 Production & Business · 32455 Prices · 32263 International · 33060 Academic Data

The FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server exposes 4 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Google ADK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to Google ADK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server with Google ADK.

Install Google ADK

Run pip install google-adk

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token

Create the agent

Save the code above and integrate into your ADK workflow

Explore tools

The agent will discover 4 tools from FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy via MCP

Why Use Google ADK with the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server

Google ADK provides unique advantages when paired with FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy through the Model Context Protocol.

Google ADK natively supports MCP tool servers. declare a tool provider and the framework handles discovery, validation, and execution

Built on Gemini models, ADK provides long-context reasoning ideal for complex multi-tool workflows with FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy

Production-ready features like session management, evaluation, and deployment come built-in. not bolted on

Seamless integration with Google Cloud services means you can combine FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy tools with BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Cloud Functions

FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy + Google ADK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Google ADK combined with the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Enterprise data agents: ADK agents query FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy and cross-reference results with internal databases for comprehensive analysis

Multi-modal workflows: combine FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy tool responses with Gemini's vision and language capabilities in a single agent

Automated compliance checks: schedule ADK agents to query FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy regularly and flag policy violations or configuration drift

Internal tool platforms: build self-service agent platforms where teams connect their own MCP servers including FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy

FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Tools for Google ADK (4)

These 4 tools become available when you connect FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to Google ADK via MCP:

get_category

Root category is 0. Major categories: 32991 (Money, Banking, & Finance), 10 (Population, Employment, & Labor Markets), 32992 (National Accounts), 1 (Production & Business Activity), 32455 (Prices). Get a FRED category by ID

get_category_children

Start from root (0) to explore all top-level categories, then drill down. This is the primary way to discover what data FRED has. Get child categories of a FRED category

get_category_series

Use with category IDs discovered via get_category_children. Supports filtering by frequency, units, and tags. Get series within a FRED category

get_category_tags

Useful for understanding what data dimensions are available and for filtering series. Get tags for a FRED category

Example Prompts for FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy in Google ADK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Google ADK agent to start working with FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy immediately.

"What are the main categories of economic data in FRED?"

"What inflation-related series are available?"

"Navigate to the interest rates subcategory"

Troubleshooting FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server with Google ADK

Common issues when connecting FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to Google ADK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

McpToolset not found

Update: pip install --upgrade google-adk

FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy + Google ADK FAQ

Common questions about integrating FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server with Google ADK.

How does Google ADK connect to MCP servers?

Import the MCP toolset class and pass the server URL. ADK discovers and registers all tools automatically, making them available to your agent's tool-use loop.

Can ADK agents use multiple MCP servers?

Yes. Declare multiple MCP tool providers in your agent configuration. ADK merges all tool schemas and the agent can call tools from any server in a single turn.

Which Gemini models work best with MCP tools?

Gemini 2.0 Flash and Pro models both support function calling required for MCP tools. Flash is recommended for latency-sensitive use cases, Pro for complex reasoning.