FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server for LlamaIndex 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
LlamaIndex specializes in data-aware AI agents that connect LLMs to structured and unstructured sources. Add FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy as an MCP tool provider through Vinkius and your agents can query, analyze, and act on live data alongside your existing indexes.
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import asyncio
from llama_index.tools.mcp import BasicMCPClient, McpToolSpec
from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent
from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI
async def main():
# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
mcp_client = BasicMCPClient("https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp")
mcp_tool_spec = McpToolSpec(client=mcp_client)
tools = await mcp_tool_spec.to_tool_list_async()
agent = FunctionAgent(
tools=tools,
llm=OpenAI(model="gpt-4o"),
system_prompt=(
"You are an assistant with access to FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy. "
"You have 4 tools available."
),
)
response = await agent.run(
"What tools are available in FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy?"
)
print(response)
asyncio.run(main())
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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.
LlamaIndex agents combine FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy tool responses with indexed documents for comprehensive, grounded answers. Connect 4 tools through Vinkius and query live data alongside vector stores and SQL databases in a single turn. ideal for hybrid search, data enrichment, and analytical workflows.
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 LlamaIndex 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 LlamaIndex via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server with LlamaIndex.
Install dependencies
Run pip install llama-index-tools-mcp llama-index-llms-openai
Replace the token
Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token
Run the agent
Save to agent.py and run: python agent.py
Explore tools
The agent discovers 4 tools from FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy
Why Use LlamaIndex with the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server
LlamaIndex provides unique advantages when paired with FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy through the Model Context Protocol.
Data-first architecture: LlamaIndex agents combine FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy tool responses with indexed documents for comprehensive, grounded answers
Query pipeline framework lets you chain FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy tool calls with transformations, filters, and re-rankers in a typed pipeline
Multi-source reasoning: agents can query FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy, a vector store, and a SQL database in a single turn and synthesize results
Observability integrations show exactly what FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy tools were called, what data was returned, and how it influenced the final answer
FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy + LlamaIndex Use Cases
Practical scenarios where LlamaIndex combined with the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Hybrid search: combine FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy real-time data with embedded document indexes for answers that are both current and comprehensive
Data enrichment: query FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to augment indexed data with live information before generating user-facing responses
Knowledge base agents: build agents that maintain and update knowledge bases by periodically querying FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy for fresh data
Analytical workflows: chain FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy queries with LlamaIndex's data connectors to build multi-source analytical reports
FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Tools for LlamaIndex (4)
These 4 tools become available when you connect FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to LlamaIndex 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 LlamaIndex
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your LlamaIndex 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 LlamaIndex
Common issues when connecting FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to LlamaIndex through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
BasicMCPClient not found
pip install llama-index-tools-mcpFRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy + LlamaIndex FAQ
Common questions about integrating FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server with LlamaIndex.
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Connect FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to LlamaIndex
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 4 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.