FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.
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Vinkius supports streamable HTTP and SSE.
import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp
async def main():
# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
) as mcp_server:
agent = Agent(
name="FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy Assistant",
instructions=(
"You help users interact with FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy. "
"You have access to 4 tools."
),
mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
)
result = await Runner.run(
agent, "List all available tools from FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy"
)
print(result.final_output)
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.
The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 4 tools from FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.
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 OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.
Install the SDK
Run pip install openai-agents in your Python environment
Replace the token
Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.com
Run the script
Save the code above and run it: python agent.py
Explore tools
The agent will automatically discover 4 tools from FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy
Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server
OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy through the Model Context Protocol.
Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety
Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure
Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate
First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output
FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases
Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Automated workflows: build agents that query FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously
Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy, another analyzes results, a third generates reports
Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop
Customer support bots: agents query FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention
FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (4)
These 4 tools become available when you connect FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK 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 OpenAI Agents SDK
Common issues when connecting FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
MCPServerStreamableHttp not found
pip install --upgrade openai-agentsAgent not calling tools
FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ
Common questions about integrating FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.
How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?
MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.Can I use multiple MCP servers in one agent?
MCPServerSse instances to the agent constructor. The agent can use tools from all connected servers within a single run.Does the SDK support streaming responses?
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Connect FRED Categories — Economic Data Taxonomy to OpenAI Agents SDK
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 4 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.