How to Use the FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP in Mastra AI
Run automated, self-healing economic data pipelines using Mastra AI and FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence.
Works with every AI agent you already use
…and any MCP-compatible client
Connect FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP to Mastra AI
Create your Vinkius account to connect FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence to Mastra AI and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.
Self-Healing Economic Workflows
Your workflow handles API rate limits automatically when calling `get_observations` and `get_series` inside Mastra AI. The framework uses built-in exponential backoff to retry failed Federal Reserve API requests without crashing your pipeline. If a query for CPI or GDP fails due to rate limits, the workflow engine catches the error and schedules a retry. This keeps your financial models updated with fresh data without manual intervention.
Conditional Regional Data Processing
We use `get_series_group` and `get_regional_data` to build branching logic based on economic thresholds. Mastra AI evaluates the regional data, routing the workflow to alert analysts if local unemployment climbs past a set percentage. This conditional execution runs entirely within the agent framework. You define the rules, and the MCP Server supplies the real-time geographic data to trigger the correct path.
Human-in-the-Loop Release Approvals
Our automated monitoring system requires manual approval via `requireToolApproval` before pulling massive data updates from `list_releases` or `get_release_series`. Mastra AI pauses the workflow, alerts your team, and waits for a human to approve the data pull. This prevents runaway API costs when searching through 816,000+ series using this MCP Server. Your team maintains control over data ingestion while the agent handles the heavy lifting of sorting and filtering.
Set up FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP in Mastra AI
Prerequisites
- Node.js 18+ and a TypeScript project
-
@mastra/mcp+@mastra/corepackages - Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token
- 1
Install dependencies
Run
npm install @mastra/mcp @mastra/coreplus your preferred model provider (e.g.@ai-sdk/openai). - 2
Configure the MCPClient
Create an
MCPClientwith your Vinkius endpoint as aURLobject. Replace[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. - 3
Discover and inject tools
Call
mcpClient.listTools()and spread the result into your agent'stoolsobject. All FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence tools become native Mastra tools. - 4
Run with any model
Swap
openai("gpt-4o")for any AI SDK-compatible provider. Callagent.generate()and the agent routes tool calls through MCP automatically.
import { MCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
const mcpClient = new MCPClient({
id: "fred-full-access-us-economic-intelligence-mcp-client",
servers: {
"fred-full-access-us-economic-intelligence-mcp": {
url: new URL(
"https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
),
},
},
});
const agent = new Agent({
name: "FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence Agent",
model: openai("gpt-4o"),
instructions: "You have access to FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence tools.",
tools: {
...(await mcpClient.listTools()),
},
});
const result = await agent.generate(
"List recent FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence transactions"
);
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