FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server for AutoGen 19 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
Microsoft AutoGen enables multi-agent conversations where agents negotiate, delegate, and execute tasks collaboratively. Add FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence as an MCP tool provider through the Vinkius and every agent in the group can access live data and take action.
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Vinkius supports streamable HTTP and SSE.
import asyncio
from autogen_agentchat.agents import AssistantAgent
from autogen_ext.tools.mcp import McpWorkbench
async def main():
# Your Vinkius token — get it at cloud.vinkius.com
async with McpWorkbench(
server_params={"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"},
transport="streamable_http",
) as workbench:
tools = await workbench.list_tools()
agent = AssistantAgent(
name="fred_full_access_us_economic_intelligence_agent",
tools=tools,
system_message=(
"You help users with FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence. "
"19 tools available."
),
)
print(f"Agent ready with {len(tools)} tools")
asyncio.run(main())
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About FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server
The definitive Mega-Server for U.S. economic intelligence. Why install 5 servers when one does it all?
AutoGen enables multi-agent conversations where agents negotiate, delegate, and collaboratively use FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence tools. Connect 19 tools through the Vinkius and assign role-based access — a data analyst queries while a reviewer validates, with optional human-in-the-loop approval for sensitive operations.
What you can do
- 📊 Series (5 tools) — Search, retrieve data, metadata, updates, and vintage revisions for 816,000+ time series
- 📰 Releases (4 tools) — Track economic data releases, dates, and discover series within each release
- 📁 Categories (4 tools) — Navigate the FRED taxonomy tree to discover and filter data
- 🗺 GeoFRED (3 tools) — Regional economic data by state, county, MSA, and Fed district
- 🏷 Tags & Sources (3 tools) — Intelligent tag-based discovery + all 107 official data providers
Popular Series
GDP · UNRATE · CPIAUCSL · FEDFUNDS · DGS10 · SP500 · M2SL · MORTGAGE30US
The FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server exposes 19 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to AutoGen 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 Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence to AutoGen via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server with AutoGen.
Install AutoGen
Run pip install "autogen-ext[mcp]"
Replace the token
Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token
Integrate into workflow
Use the agent in your AutoGen multi-agent orchestration
Explore tools
The workbench discovers 19 tools from FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence automatically
Why Use AutoGen with the FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server
AutoGen provides unique advantages when paired with FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence through the Model Context Protocol.
Multi-agent conversations: multiple AutoGen agents discuss, delegate, and collaboratively use FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence tools to solve complex tasks
Role-based architecture lets you assign FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence tool access to specific agents — a data analyst queries while a reviewer validates
Human-in-the-loop support: agents can pause for human approval before executing sensitive FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence tool calls
Code execution sandbox: AutoGen agents can write and run code that processes FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence tool responses in an isolated environment
FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence + AutoGen Use Cases
Practical scenarios where AutoGen combined with the FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Collaborative analysis: one agent queries FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence while another validates results and a third generates the final report
Automated review pipelines: a researcher agent fetches data from FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence, a critic agent evaluates quality, and a writer produces the output
Interactive planning: agents negotiate task allocation using FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence data to make informed decisions about resource distribution
Code generation with live data: an AutoGen coder agent writes scripts that process FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence responses in a sandboxed execution environment
FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Tools for AutoGen (19)
These 19 tools become available when you connect FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence to AutoGen via MCP:
get_category
Key: 32991 (Money/Banking), 10 (Employment), 32992 (National Accounts), 32455 (Prices). Get a FRED category by ID
get_category_children
Start from root (0) to explore top-level categories. Get child categories of a category
get_category_series
Supports filtering by frequency, units, and tags. Get series within a category
get_category_tags
Get tags for a category
get_geo_shapes
Shapes: bea, msa, frb, necta, state, country, county, censusregion. Get geographic shape files for mapping
get_observations
Supports date filtering, unit transformations (pch, log), and frequency aggregation. Get actual data values for a FRED time series
get_regional_data
Use get_series_group first to find the series_group ID. Get cross-sectional regional economic data
get_release
IDs: 10 (Employment), 53 (GDP), 46 (CPI). Get details for a specific release
get_release_dates
Omit release_id for full economic calendar. Get release dates for economic data
get_release_series
Release 10 contains UNRATE, PAYEMS, and hundreds more. Get all series within a release
get_series
Use IDs like GDP, UNRATE, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS, DGS10. Get metadata for a specific FRED series
get_series_by_tags
Example: usa;gdp returns US GDP series. Get series matching specific tags
get_series_group
Enter a FRED series ID to discover the group ID. Get series group info for GeoFRED
get_series_updates
Filter by macro or regional. Get recently updated FRED series
get_vintage_dates
Essential for ALFRED-style vintage analysis. Get historical revision dates for a series
list_releases
List all FRED economic data releases
list_sources
List all FRED data sources
search_series
Returns matching series with title, frequency, units, popularity. Use order_by=popularity to find the most-used series. Search 816,000+ economic time series by keyword
search_tags
Search or browse FRED tags
Example Prompts for FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence in AutoGen
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your AutoGen agent to start working with FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence immediately.
"Complete macro briefing: GDP, unemployment, inflation, and Fed rate"
"Which state has the lowest unemployment and what are the upcoming economic releases?"
"Find all quarterly seasonally-adjusted series related to housing"
Troubleshooting FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server with AutoGen
Common issues when connecting FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence to AutoGen through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
McpWorkbench not found
pip install "autogen-ext[mcp]"FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence + AutoGen FAQ
Common questions about integrating FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server with AutoGen.
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Connect FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence to AutoGen
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 19 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.
