How to Use the FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data MCP in Claude Code

Q: What is the command to install the FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data MCP Server in Claude Code?

Run claude mcp add --transport http -- in your terminal. Make sure to place all flags before the server name, and use claude mcp list to confirm the installation in your /.claude.json config.

Q: How does FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data in Claude Code handle large shapefiles?

The CLI requests the spatial data via getgeoshapes and streams the GeoJSON response. You can pipe this output directly into a file or a database ingestion script to handle the payload efficiently.

Q: Do I need to know the series group ID beforehand?

No. You can script the agent to hit getseriesgroup with a standard series ID like UNRATE first. It will parse the response to find the correct group ID for your automated extraction.

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Headless Spatial Data Pulls

The `get_geo_shapes` tool lets you pull geographic boundary files directly from the command line. You can script Claude Code to fetch county, state, or census region shapefiles and pipe the GeoJSON output straight into your data warehouse via a cron job. There is no clicking around a map interface. You run a headless command, the CLI grabs the exact Federal Reserve geographic definitions, and your automated build process compiles the spatial data for your downstream services.

Script Regional Pipelines

The `get_regional_data` tool pulls cross-sectional economic metrics for automated reporting scripts. You can configure a GitHub Action where your agent queries state-level unemployment or MSA-level GDP and dumps the results into an S3 bucket. Your terminal handles the entire extraction process. Claude Code grabs the regional statistics, formats the output into a clean JSON array, and passes it to your next pipeline stage without requiring any human intervention.

Claude Code Gets Metadata

The `get_series_group` tool acts as the automated discovery mechanism for your data pipelines. Before running a massive regional extraction, your CLI queries this endpoint to grab the exact series group ID, units, and available region types for a given metric. This prevents pipeline failures caused by requesting invalid geographic levels. The agent verifies whether FRB or NECTA regions are supported for the target dataset, adjusting the subsequent API calls dynamically based on the metadata.

Setup guide

Set up FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see fred-geofred-regional-economic-data-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http fred-geofred-regional-economic-data-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-geofred-regional-economic-data-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data MCP in Claude Code

Run `claude mcp add --transport http -- ` in your terminal. Make sure to place all flags before the server name, and use `claude mcp list` to confirm the installation in your `~/.claude.json` config.

Yes. You can set up a cron job that triggers the CLI to run `get_regional_data` for specific metrics. The agent will fetch the latest cross-sectional data and save it to your specified directory.

The CLI requests the spatial data via `get_geo_shapes` and streams the GeoJSON response. You can pipe this output directly into a file or a database ingestion script to handle the payload efficiently.

No. You can script the agent to hit `get_series_group` with a standard series ID like UNRATE first. It will parse the response to find the correct group ID for your automated extraction.

The MCP Server processes nothing but public macroeconomic series IDs and geographic region types. Since the CLI only transmits these specific search parameters to the GeoFRED API, your proprietary build logs, infrastructure secrets, and database credentials never touch the external endpoint.

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