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

Q: Can Windsurf use FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data to map county-level unemployment?

Yes. Cascade will hit getseriesgroup with the UNRATE series ID, find the county-level grouping, and pull the exact figures. It then uses getgeoshapes to retrieve the matching county boundaries.

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Windsurf Maps Local Economies

The `get_series_group` tool acts as the starting point for Windsurf to figure out regional availability. You give Cascade a national metric like unemployment, and it autonomously finds the underlying series group ID while checking for state or county-level granularity. Without prompting, Cascade then chains that ID directly into `get_regional_data`. It pulls the cross-sectional numbers for every U.S. county, formatting the output into whatever local context your project requires right inside the editor.

Chain Spatial Data Instantly

The `get_geo_shapes` tool hands geographic boundary files directly to your agent. When you need to build a choropleth map for a dashboard component, Cascade fetches the exact shapefiles for MSAs, Federal Reserve districts, or census regions. Instead of hunting down census tracts manually, you just tell your IDE to build a visual representation of regional GDP. Cascade grabs the geometries, merges them with the economic data, and drops the finished mapping code into your workspace.

Autonomous Economic Research

This MCP Server turns your code editor into a direct pipeline to the Federal Reserve's regional database. Cascade queries `get_regional_data` to pull current median income across specific New England NECTAs while you work on the frontend layout. It reads the units and seasonality metadata from the series group response, ensuring the variables in your charts are labeled correctly. You get precise, localized economic context injected straight into your codebase without ever opening a browser.

Setup guide

Set up FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data MCP in Windsurf

Prerequisites

Windsurf IDE installed (macOS, Windows, or Linux)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open MCP configuration

Click the Cascade assistant icon in the sidebar, then click the hammer icon (🔨) at the top of the panel. Select "Configure" to open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.
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

Refresh MCPs

Go back to the hammer icon (🔨) in Cascade and click "Refresh". Windsurf will detect the new server. No full restart is needed — the connection is hot-reloaded.
4

Verify in Cascade

Start a new Cascade conversation and ask something like "Show my FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data payment history." If connected, Cascade will call the FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data tools directly. You will see a green dot next to the server name in the MCP panel.

mcp_config.json

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

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Common questions about FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data MCP in Windsurf

Open the MCP Server UI under Settings → Cascade, or edit your `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json` file. Add the server details to the `mcpServers` object and hit Refresh in the MCP panel.

Yes. Cascade will hit `get_series_group` with the UNRATE series ID, find the county-level grouping, and pull the exact figures. It then uses `get_geo_shapes` to retrieve the matching county boundaries.

FRED organizes regional cross-sections differently than standard time series. Cascade has to query the base series first to locate the specific group ID before it can extract the regional breakdown.

It does. When you ask for state-level data, your agent reads the available region types from the API and automatically passes 'state' or 'msa' into the subsequent data requests.

Windsurf only transmits the specific FRED series IDs (like UNRATE) and geographic parameters (like 'county' or 'msa') you request. The server reads public Federal Reserve economic statistics and geographic boundaries, meaning no proprietary user code or personal information ever leaves your local machine to fetch the data.

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