How to Use the FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP in Windsurf

Build automated economic tracking workflows directly in Windsurf. Cascade chains FRED data pulls without prompting.

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Setup FRED Releases — Economic Calendar with Windsurf

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The `list_releases` tool gives your agent instant access to the entire directory of U.S. economic data publications. Cascade reads this list and automatically figures out which specific IDs matter for your current project, whether that involves tracking the Employment Situation or GDP Advance. You do not have to write separate scripts to fetch this directory. Windsurf pulls the master list, parses the categories, and holds the metadata in context while it plans the next step of your workflow.

Chain Release Schedules Autonomously

Running `get_release_dates` tells Cascade exactly when the Bureau of Labor Statistics or the Fed drops new numbers. Ask for an economic calendar component, and the agent checks these dates to build the UI around the actual publication schedule. Passing a specific release ID limits the dates to just that publication. Cascade handles the filtering on its own, ensuring your application only displays the historical and upcoming dates relevant to the specific indicators you care about.

Extract Deep Series Architecture

Using `get_release_series` reveals the underlying structure of massive data drops like release 10. Cascade maps out the hundreds of individual series—like UNRATE or PAYEMS—nested inside the top-level Employment Situation report. This immediately solves the problem of finding the right ticker for a chart. Combine this with `get_release` to pull the high-level metadata, and Windsurf writes the complete data-fetching logic for your macro dashboard without you ever opening the FRED documentation.

Setup guide

Set up FRED Releases — Economic Calendar 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 Releases — Economic Calendar 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 Releases — Economic Calendar payment history." If connected, Cascade will call the FRED Releases — Economic Calendar tools directly. You will see a green dot next to the server name in the MCP panel.

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-releases-economic-calendar-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP in Windsurf

Open your MCP panel and click the Marketplace tab for a one-click install. You can also edit `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json` manually. Add the server details under the `mcpServers` object and hit refresh.

Yes. You give Cascade a goal like building a CPI tracker. It will run the list tool, find the ID, fetch the schedule, and map the series without stopping to ask for permission.

Not always. Calling the dates tool without an ID returns the master schedule for all upcoming economic publications. Passing an ID restricts the output to that specific report.

Connecting the server gives your agent native understanding of the endpoints. Windsurf writes the implementation code faster because it already knows the exact shape of the returned JSON.

No. The connection only pulls public economic release schedules and series metadata from the Fed. Your local codebase, environment variables, and proprietary trading logic never leave your machine.

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