What is a FRED release?

A release is a collection of related series published together on a schedule. For example, the 'Employment Situation' release (#10) published monthly by BLS contains unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, and 500+ labor market series.

FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server for Windsurf 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: FRED Releases — Economic Calendar
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  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-releases-economic-calendar": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server

Never miss an economic data release again. FRED Releases gives your AI agent real-time awareness of the U.S. economic calendar.

Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple FRED Releases — Economic Calendar tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 4 tools are immediately available. Real-time tool feedback appears inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor.

What you can do

Browse All Releases — Employment Situation (BLS), GDP (BEA), CPI, PPI, FOMC, and 300+ official releases
Release Dates — Upcoming and historical release dates — build your own economic calendar
Series Discovery — Find all series within a release (e.g., release 10 has UNRATE, PAYEMS, and 500+ series)

Key Release IDs

10 Employment Situation · 53 GDP · 46 CPI · 21 Federal Funds Rate · 189 Housing Starts

The FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server exposes 4 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Windsurf 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 Releases — Economic Calendar to Windsurf via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server with Windsurf.

Open MCP Settings

Go to Settings → MCP Configuration or press Cmd+Shift+P and search "MCP"

Add the server

Paste the JSON configuration above into mcp_config.json

Save and reload

Windsurf will detect the new server automatically

Start using FRED Releases — Economic Calendar

Open Cascade and ask: "Using FRED Releases — Economic Calendar, help me...". 4 tools available

Why Use Windsurf with the FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server

Windsurf provides unique advantages when paired with FRED Releases — Economic Calendar through the Model Context Protocol.

Windsurf's Cascade agent autonomously chains multiple tool calls in sequence, solving complex multi-step tasks without manual intervention

Purpose-built for agentic workflows. Cascade understands context across your entire codebase and integrates MCP tools natively

JSON-based configuration means zero code changes: paste a URL, reload, and all 4 tools are immediately available

Real-time tool feedback is displayed inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor without switching contexts

FRED Releases — Economic Calendar + Windsurf Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Windsurf combined with the FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated code generation: ask Cascade to fetch data from FRED Releases — Economic Calendar and generate models, types, or handlers based on real API responses

Live debugging: query FRED Releases — Economic Calendar tools mid-session to inspect production data while debugging without leaving the editor

Documentation generation: pull schema information from FRED Releases — Economic Calendar and have Cascade generate comprehensive API docs automatically

Rapid prototyping: combine FRED Releases — Economic Calendar data with Cascade's code generation to scaffold entire features in minutes

FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Tools for Windsurf (4)

These 4 tools become available when you connect FRED Releases — Economic Calendar to Windsurf via MCP:

get_release

Use release IDs like 10 (Employment Situation), 53 (GDP), 46 (CPI). Get details for a specific FRED release

get_release_dates

Without release_id, returns dates for all releases (great for economic calendar). With release_id, returns dates for a specific release. Get release dates for economic data

get_release_series

For example, release 10 (Employment Situation) contains UNRATE, PAYEMS, and hundreds more. Get all series within a FRED release

list_releases

Each release contains multiple series. List all FRED economic data releases

Example Prompts for FRED Releases — Economic Calendar in Windsurf

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Windsurf agent to start working with FRED Releases — Economic Calendar immediately.

"When is the next Employment Situation release?"

"What series are included in the GDP release?"

"Show me the upcoming economic calendar for this week"

Troubleshooting FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server with Windsurf

Common issues when connecting FRED Releases — Economic Calendar to Windsurf through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not connecting

Check Settings → MCP for the server status. Try toggling it off and on.

FRED Releases — Economic Calendar + Windsurf FAQ

Common questions about integrating FRED Releases — Economic Calendar MCP Server with Windsurf.

How does Windsurf discover MCP tools?

Windsurf reads the mcp_config.json file on startup and connects to each configured server via Streamable HTTP. Tools are listed in the MCP panel and available to Cascade automatically.

Can Cascade chain multiple MCP tool calls?

Yes. Cascade is an agentic system. it can plan and execute multi-step workflows, calling several tools in sequence to accomplish complex tasks without manual prompting between steps.

Does Windsurf support multiple MCP servers?

Yes. Add as many servers as needed in mcp_config.json. Each server's tools appear in the MCP panel and Cascade can use tools from different servers in a single flow.