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Name: FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series MCP Server
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What is the FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series MCP Server?

Connect your AI agent to the most powerful economic data engine in the world. FRED Series gives you direct access to the Federal Reserve's complete time series database.

What you can do

Search 816,000+ Series — Find any economic indicator by keyword. GDP, CPI, unemployment rate, federal funds rate, housing starts, and hundreds of thousands more
Retrieve Observations — Get actual date/value pairs with built-in unit transformations (percent change, log, year-over-year) and frequency aggregation (daily → monthly → quarterly → annual)
Series Metadata — Full details: title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, observation range, source, and notes
Recent Updates — Monitor which series were just updated — essential for tracking economic releases
Vintage Analysis — Access ALFRED-style historical revisions to understand how data was revised over time

Popular Series IDs

GDP · UNRATE · CPIAUCSL · FEDFUNDS · DGS10 · SP500 · M2SL · MORTGAGE30US · DEXUSEU · T10YIE

Who is this for?

Quantitative analysts, economists, financial advisors, portfolio managers, data journalists, academic researchers, and anyone building AI agents that need authoritative U.S. economic data.

Built-in capabilities (5)

get_observations

Supports date filtering, unit transformations (percent change, log, etc.), and frequency aggregation. This is the primary tool for retrieving economic data. Get actual data values for a FRED time series

get_series

Use well-known IDs like GDP, UNRATE, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS, DGS10, SP500, M2SL. Get metadata for a specific FRED series

get_series_updates

Useful for monitoring new data releases. Filter by macro (large/popular series) or regional. Get recently updated FRED series

get_vintage_dates

Essential for ALFRED-style vintage analysis and understanding data revisions. Get historical revision dates for a series

search_series

Returns matching series with title, frequency, units, popularity. Use order_by=popularity to find the most-used series. Examples: "GDP", "unemployment rate", "inflation CPI". Search 816,000+ economic time series by keyword

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Why Claude Desktop?

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 5 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

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Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
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Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
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Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
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Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network

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Why run FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series with Vinkius?

The FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series connection runs on our fully managed, secure cloud infrastructure. We handle the hosting, maintenance, and security so you don't have to deal with servers or code. All 5 tools are ready to work instantly without any complex setup.

You stay in complete control of your data. Your AI only accesses the information you approve, keeping your sensitive passwords and private details completely safe. Plus, with automatic optimizations, your AI works faster and more efficiently.

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Connect securely in under 30 seconds

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Why Vinkius

FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series and 4,000+ other AI tools. No hosting, no code, ready to use.

Professionals who connect FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series to Claude Desktop through Vinkius don't need to write code, manage servers, or worry about security. Everything is pre-configured, secure, and runs automatically in the background.

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Revoking Access	Must delete files or code to stop	1-click disconnect button

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FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series for Claude Desktop

Every request between Claude Desktop and FRED Series — U.S. Economic Time Series is protected by our secure gateway. We automatically keep your sensitive data private, prevent unauthorized access, and let you disconnect instantly at any time.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I get a FRED API key?

Free and instant! Go to fredaccount.stlouisfed.org/apikeys, create a free account (no credit card), click 'Request API Key', and copy the 32-character key. Takes under 60 seconds.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).