Bring Economic Intelligence
to VS Code Copilot
Create your Vinkius account to connect FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence to VS Code Copilot and start using all 19 AI tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code. No hosting, no server setup — just connect and start using.
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What is the FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence MCP Server?
The definitive Mega-Server for U.S. economic intelligence. Why install 5 servers when one does it all?
What you can do
- 📊 Series (5 tools) — Search, retrieve data, metadata, updates, and vintage revisions for 816,000+ time series
- 📰 Releases (4 tools) — Track economic data releases, dates, and discover series within each release
- 📁 Categories (4 tools) — Navigate the FRED taxonomy tree to discover and filter data
- 🗺 GeoFRED (3 tools) — Regional economic data by state, county, MSA, and Fed district
- 🏷 Tags & Sources (3 tools) — Intelligent tag-based discovery + all 107 official data providers
Popular Series
GDP · UNRATE · CPIAUCSL · FEDFUNDS · DGS10 · SP500 · M2SL · MORTGAGE30US
Who is this for?
Power users, macro analysts, and AI agents that need comprehensive U.S. economic intelligence without managing multiple integrations.
Built-in capabilities (19)
Key: 32991 (Money/Banking), 10 (Employment), 32992 (National Accounts), 32455 (Prices). Get a FRED category by ID
Start from root (0) to explore top-level categories. Get child categories of a category
Supports filtering by frequency, units, and tags. Get series within a category
Get tags for a category
Shapes: bea, msa, frb, necta, state, country, county, censusregion. Get geographic shape files for mapping
Supports date filtering, unit transformations (pch, log), and frequency aggregation. Get actual data values for a FRED time series
Use get_series_group first to find the series_group ID. Get cross-sectional regional economic data
IDs: 10 (Employment), 53 (GDP), 46 (CPI). Get details for a specific release
Omit release_id for full economic calendar. Get release dates for economic data
Release 10 contains UNRATE, PAYEMS, and hundreds more. Get all series within a release
Use IDs like GDP, UNRATE, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS, DGS10. Get metadata for a specific FRED series
Example: usa;gdp returns US GDP series. Get series matching specific tags
Enter a FRED series ID to discover the group ID. Get series group info for GeoFRED
Filter by macro or regional. Get recently updated FRED series
Essential for ALFRED-style vintage analysis. Get historical revision dates for a series
List all FRED economic data releases
List all FRED data sources
Returns matching series with title, frequency, units, popularity. Use order_by=popularity to find the most-used series. Search 816,000+ economic time series by keyword
Search or browse FRED tags
Why VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 19 tools. Copilot queries live data, generates typed code, and writes tests from actual API responses, all without leaving the editor.
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VS Code is used by over 70% of developers. adding MCP tools to Copilot means your team can leverage external data without leaving their primary editor
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Project-scoped MCP configs (
.vscode/mcp.json) let you commit server configurations to your repository, ensuring the entire team shares the same tool access - —
Copilot's Agent mode integrates MCP tools seamlessly with file editing, terminal commands, and workspace search in a single agentic loop
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GitHub's enterprise compliance and audit features extend to MCP tool usage, providing visibility into how AI interacts with external services
FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence in VS Code Copilot
Why run FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence with Vinkius?
The FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence 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 19 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.
* Every connection is hosted and maintained by Vinkius. We handle the security, updates, and infrastructure so you don't have to write code or manage servers. See our infrastructure
Over 4,000 integrations ready for AI agents
Explore a vast library of pre-built integrations, optimized and ready to deploy.
Connect securely in under 30 seconds
Generate tokens to authenticate and link external services in a single step.
Complete visibility into every agent action
Audit live requests, latency, success rates, and active security compliance policies.
Optimize spending and track token ROI
Analyze real-time token consumption and cost metrics detailed by connection.
Explore our live AI Agents Analytics dashboard to see it all working
This dashboard is included when you connect FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence using Vinkius. You will never be left in the dark about what your AI agents are doing with your tools.
FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence and 4,000+ other AI tools. No hosting, no code, ready to use.
Professionals who connect FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence to VS Code Copilot 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.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
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| Ready-to-use MCPs | Find and configure each manually | 4,000+ MCPs ready to use |
| Connection Setup | Manual coding & server setup | 1-click instant connection |
| Server Hosting | You host it yourself (needs 24/7 uptime) | 100% hosted & managed by Vinkius |
| Security & Privacy | Stored in plaintext config files | Bank-grade encrypted vault |
| Activity Visibility | Blind execution (no logs or tracking) | Live dashboard with real-time logs |
| Cost Control | Runaway AI token spend risk | Automatic budget limits |
| Revoking Access | Must delete files or code to stop | 1-click disconnect button |
How Vinkius secures
FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence for VS Code Copilot
Every request between VS Code Copilot and FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence is protected by our secure gateway. We automatically keep your sensitive data private, prevent unauthorized access, and let you disconnect instantly at any time.
Frequently asked questions
Why choose the Full server instead of individual ones?
The Full server bundles all 19 tools from all 5 domain-specific servers in a single integration. Ideal for multi-disciplinary AI agents that need to combine time series data with regional analysis, release monitoring, and tag-based discovery — all in one query session.
Which VS Code version supports MCP?
MCP support requires VS Code 1.99 or later with the GitHub Copilot extension. Ensure both are updated to the latest version. Older versions of Copilot may not expose the Agent mode toggle.
How do I switch to Agent mode?
Open the Copilot Chat panel and look for two mode options: "Ask" and "Agent". Click "Agent" to enable autonomous tool calling. In Ask mode, Copilot provides conversational answers but cannot invoke MCP tools.
Can I restrict which MCP tools Copilot can access?
Yes. VS Code shows a tool consent dialog before any MCP tool is invoked for the first time. You can also configure tool access policies at the organization level through GitHub Copilot settings.
Does MCP work in VS Code Remote or Codespaces?
Yes. MCP servers configured via .vscode/mcp.json work in Remote SSH, WSL, and GitHub Codespaces environments. The MCP connection is established from the remote host, so ensure the server URL is accessible from that environment.
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