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Create your Vinkius account to connect BLS Jobs — Nonfarm Payrolls & Wages to Windsurf and start using all 2 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 BLS Jobs — Nonfarm Payrolls & Wages MCP Server?
Connect to the exact datasets used by Wall Street and the Federal Reserve to monitor US Job growth. The Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs MCP gives your agent direct access to the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program.
What you can do
- Nonfarm Payrolls — Fetch exactly how many jobs were added to the US economy each month.
- Sector Breakdowns — Drill down into tech, hospitality, or construction employment trends.
- Wages & Earnings — Query the average hourly earnings to monitor wage growth and labor tightness.
How it works
- Sign up for a free BLS Developer API Key
- Provide the key in the settings
- Ask your AI to parse nonfarm payroll additions or track total average hourly wages over the last 10 years.
Who is this for?
- Financial Analysts & Traders — Build models off the monthly jobs report (NFP)
- HR Professionals & Recruiters — Monitor macro labor trends
- Journalists — Fact-check employment cycles instantly
Built-in capabilities (2)
Key metric for forecasting Federal Reserve interest rate movements. Get Total Nonfarm Payroll employment (CES0000000001)
Use this instead of specific endpoints if you intimately know the underlying numerical code. Up to 50 concurrent lookbacks allowed. Generic BLS v2 api timeseries query. Requires explicit BLS Series IDs
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple BLS Jobs — Nonfarm Payrolls & Wages tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 2 tools are immediately available. Real-time tool feedback appears inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor.
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Windsurf's Cascade agent autonomously chains multiple tool calls in sequence, solving complex multi-step tasks without manual intervention
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Purpose-built for agentic workflows. Cascade understands context across your entire codebase and integrates MCP tools natively
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JSON-based configuration means zero code changes: paste a URL, reload, and all 2 tools are immediately available
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Real-time tool feedback is displayed inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor without switching contexts
BLS Jobs — Nonfarm Payrolls & Wages in Windsurf
Why run BLS Jobs — Nonfarm Payrolls & Wages with Vinkius?
The BLS Jobs — Nonfarm Payrolls & Wages 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 2 tools are ready to work instantly without any complex setup.
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BLS Jobs — Nonfarm Payrolls & Wages for Windsurf
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Frequently asked questions
How do I get started?
Subscribe, create a Free BLS Account at data.bls.gov/registrationEngine, and enter your API Key. No complex coding required — your AI will automatically parse the SeriesIDs for Nonfarm Payrolls and wages, retrieving the exact macro snapshots.
Are these numbers seasonally adjusted?
Yes, by default the AI interacts with the Seasonally Adjusted (SA) SeriesIDs for Nonfarm Payrolls, allowing you to track macro trends cleanly without the noise of holiday hiring surges.
Does this include agricultural (farm) jobs?
No. The CES (Current Employment Statistics) specifically tracks Nonfarm payrolls, representing about 80% of workers who produce the entire Gross Domestic Product of the United States.
Can I drill down into specific industries?
Absolutely. Ask your agent to fetch CES data for the 'Information' sector, 'Construction', or 'Leisure and Hospitality' to identify precisely which parts of the economy are hiring or firing.
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.
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