Bring Economic Intelligence
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Create your Vinkius account to connect FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence to Windsurf 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.
Compatible with every major AI agent and IDE
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 Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 19 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 19 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
FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence in Windsurf
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
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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 Windsurf 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Windsurf
Every request between Windsurf 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.
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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