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Connect Fred Full Access Us Economic Intelligence to your AI

Set it up once and it works in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and any other client you love. It all runs safely in the background, so you can relax and focus on what really matters. Pull real-time Federal Reserve data directly into your AI client.

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Works with modern AI clients that support MCP, including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and more.

ChatGPT

Claude

Cursor

Perplexity

Gemini

Microsoft Copilot

Raycast

Meta AI

Your AI does the work. We keep it safe and sound.

No other AI tool gives you this. Your workflow runs in the client you already love, your account stays protected, and you decide what the agent can and cannot do. It is the whole reason to make the switch.

Each Connector lives inside our infrastructure, the same place where your workflow runs. The three things below are already part of it, working quietly in the background so you never have to think about them. Nothing to add, nothing to set up, nothing to worry about.

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V8 Isolate01

Each Connector runs inside its own sealed environment.

Each Connector runs inside its own sealed V8 runtime — no access to your files, your system, or other servers. A Connector never sees past its own request.

Kill Switch02

One switch stops every agent. Instantly.

One action deactivates every Connector, revokes every token, and ends every session at once. AI Governance keeps the record.

FinOps per User03

Spending limits that pause instead of surprise.

Every user keeps their own connections and credentials, isolated from everyone else. Anything that would cross your spending limit is held for your approval, not billed.

Three controls, built into the layer your AI connects through.

Curated set · 19 capabilities

We ship only the actions that matter.

Capability set01 / 05

01-04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

01
List releases
This capability provides a full list of all available FRED economic data releases.
02
Get category
This capability retrieves metadata for a specific FRED category using its ID.
03
Get category tags
This capability pulls the specific tags associated with a given category.
04
Get geo shapes
This capability provides geographic shape files for various regions like states, counties, or MSAs for mapping purposes.

Capability set02 / 05

05-08

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

05
Get series by tags
This capability finds series that match a specific set of tags, such as 'usa' and 'gdp'.
06
Get series updates
This capability finds recently updated FRED series, which you can filter by macro or regional categories.
07
Get category children
This capability lets you explore the FRED taxonomy. You can start from the root and move down through child categories.
08
Get category series
This capability finds all series within a specific category. You can filter these results by frequency, units, or tags.

Capability set03 / 05

09-12

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

09
Get regional data
This capability fetches cross-sectional regional economic data. You use a series group ID to target specific areas.
10
Get series group
This capability identifies the series group ID required for GeoFRED regional queries.
11
Search tags
This capability allows you to search or browse the available FRED tags.
12
List sources
This capability lists all 107 official data providers used by FRED.

Capability set04 / 05

13-16

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

13
Get series
This capability pulls metadata for a specific FRED series using its ID.
14
Get observations
This capability retrieves actual data values for a time series. It supports date filtering, unit transformations like log or pch, and frequency aggregation.
15
Get vintage dates
This capability retrieves historical revision dates for a specific series. It is built for performing ALFRED-style vintage analysis.
16
Get release
This capability pulls specific details for a single economic release, such as Employment or GDP.

Capability set05 / 05

17-19

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

17
Get release dates
This capability provides the dates for economic data releases. You can view the full economic calendar by omitting a release ID.
18
Get release series
This capability retrieves every series included within a specific economic release.
19
Search series
This capability searches through 816,000+ economic time series using keywords. You can sort results by popularity to find the most relevant data.

Real work

What teams actually run

01

Macro Dashboard Generation

Your agent pulls a suite of indicators like GDP and unemployment to create a real-time economic summary.

02

Regional Economic Comparisons

You ask the agent to compare unemployment rates across different states or Fed districts.

03

Data Revision Audits

An analyst uses the vintage capability to check how much a specific economic metric has been revised since its initial release.

04

Thematic Data Discovery

You use tag-based searches to find all available housing or manufacturing data points.

Automate a task

Put FRED to work on one thing.

Step-by-step automations your AI runs through this Connector: the workflow, the prompts to start with, and the exact capabilities behind each move.

One connector, every AI

FRED works with the most popular AI clients.

These are the most popular clients, each with a step-by-step guide: one link, set up once, with governance and visibility built in. And because everything runs on the MCP standard, the same connection also works in any other compatible client — nothing to rebuild.

Claude

ChatGPT

Gemini

Perplexity

Grok

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot

Cursor

VS Code

Windsurf

JetBrains

Cline

LangChain

Vercel AI SDK

Lovable

Z.ai

Raycast

Qwen Code

Kimi Code

Le Chat

Building your own app? The connector is yours to use.

You don't need a client to put FRED to work: the same hosted connection plugs into your own applications and agent code, with the same governance on every request. Build with it, chat with it — one connection for both.

Observed, not estimated

997ms average. Fast in production.

FRED is checked daily against the live service.

Daily averagePeak 1249ms

Oct 3Today

Fastest day: 837ms
Slowest day: 1249ms
14-day trend: Stable0%

Connect your client

One URL. Every client.

Activate the Connector, copy your link, and paste it into the client you already use. 19 capabilities arrive ready to run.

Preview access · not provider authentication

The vk_preview_* token belongs to Vinkius preview infrastructure. It lets Claude discover and display the capabilities of FRED, so you can see the experience inside your AI.

It does not authenticate your account with FRED. Actions requiring credentials or live account data may not run until you activate the Connector and authorize the service.

FRED Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_UbEs9MnSlkJnOvC8UOv4sLFYrjUpYKRXRA6Dho4A/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
3Click Add and start a new chat — FRED capabilities are ready to use.

Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-full-access-us-economic-intelligence-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_UbEs9MnSlkJnOvC8UOv4sLFYrjUpYKRXRA6Dho4A/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
VS Code
Windsurf
Claude Code
JetBrains
Cline

Step-by-step instructions for each client are in the guide. How to connect

Guided setup for Claude? Set up FRED in Claude and other AIs

See all the AI clients this connector works with ↑

Who it's for

Built for the work FRED owners hand off.

This MCP is built for professionals who need high-frequency, high-accuracy economic data delivered directly to their reasoning engine.

01
Macro Analysts
They hand off the task of gathering multi-series datasets for trend analysis.
02
Financial Researchers
They use the agent to pull specific historical series and regional data for reports.
03
Quantitative Developers
They use the capability to feed real-time economic indicators into automated models.

FAQ

Questions FRED owners ask.

01
How many economic series does this MCP provide access to?
This MCP provides access to over 816,000 time series from the Federal Reserve.
02
Can I get data for specific states or counties?
Yes. You can use the GeoFRED capabilities to retrieve regional economic data for states, counties, MSAs, and Fed districts.
03
Which AI clients can use this MCP?
You can connect this MCP to any compatible client, including Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.
04
Does this include the economic release calendar?
Yes. You can use the release capabilities to list all releases or get specific dates for the economic calendar.
05
How is the data hosted?
Vinkius hosts and manages the MCP, so you don't have to run any local infrastructure or manage credentials yourself.
06
Why choose the Full server instead of individual ones?
The Full server bundles all 19 capabilities 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.

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