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Use FRED with your AI.

Connect your account once and let the AI you already use work with it, without building another integration. The ultimate U.S. economic data Mega-Server: 19 capabilities covering time series, releases, categories, regional GeoFRED data, tags, and 107 data sources. 816,000+ s

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

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Complete set · 19 capabilities

The complete FRED capability set.

These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with FRED.

Capability set01 / 05

01-04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

  1. 01

    Get vintage dates

    Essential for ALFRED-style vintage analysis. Get historical revision dates for a series

  2. 02

    Get category children

    Start from root (0) to explore top-level categories. Get child categories of a category

  3. 03

    Get release

    IDs: 10 (Employment), 53 (GDP), 46 (CPI). Get details for a specific release

  4. 04

    List releases

    List all FRED economic data releases

Capability set02 / 05

05-08

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

  1. 05

    Search series

    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

  2. 06

    Get category

    Key: 32991 (Money/Banking), 10 (Employment), 32992 (National Accounts), 32455 (Prices). Get a FRED category by ID

  3. 07

    Get category series

    Supports filtering by frequency, units, and tags. Get series within a category

  4. 08

    Get category tags

    Get tags for a category

Capability set03 / 05

09-12

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

  1. 09

    Get regional data

    Use get_series_group first to find the series_group ID. Get cross-sectional regional economic data

  2. 10

    Get geo shapes

    Shapes: bea, msa, frb, necta, state, country, county, censusregion. Get geographic shape files for mapping

  3. 11

    Get observations

    Supports date filtering, unit transformations (pch, log), and frequency aggregation. Get actual data values for a FRED time series

  4. 12

    Get series

    Use IDs like GDP, UNRATE, CPIAUCSL, FEDFUNDS, DGS10. Get metadata for a specific FRED series

Capability set04 / 05

13-16

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

  1. 13

    Get series by tags

    Example: usa;gdp returns US GDP series. Get series matching specific tags

  2. 14

    Get series group

    Enter a FRED series ID to discover the group ID. Get series group info for GeoFRED

  3. 15

    List sources

    List all FRED data sources

  4. 16

    Search tags

    Search or browse FRED tags

Capability set05 / 05

17-19

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 19 available through FRED.

  1. 17

    Get release dates

    Omit release_id for full economic calendar. Get release dates for economic data

  2. 18

    Get release series

    Release 10 contains UNRATE, PAYEMS, and hundreds more. Get all series within a release

  3. 19

    Get series updates

    Filter by macro or regional. Get recently updated FRED series

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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.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 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

FAQ

Questions FRED owners ask.

  • 01

    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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