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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. Track every U.S. economic data release: Employment Situation, GDP Advance, CPI, Federal Funds Rate, and hundreds more. with release schedules, historical dates

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

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Complete set · 4 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 / 01

01-04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 4 available through FRED.

  1. 01

    Get release

    Use release IDs like 10 (Employment Situation), 53 (GDP), 46 (CPI). Get details for a specific FRED release

  2. 02

    Get release dates

    Without release_id, returns dates for all releases (great for economic calendar). With release_id, returns dates for a specific release. Get release dates for economic data

  3. 03

    Get release series

    For example, release 10 (Employment Situation) contains UNRATE, PAYEMS, and hundreds more. Get all series within a FRED release

  4. 04

    List releases

    Each release contains multiple series. List all FRED economic data releases

Observed, not estimated

818ms average. Fast in production.

FRED is checked daily against the live service.

Daily averagePeak 925ms
Aug 20Today
Fastest day
680ms
Slowest day
925ms
14-day trend
Slowing+16%

Connect your client

One URL. Every client.

Activate the Connector, copy your link, and paste it into the client you already use. 4 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_vAAojUy2S5d3zwSPBnpG4S1TghR9Sg9X2WEeWrR0/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-releases-economic-calendar-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_vAAojUy2S5d3zwSPBnpG4S1TghR9Sg9X2WEeWrR0/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

    What is a FRED release?

    A release is a collection of related series published together on a schedule. For example, the 'Employment Situation' release (#10) published monthly by BLS contains unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, and 500+ labor market series.

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