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FRED Full Access MCP for AI Agents. Run complex U.S. economic queries in seconds.

FRED Full Access delivers massive U.S. economic intelligence directly to your AI client. This MCP provides access to over 816,000 time series from the Federal Reserve. It handles everything from quarterly GDP reports and unemployment rates to regional data for every state and county across the US, all in one place.

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FRED Full Access MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
FRED Full Access MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
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Search across 816,000+ data points

You can search for any specific economic time series using keywords to find matching metadata, popularity scores, and units.

Analyze regional trends by state or county

The tool gathers cross-sectional economic data, allowing you to compare metrics like unemployment rates across different states or Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).

Track official data releases and dates

You can list all scheduled and past economic data releases, helping your agent build a full economic calendar.

Build structured datasets by taxonomy

The MCP navigates the FRED category tree, letting you filter for series that belong to specific domains like National Accounts or Prices.

Retrieve historical revisions and metadata

You pull more than just the latest number. You get vintage dates and detailed metadata, which is critical when doing deep academic analysis.

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What AI agents can do with FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence (21 Tools)

Use these tools to search, retrieve, categorize, and analyze massive amounts of official U.S. economic time series data from the Federal Reserve.

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Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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Search Series

Looks up matching economic series by keyword, returning key details like frequency and unit.

Get Category

Retrieves information about a specific FRED data category using its unique ID.

Get Category Children

Explores the taxonomy tree by listing the child categories of any given parent...

Get Category Series

Pulls a list of actual data series that fall within a specific, defined FRED...

Get Category Tags

Shows all relevant tags associated with a particular economic category ID.

Get Regional Data

Retrieves cross-section data, allowing you to compare metrics across different US geographical regions (states, counties).

Get Series Group

Determines the group ID needed for regional data analysis by using an existing FRED series ID.

Get Geo Shapes

Downloads geographic shape files, which are necessary if you need to map out...

Search Tags

Allows you to search or browse the entire library of tags available across all FRED...

Get Series By Tags

Finds and returns series that specifically match one or more input keywords (tags).

List Sources

Lists every official data provider source contributing to the FRED database.

Get Series

Fetches detailed metadata, including units and frequency, for any specific known FRED series ID (like GDP or UNRATE).

Get Observations

Pulls the actual recorded data values for a time series, supporting date filtering and unit transformations.

Get Series Updates

Identifies which FRED series have been recently updated or revised, helping you...

Get Vintage Dates

Provides historical revision dates for a series, essential for accurate vintage...

List Releases

Lists all major economic data release events published by the Federal Reserve.

Get Release

Gets detailed information about a specific, named economic report or release event.

Get Release Dates

Fetches the calendar dates for major economic data releases, useful for building an economic timeline.

Get Release Series

Lists all individual series that were published within a specific named release event.

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FRED Full Access MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The FRED Full Access integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

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Start with FRED Full Access — U.S. Economic Intelligence, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

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The headache of manual data aggregation Solved with Vinkius AI Gateway

Right now, analyzing U.S. economic trends requires jumping between dozens of websites and APIs. You pull GDP from one source, unemployment from another, state-level inflation from a third, and then you have to manually figure out if the numbers are seasonally adjusted or vintage revisions. It's an archaeological dig just to build one chart.

With this MCP, your agent handles all that complexity behind the scenes. You tell it: 'Give me the CPI for California last quarter.' And it figures out which specific series ID and geographic tool you need—it’s like having every data expert on staff.

Getting Cross-Sectional Data with get_regional_data

Before, comparing a state's job market to the national average was a multi-step mess. You had to find the general series ID for 'unemployment,' then separately pull data for every single county you cared about, and finally stitch it all together in Excel. It’s tedious.

Now, calling get_regional_data lets your agent handle the entire cross-section. You define the metric, and it returns a unified dataset comparing that metric across states, counties, or MSAs instantly.

What your AI can actually do with this

Trying to track macro trends usually means juggling five different data feeds: CPI, employment, interest rates, state-level metrics, and historical revisions. This MCP pulls it all together. You don't have to install separate integrations for each dataset or manually cross-reference 107 different official data sources. Instead, you let your AI client query the entire FRED taxonomy tree directly.

Whether you need to find a series by its category, look at historical revisions (vintage analysis), or see how unemployment rates change across states and counties, this connector gives you the necessary tools. It allows your agent to manage complex data discovery—like finding all housing-related tags that are quarterly and seasonally adjusted—and pull out the raw numbers for any date range.

You'll find connecting this massive dataset in the Vinkius catalog makes running multi-domain economic analysis straightforward.

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Questions you might have

How do I find all related data for housing using FRED Full Access MCP? +

You should start by using get_series_by_tags. Search tags like 'housing,' then use the results to filter and gather all relevant series, rather than guessing individual IDs.

Can I compare multiple states' unemployment rates with FRED Full Access MCP? +

Yes, you use get_regional_data. You just need to identify the correct series group ID using get_series_group first to ensure your comparison is accurate across all regions.

Does FRED Full Access MCP handle historical data revisions? +

Absolutely. The tool provides get_vintage_dates, which is essential for advanced analysis because it tells you exactly when a historical number was revised or updated by the Fed.

What is the best way to start searching for economic data using FRED Full Access MCP? +

Start with search_series. It lets your agent quickly match keywords against 816,000+ series, giving you an overview of what's available before diving into specific details.

Do I need to know the exact data ID for every query? +

No. You can use get_category and its child tools (get_category_children) to navigate the entire FRED taxonomy tree, letting your agent find the correct IDs based on topic.