FRED MCP
FRED MCP is a community server that provides access to Federal Reserve Economic Data from the St. Louis Fed. It allows AI agents to retrieve US economic indicators such as interest rates, inflation, unemployment, and GDP. The server includes tools for searching series, getting metadata, viewing revision histories, and accessing nowcasts from the New York and Cleveland Feds.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Retrieve full history of a US economic indicator
- Search for economic data series by keyword
- Get metadata for a specific FRED series
- Access GDP nowcasts and inflation forecasts
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-fred 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-fred",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
"description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
}
]
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"fred-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-fred@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"fred-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-fred@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"fred-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-fred@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"fred-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-fred@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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