Fred Mcp Server

Name: Fred Mcp Server
Author: kablewy

by kablewy

MCP server for accessing FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) API

11 2 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

No license

Stale

Last commit 535d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio

2 tools · ~124 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What Fred Mcp Server does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for accessing the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) API. This server provides tools to search and retrieve economic data series from FRED.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Fred Mcp Server safe to use?: Fred Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Fred Mcp Server?: Fred Mcp Server can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What can Fred Mcp Server do?: Fred Mcp Server provides 2 tools: Series Search, Series Observations. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Fred Mcp Server?: Fred Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Fred Mcp Server actively maintained?: Fred Mcp Server is not actively maintained — last commit was 535 days ago. It has 11 GitHub stars.

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Development

Project Structure

fred-mcp-server/ ├── src/ │ ├── index.ts # Server entry point │ ├── tools.ts # Tool implementations │ └── types.ts # TypeScript interfaces ├── package.json ├── tsconfig.json └── .env

Testing

Run the test suite:

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Fred Mcp Server safe to use?

Fred Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install Fred Mcp Server?

Fred Mcp Server can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What can Fred Mcp Server do?

Fred Mcp Server provides 2 tools: Series Search, Series Observations. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Fred Mcp Server?

Fred Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is Fred Mcp Server actively maintained?

Fred Mcp Server is not actively maintained — last commit was 535 days ago. It has 11 GitHub stars.

Here's the README formatted in proper markdown:

FRED MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for accessing the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) API. This server provides tools to search and retrieve economic data series from FRED.

Prerequisites

Node.js (v16 or higher)
FRED API Key (obtain from FRED API)

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/kablewy/fred-mcp-server
cd fred-mcp-server

Install dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Copy the .env.example file to .env and add your FRED API key:
```
FRED_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
```

Usage

Development

Run the server in development mode:

npm run dev

Production

Build the project:
```
npm run build
```
Start the server:
```
npm start
```

Available Tools

The server provides the following FRED API tools:

Series Search

Search for economic data series using various parameters.

Series Observations

Retrieve observations for a specific economic data series with options for:

Date range filtering
Frequency adjustment
Aggregation methods
Sorting and pagination

Development

Project Structure

fred-mcp-server/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts      # Server entry point
│   ├── tools.ts      # Tool implementations
│   └── types.ts      # TypeScript interfaces
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── .env

Testing

Run the test suite:

npm test

License

[Your chosen license]

Contributing

[Your contribution guidelines]

Acknowledgments

Built with Model Context Protocol SDK
Data provided by Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)