Search and fetch ~800K Federal Reserve economic time-series from the FRED API via MCP.
If you already use Federal, the federal mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Search and fetch ~800K Federal Reserve economic time-series from the FRED API via MCP.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
fedreserve_search_series — Full-text search across FRED series titles, units, frequency, and tags — returns matching series IDs with metadatafedreserve_get_series — Fetch metadata for one or more series (title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, observation range)fedreserve_get_observations — Fetch date+value observation data for one or more series with date-range filtering and unit transformationsfedreserve_browse_categories — Navigate the FRED category tree; drill into a category to see child categories and a series samplefedreserve_get_release — Look up a FRED release by ID or name search — returns release metadata and its associated series listfedreserve_dataframe_describe — List active DataCanvas dataframes registered by this server (canvas IDs, row counts, schemas)fedreserve_dataframe_query — Run a SELECT query against a registered DataCanvas dataframefedreserve_dataframe_drop — Drop a DataCanvas dataframe by name (opt-in via FRED_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED=true)Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverInstallation — The Installation tool exposed by this serverSetup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Configuration is passed through the environment: MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL, FRED_API_KEY, FRED_BASE_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Plenty of file and storage access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Federal's toolset — fedreserve_search_series, fedreserve_get_series, fedreserve_get_observations and 7 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by cyanheads; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| fedreserve_search_series | Full-text search across FRED series titles, units, frequency, and tags — returns matching series IDs with metadata |
| fedreserve_get_series | Fetch metadata for one or more series (title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, observation range) |
| fedreserve_get_observations | Fetch date+value observation data for one or more series with date-range filtering and unit transformations |
| fedreserve_browse_categories | Navigate the FRED category tree; drill into a category to see child categories and a series sample |
| fedreserve_get_release | Look up a FRED release by ID or name search — returns release metadata and its associated series list |
| fedreserve_dataframe_describe | List active DataCanvas dataframes registered by this server (canvas IDs, row counts, schemas) |
| fedreserve_dataframe_query | Run a SELECT query against a registered DataCanvas dataframe |
| fedreserve_dataframe_drop | Drop a DataCanvas dataframe by name (opt-in via FRED_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED=true) |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"federal-reserve-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "bunx",
"args": ["@cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server@latest"],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
"MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
"FRED_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| FRED_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| FRED_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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