MCP-FREDAPI provides access to economic data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) through the Model Context Protocol. This integration
MCP Fredapi MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. MCP-FREDAPI provides access to economic data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) through the Model Context Protocol. This integration allows AI assistants like Claude to retrieve economic time series data directly when used.
Once MCP Fredapi is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
get_fred_series_observations — When using Claude in Cursor, you can access this tool directly with:The server ships on PyPI as the, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
You will need one environment variable: FRED_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Plenty of developer tooling 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. MCP Fredapi's toolset — get_fred_series_observations — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Jaldekoa; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_fred_series_observations | When using Claude in Cursor, you can access this tool directly with: |
{
"mcpServers": {
"fredapi": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["the"],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| FRED_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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