fred-mcp-server

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Search and fetch ~800K Federal Reserve economic time-series from the FRED API via MCP.

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Add it to your MCP client. The catalogue lists this config verbatim from its source — it does not run, download, or vouch for the server. Review the command before you run it.

Transportstdio (runs a local command)

Env varsFRED_API_KEY FRED_BASE_URL FRED_DATASET_TTL_SECONDS FRED_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env FRED_API_KEY= --env FRED_BASE_URL= --env FRED_DATASET_TTL_SECONDS= --env FRED_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED= --env MCP_LOG_LEVEL= fred-mcp-server -- npx @cyanheads/fred-mcp-server

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If the button doesn't open Cursor, use the JSON below — Cursor accepts the same mcpServers config.

VS Code

code --add-mcp '{"name":"fred-mcp-server","command":"npx","args":["@cyanheads/fred-mcp-server"],"env":{"FRED_API_KEY":"","FRED_BASE_URL":"","FRED_DATASET_TTL_SECONDS":"","FRED_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED":"","MCP_LOG_LEVEL":""}}'

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@cyanheads/fred-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "",
        "FRED_BASE_URL": "",
        "FRED_DATASET_TTL_SECONDS": "",
        "FRED_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.