fred-data-mcp 0.1.0

MCP server for Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

FRED MCP Server

An MCP server for the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) API.

Features

• Search for economic data series.
• Retrieve data points for series.
• Explore Categories, Releases, Sources, and Tags.
• Pagination support for large datasets.
• Option to save data as JSON files.

Configuration

Set the FRED_API_KEY environment variable to your FRED API key.

Usage

Run with uvx (if published):

uvx fred-data-mcp

Installation from PyPI

Once published, you can install and run directly:

pip install fred-data-mcp
# or
uvx fred-data-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

To use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Published Package (Recommended)

If you have published the package to PyPI, you can key off the package name directly:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fred-data-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Local Development

If you are running from the source code repository:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "/absolute/path/to/fred-mcp",
        "fred-data-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace /absolute/path/to/fred-mcp with the actual path to this repository.