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fred-mcp-server

local MCP server

fred-mcp-server is a local MCP server: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) MCP Server - Access all 800,000+ economic time series. Install it from npm as fred-mcp-server.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add fred-mcp-server -e FRED_API_KEY=... -- npx -y fred-mcp-server

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Node.js 18+ (runs with npx).
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: FRED_API_KEY

Summary

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) MCP Server - Access all 800,000+ economic time series

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Questions

It reads one environment variable: FRED_API_KEY. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Node.js 18+ (runs with npx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

fred-mcp-server is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package fred-mcp-server.

Run: claude mcp add fred-mcp-server -e FRED_API_KEY=... -- npx -y fred-mcp-server

Run: codex mcp add fred-mcp-server --env FRED_API_KEY=... -- npx -y fred-mcp-server

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