Search and fetch ~800K Federal Reserve economic time-series from the FRED API via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add federal-reserve --env FRED_API_KEY='<FRED_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.federal-reserve]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server"]
env = { FRED_API_KEY = "<FRED_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add federal-reserve --env FRED_API_KEY='<FRED_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"federal-reserve": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"federal-reserve": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"federal-reserve": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"federal-reserve": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"federal-reserve": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
FRED_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.