Lets agents search and retrieve series from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) database.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add fred --env FRED_API_KEY='<FRED_API_KEY>' -- npx -y fred-mcp-server~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.fred]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "fred-mcp-server"]
env = { FRED_API_KEY = "<FRED_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add fred --env FRED_API_KEY='<FRED_API_KEY>' -- npx -y fred-mcp-server~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"fred": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fred-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"fred": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fred-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"fred": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fred-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"fred": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fred-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"fred": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fred-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.