# fred-mcp-server

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

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/florian-caro-fred-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Florian Caro
- homepage: https://github.com/floriancaro/fred-mcp-server
- repository: https://github.com/floriancaro/fred-mcp-server/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 0.2.2
- protocols: mcp
- tags: api, claude, economic-data, economics, federal-reserve, fred, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:fred-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# fred-mcp-server

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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to the full [FRED API](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/) (Federal Reserve Economic Data), including the Maps API for regional and geographic data. Use it to search, explore, and retrieve economic data directly within Claude conversations.

> **Disclaimer:** This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis or any Federal Reserve entity. It is an independent open-source tool that accesses the publicly available FRED API.

## Features

- **33 tools** covering all FRED API endpoints including Maps (series, categories, releases, sources, tags, maps)
- Full parameter support — no artificial limits on pagination or filtering
- Built-in rate limiting (120 requests/minute)
- Async HTTP client for efficient request handling

## Requirements

- Python 3.10+
- A free [FRED API key](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html)

## Installation

```bash
pip install fred-mcp-server
```

Or with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):

```bash
uv tool install fred-mcp-server
```

With Docker:

```bash
docker build -t fred-mcp-server https://github.com/floriancaro/fred-mcp-server.git
```

From source:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/floriancaro/fred-mcp-server.git
cd fred-mcp-server
uv sync --dev
```

## Configuration

After installing, configure the MCP server for your preferred client.

### Claude Code (CLI)

Add the server globally (available in all project…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (0.688, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/fred-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-09T15:23:43.428Z)

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