Insightiq runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.
Look up real FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) series and historical observations.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Insightiq every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add insightiq -- npx -y insightiq-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"insightiq": {
"args": [
"-y",
"insightiq-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.insightiq]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "insightiq-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"insightiq": {
"args": [
"-y",
"insightiq-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"insightiq": {
"args": [
"-y",
"insightiq-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
FRED_API_KEY (Your FRED API key. Get a free one at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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