Insightiq runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 48 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.
Look up real FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) series and historical observations.
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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 -e 'FRED_API_KEY=<FRED_API_KEY>' -- npx -y insightiq-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"insightiq": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"insightiq-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.insightiq]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "insightiq-mcp"]
env = { FRED_API_KEY = "<FRED_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"insightiq": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"insightiq-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"insightiq": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"insightiq-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<FRED_API_KEY> (Your FRED API key. Get a free one at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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