Fred MCP Server

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Fred MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 369 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 Aug 2026.

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) MCP Server - Access all 800,000+ economic time series

Installs per day peak 110 · avg 56 · +8% w/w

a month agotoday

369

Installs / week

npm · fred-mcp-server

130

Stars

0 open issues

22 Aug 2026

Last commit

1 release in 90 days

AGPL-3.0

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Fred MCP Server 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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add fred-mcp-server -e 'FRED_API_KEY=<FRED_API_KEY>' -- npx -y fred-mcp-server

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.fred-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "fred-mcp-server"]
env = { FRED_API_KEY = "<FRED_API_KEY>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "fred-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fred-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <FRED_API_KEY> (Your FRED API key to access the API). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

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Fred MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Fred MCP Server?

Fred MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package fred-mcp-server was installed 369 times last week.

How do I connect Fred MCP Server?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls fred-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Fred MCP Server?

The npm package fred-mcp-server was installed 369 times in the last week. Week over week that is +8%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Fred MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 130 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.