MCP server

Fred

io.github.pipeworx-io/fred

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

FRED MCP — Federal Reserve Economic Data (St. Louis Fed)

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

52

Token cost

About 29,441 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http fred https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.fred]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"fred":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"fred":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"fred":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add fred https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"fred","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"fred","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp"}

Tools

• cleveland_fed_inflation_nowcast ~214 tokens
  Daily CPI and PCE inflation nowcasts (headline and core) from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland — keyless, NOT a FRED series. Answers "what is the Cleveland Fed inflation nowcast", "current CPI estimate before the official release", "PCE inflation nowcast today". Returns month-over-month and yea
• fred_category ~128 tokens
  Browse economic data by category (housing, employment, money/banking, etc.). Returns subcategories and related series IDs.
• fred_get_series ~1014 tokens
  AUTHORITATIVE historical time-series for US economic indicators from FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis — the official US macroeconomic data repository, 800k+ series). Every series is an AGGREGATE for a whole country, state, or METROPOLITAN AREA (e.g. the Phoenix or Oklahoma City metro), report
• fred_release_dates ~301 tokens
  Economic data RELEASE CALENDAR from FRED — the dates indicators are/were published, including FUTURE scheduled dates. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for "when is the next CPI / jobs report / GDP release", "economic calendar", "Fed data release schedule". Omit release_id for the cross-release calendar; pass
• fred_releases ~133 tokens
  Check upcoming and recent economic data releases. Returns release dates, names, and which series they update.
• fred_revisions ~334 tokens
  How ONE observation (one date) in a FRED series was revised over time, from first release through every later vintage to the latest. Use on series that get revised after initial publication (e.g. GDP "GDPC1", payrolls "PAYEMS") to see the originally reported value versus the current one. Returns eve
• fred_search ~287 tokens
  Search for economic data series by keyword. Returns series IDs, titles, and descriptions to identify the right indicator.
• fred_series_info ~129 tokens
  Get metadata for a series: title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, notes, and date range. Check this before fetching historical data.
• fred_vintage_dates ~250 tokens
  ALFRED revision history: every date FRED published a new vintage (initial release or a later revision) of a series. Use before fred_revisions to see which dates have a distinct vintage, or pass one of these dates as `as_of`/`realtime_start`+`realtime_end` to fred_get_series to get the data as it sto
• nyfed_gdp_nowcast ~348 tokens
  The New York Fed Staff Nowcast — a weekly real GDP growth nowcast for the currently-tracked US quarter(s), from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (keyless, NOT a FRED series — FRED's own catalog does not carry this). Answers "what is the NY Fed GDP nowcast", "current GDP growth estimate", "is the

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