category_id

MCP tool from Fred MCP Server by stefanoamorelli

(optional): Category ID for browsing subcategories or series within a category

How to use it

category_id is exposed by the Fred MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the category_id tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Fred MCP Server

$npx -y @smithery/cli install @stefanoamorelli/fred-mcp-server --client claude

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aggregation_method

(optional): "avg" (average), "sum", or "eop" (end of period)

(required): Type of browsing - "categories", "releases", "sources", "categoryseries", "releaseseries"

exclude_tag_names

(optional): Comma-separated list of tag names to exclude

(optional): Value to filter the variable by

filter_variable

(optional): Filter by "frequency", "units", or "seasonaladjustment"

Description: Browse FRED's complete catalog through categories, releases, or sources.

fred_get_series

Description: Retrieve data for any FRED series by its ID with support for transformations and date ranges.

Description: Search for FRED economic data series by keywords, tags, or filters.

(optional): Frequency aggregation ("d", "w", "m", "q", "a")

(optional): Maximum number of results (default: 50)

observation_end

(optional): End date in YYYY-MM-DD format

observation_start

(optional): Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format

(optional): Number of results to skip for pagination

(optional): Field to order results by

(optional): Release ID for browsing series within a release

(optional): Text to search for in series titles and descriptions

(optional): "fulltext" or "seriesid"

(required): The FRED series ID (e.g., "GDP", "UNRATE", "CPIAUCSL")

(optional): "asc" or "desc"

(optional): Comma-separated list of tag names to filter by

(optional): Data transformation: