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federal reserve mcp server for Cursor

io.github.cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server

Search and fetch ~800K Federal Reserve economic time-series from the FRED API via MCP.

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install federal reserve mcp server in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "federal-reserve-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_BASE_URL": "<FRED_BASE_URL>",
        "FRED_DATASET_TTL_SECONDS": "<FRED_DATASET_TTL_SECONDS>",
        "FRED_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "<FRED_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED>",
        "FRED_CLAMP_LIMITS": "<FRED_CLAMP_LIMITS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

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