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FRED Economic Data for Zed

io.github.danishashko/fred-economic-mcp

FRED economic data: GDP, inflation, unemployment, rates, and 800k+ Federal Reserve time series.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install FRED Economic Data in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

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

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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