FRED (Macro Data) for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT & agents

FRED — U.S

curl -fsSL https://tradeloop.top/install.sh | sh

What it does

FRED — U.S. & global macroeconomic data from the St. Louis Fed, KEY-FREE out of the box (public fredgraph CSV export; optional free API key only adds full-text search & metadata): CPI/inflation, Fed funds rate, unemployment, GDP, Treasury yields, yield-curve snapshot, FOMC/CPI/jobs calendar, money supply, VIX and 800k+ series. Use when the user asks about macro / rates / inflation / the economy / a FRED series. Common series: CPIAUCSL (CPI), FEDFUNDS, UNRATE, DGS10 (10Y), T10Y2Y (yield curve), PAYEMS (nonfarm payrolls), GDP, M2SL, VIXCLS.

The FRED (Macro Data) skill is one of 40+ pre-wired TradeLoop integrations that any MCP-compatible client — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT desktop — can call out of the box. You don't configure MCP servers or copy API keys into a JSON file; the TradeLoop daemon discovers the skill at startup and exposes its tools to whichever AI client is running.

Sample prompts

Once TradeLoop is installed and FRED (Macro Data) is connected, ask your agent something like:

• “Get series from FRED (Macro Data).”
• “Search for series from FRED (Macro Data).”
• “Yield Curve curve from FRED (Macro Data).”

Tools available (7)

• fred__get_series

  Get the most recent observations (date + value) for a FRED economic series by id — works KEY-FREE out of the box (public fredgraph CSV; a configured key/gateway is used first when present and adds nothing to the data itself). Use for current/recent macro readings — inflation, rates, unemployment, yields, etc. Defaults

• fred__search_series

  Search FRED for series matching free text and return their ids, titles, units and frequency. Full-text search over 800k+ series needs the (free) keyed API; key-free mode instead returns a built-in hint list of ~20 common macro series ids that all work with get_series.

• fred__yield_curve

  U.S. Treasury yield-curve snapshot in ONE key-free call: latest 2y/10y/30y yields, the 10y-2y spread, inverted true/false, and the last ~12 monthly spread points for trend. Use for 'is the curve inverted', rates regime context, or a quick macro dashboard.

• fred__net_liquidity

  Fed NET LIQUIDITY, key-free in one call: balance sheet (WALCL) minus Treasury General Account (WTREGEN) minus overnight reverse repo (RRPONTSYD), normalized to $bn — with 4w/13w/52w changes and a 13-week trend. The macro-plumbing gauge of dollars available to markets: rising = historical tailwind for risk assets, falli

• fred__macro_calendar

  Upcoming high-impact U.S. macro event dates with days_until — FOMC rate decisions (2026-2027, federalreserve.gov schedule), CPI releases and jobs reports / nonfarm payrolls (2026, BLS schedule). Static schedule bundled at build time; works key-free and offline. Use for 'when is the next Fed meeting / CPI / NFP'.

• fred__series_info

  Get metadata for a FRED series: title, units, frequency, seasonal adjustment, and observation date range. Needs the keyed API (free key or `tradeloop login`).

• fred__release_calendar

  Upcoming economic release calendar from the live FRED API — which reports (CPI, employment, GDP, PCE) drop in the next N days. Needs the keyed API; the key-free macro_calendar tool covers FOMC/CPI/jobs dates without a key.

How to connect

FRED (Macro Data) needs a provider API key to talk to fred. Connect it from the TradeLoop dashboard:

1. Run curl -fsSL https://tradeloop.top/install.sh | sh on macOS / Linux (or the PowerShell command on Windows).
2. Run tradeloop login to create your account and a device-bound encryption key.
3. Visit tradeloop.top/connect and authorize FRED (Macro Data).
4. Run tradeloop update to sync the skill + credentials to every installed AI client.

Pricing

Free at every TradeLoop tier. Connect your account once at /connect; the OAuth or API-key credential stays encrypted on your machine and syncs to your other devices via the TradeLoop vault.

See the full TradeLoop pricing breakdown — Free $0/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $99/mo — on the homepage.