`fred_category`

Pack: fred · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp

Browse economic data by category (housing, employment, money/banking, etc.). Returns subcategories and related series IDs.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`category_id`	number	no	Category ID to browse children of (default: 0 for root)
`_apiKey`	string	yes	FRED API key

Example call

Arguments

{
  "category_id": 0,
  "_apiKey": "your-fred-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fred/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"fred_category","arguments":{"category_id":0,"_apiKey":"your-fred-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('fred_category', {
  "category_id": 0,
  "_apiKey": "your-fred-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "category_id": 113,
  "_apiKey": "your-fred-api-key"
}

Response shape

Always returns: parent_category_id, categories

Field	Type	Description
`parent_category_id`	number	Parent category ID
`categories`	array	Child categories

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "parent_category_id": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Parent category ID"
    },
    "categories": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Child categories",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Category ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Category name"
          },
          "parent_id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Parent category ID"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "parent_id"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "parent_category_id",
    "categories"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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