Stlouisfed FRED API
Official vendor OpenAPI document · agent-readyFinanceBankingnone31 EndpointsREST
For Agents
Programmatically get a category, get child categories for a parent category. Covers 31 operations.
Use for: I need to a category, I want to child categories for a parent category, Search for related categories for a category, Find all the series in a category
Not supported: Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for finance and accounting only.
Federal Reserve Economic Data API. Provides access to economic data series, categories, releases, sources, and tags from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The API exposes 31 endpoints.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the FRED API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the FRED API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fstlouisfed.org%2Fstlouisfed" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fstlouisfed.org%2Fstlouisfed" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with FRED API.
Get a category
Manage finance data programmatically
Integrate FRED API into automated workflows
Query and filter FRED API records by parameters
Monitor FRED API operational status and events
Use Cases
Patterns agents use FRED API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Finance and Accounting Operations
Use the FRED API to perform finance operations programmatically. The API provides 31 endpoints covering core functionality including get a category, get child categories for a parent category, get related categories for a category.
Call GET /fred/category to get a category
Automated Categories Management
Automate categories operations by combining multiple FRED API endpoints. Agents can get child categories for a parent category and then get related categories for a category in a single workflow.
Call GET /fred/category/children to get child categories for a parent category, then verify the result
AI Agent Integration via Jentic
AI agents discover and call FRED API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle none tokens manually.
Search Jentic for 'get a category', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials
Key Endpoints
31 endpoints — federal reserve economic data api.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
GET
/fred/category
Get a category
GET
/fred/category/children
Get child categories for a parent category
GET
/fred/category/related
Get related categories for a category
GET
/fred/category/series
Get the series in a category
GET
/fred/category/tags
Get the tags for a category
GET
/fred/category/related_tags
Get related tags for a category
GET
/fred/releases
Get all releases of economic data
GET
/fred/releases/dates
Get release dates for all releases
GET
/fred/category
Get a category
GET
/fred/category/children
Get child categories for a parent category
GET
/fred/category/related
Get related categories for a category
GET
/fred/category/series
Get the series in a category
GET
/fred/category/tags
Get the tags for a category
GET
/fred/category/related_tags
Get related tags for a category
GET
/fred/releases
Get all releases of economic data
GET
/fred/releases/dates
Get release dates for all releases
Why Jentic?
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the FRED API by hand means appending its API key as a query parameter on every call to api.stlouisfed.org and stitching category, release, and series requests together yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the FRED API from the API Directory, store the API key once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
FRED identifies categories, releases, and series through query parameters rather than a resource id in the URL path, so scope by operation: limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as reading a category or listing a release's dates. This is a read-only economic-data API, and only the operations you add are available to the agent.
Credential isolation
Your FRED API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'get a data category' or 'list economic release dates', and Jentic returns the matching FRED API operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
FAQs
Specific to using FRED API through Jentic.
What authentication does the FRED API use?
The FRED API uses no authentication. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.
Can I get a category with the FRED API?
Yes. Use the GET /fred/category endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.
What are the rate limits for the FRED API?
Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.
How do I get a category through Jentic?
Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'get a category'. Jentic returns the matching FRED API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.
How many endpoints does the FRED API have?
The FRED API exposes 31 endpoints covering categories, releases, series operations.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the FRED API?
Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which FRED operations and credentials the agent may use, and only the operations you add are callable. Since FRED identifies categories, releases, and series through query parameters rather than a path resource id, you scope by operation: grant just the calls the agent needs, such as reading a category with GET /fred/category or listing a release's dates with GET /fred/releases/dates. Everything here is read-only economic data, so the agent can retrieve series, sources, and tags without any ability to write or change data.
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