Agent skill · data analytics · mvanhorn
pp-fred
Every FRED endpoint, plus a local SQLite store, offline search, and macro commands no other FRED tool has. Trigger phrases: `what's the unemployment rate`, `pull CPI from FRED`, `fred series UNRATE`, `macro dashboard`, `compare GDP and inflation`, `use fred`, `run fred`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable commands for fetching and analyzing economic time series data from FRED that are not available in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires fred-pp-cli installed locally. About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
FRED — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the fred-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows: 2. Verify: fred-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead: If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. Search and pull U.S. and global economic time series from the St. Louis Fed's FRED API. Beyond mirroring every endpoint, it adds a macro dashboard, multi-series compare, a latest-value shortcut, a persistent watchlist that reports what changed, and a release calendar — all agent-native with --json and --select. When to Use This CLI Use this CLI when an agent or analyst needs U.S. or global macroeconomic time series — unemployment, inflation, GDP, interest rates, and tens of thousands more — programmatically. It is ideal for fetching current indicator values, pulling historical series for analysis, comparing indicators, and tracking a watchlist over time. Anti-triggers Do not use this CLI for: Company financials or stock prices — use an equities/SEC tool. FRED's GeoFRED/Maps regional-choropleth API — this CLI covers the core time-series API. Writing or publishing data — FRED is read-only. Unique Capabilities These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API. Aggregation only we do dashboard — Latest value of a curated set of headline U.S. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pp-fred--2f307b