naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: FRED API — Observations
  description: 'FRED API — Observations. 1 operations. Lead operation: FRED Get the Observations or Data Values for an Economic Data Series. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one FRED business surface.'
  tags:
    - FRED
    - FRED
    - Observations
  created: '2026-05-28'
  modified: '2026-05-28'
binds:
  - namespace: env
    keys:
      FRED_API_KEY: FRED_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
    - type: http
      namespace: fred-observations
      baseUri: https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred
      description: FRED API — Observations business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
      authentication:
        type: apikey
        key: api_key
        value: '{{env.FRED_API_KEY}}'
        placement: query
      resources:
        - name: series-observations
          path: /series/observations
          operations:
            - name: getSeriesObservations
              method: GET
              description: FRED Get the Observations or Data Values for an Economic Data Series
              inputParameters:
                - name: api_key
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: true
                  description: 32-character lower-case alphanumeric FRED API key.
                - name: file_type
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: Response format. xml (default) or json. The observations endpoint additionally accepts xlsx and csv.
                - name: series_id
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: true
                  description: The FRED series ID.
                - name: realtime_start
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: Start of the real-time period (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today.
                - name: realtime_end
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: End of the real-time period (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today.
                - name: limit
                  in: query
                  type: integer
                  required: false
                  description: Maximum number of observations to return (1–100000).
                - name: offset
                  in: query
                  type: integer
                  required: false
                  description: Non-negative integer offset into the result set for pagination.
                - name: sort_order
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: Sort by observation_date.
                - name: observation_start
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: Earliest observation date (YYYY-MM-DD).
                - name: observation_end
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: Latest observation date (YYYY-MM-DD).
                - name: units
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: Unit transformation applied to the data.
                - name: frequency
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: Frequency to aggregate the series to.
                - name: aggregation_method
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: How to aggregate when a frequency is supplied.
                - name: output_type
                  in: query
                  type: integer
                  required: false
                  description: Observations output type. 1=observations by real-time period
                - name: vintage_dates
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: false
                  description: Comma-separated list of YYYY-MM-DD vintage dates.
              outputRawFormat: json
              outputParameters:
                - name: result
                  type: object
                  value: $.
  exposes:
    - type: rest
      namespace: fred-observations-rest
      port: 8080
      description: REST adapter for FRED API — Observations. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed with /v1.
      resources:
        - path: /v1/series/observations
          name: series-observations
          description: REST surface for /series/observations.
          operations:
            - method: GET
              name: getSeriesObservations
              description: FRED Get the Observations or Data Values for an Economic Data Series
              call: fred-observations.getSeriesObservations
              with:
                api_key: rest.api_key
                file_type: rest.file_type
                series_id: rest.series_id
                realtime_start: rest.realtime_start
                realtime_end: rest.realtime_end
                limit: rest.limit
                offset: rest.offset
                sort_order: rest.sort_order
                observation_start: rest.observation_start
                observation_end: rest.observation_end
                units: rest.units
                frequency: rest.frequency
                aggregation_method: rest.aggregation_method
                output_type: rest.output_type
                vintage_dates: rest.vintage_dates
              outputParameters:
                - type: object
                  mapping: $.
    - type: mcp
      namespace: fred-observations-mcp
      port: 9090
      transport: http
      description: MCP adapter for FRED API — Observations. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's consumes block.
      tools:
        - name: get-observations-data-values-economic
          description: FRED Get the Observations or Data Values for an Economic Data Series
          hints:
            readOnly: true
            destructive: false
            idempotent: true
          call: fred-observations.getSeriesObservations
          with:
            api_key: tools.api_key
            file_type: tools.file_type
            series_id: tools.series_id
            realtime_start: tools.realtime_start
            realtime_end: tools.realtime_end
            limit: tools.limit
            offset: tools.offset
            sort_order: tools.sort_order
            observation_start: tools.observation_start
            observation_end: tools.observation_end
            units: tools.units
            frequency: tools.frequency
            aggregation_method: tools.aggregation_method
            output_type: tools.output_type
            vintage_dates: tools.vintage_dates
          outputParameters:
            - type: object
              mapping: $.