openecon-data vs filesystem

Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.

	openecon-data by hanlulong	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Score	45	77
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Categories	FinanceAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
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openecon-data · Summary

MCP server providing 330K+ economic indicators from FRED, World Bank, IMF & more for AI agents.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

openecon-data · Use cases

Economists and researchers quickly retrieve verified economic data without writing API code
AI agents access real-time economic data to reduce hallucinations in financial analysis
Journalists fact-check economic claims against official sources in seconds

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

openecon-data · Install

Quick Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hanlulong/openecon-data/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to Claude's config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-econ-data": {
      "command": "curl",
      "args": ["-s", "https://data.openecon.ai/mcp"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Manual Install

# For Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport sse openecon-data https://data.openecon.ai/mcp --scope user

# For Codex
codex mcp add openecon-data --url https://data.openecon.ai/mcp

Web demo available at: https://data.openecon.ai/chat

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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