Track macro regime shifts with FRED MCP, OpenAI, and Slack alerts

by Daniel Shashko ✓ · 0 views · created 2026-09-08 · Market Research, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 23 nodes and runs on a schedule (every week at 08:00) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model and Slack.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every week at 08:00) (plus 1 other trigger).

1. Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: mcp_url, series, max_series…
2. Ask What The Server Offers (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
3. Check The Tools Are There (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
4. Read Last Week's Reading (Data table): get
5. Pick The Indicators (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
6. Ask What The Series Is (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
7. Ask For The History (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
8. Read The Series Description (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Read The History (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
10. Wait For Both Calls (Merge): merges the data from its input branches

…plus 9 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelSlack

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Nodes used (13)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Data tablen8n-nodes-base.dataTable
• Mergen8n-nodes-base.merge
• Filtern8n-nodes-base.filter
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Basic LLM Chain@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm
• OpenAI Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi
• Slackn8n-nodes-base.slack
• No Operation, do nothingn8n-nodes-base.noOp

From the author

Quick overview This workflow runs weekly to pull selected macroeconomic time series from a FRED MCP server, detect regime changes versus last week, and—when something shifts—uses OpenAI to write a business-specific interpretation and posts a formatted brief…

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