Model Context Protocol

Federal contract intelligence, native to your AI

Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to Fed-Spend and let your agent answer the questions that sit closest to the money - in one shot, with cited numbers.

Ask your agent: “Which DOD IT contracts under NAICS 541512 expire in the next 90 days, and what is my win probability on the biggest one?” It runs Recompete Radar and the pWin Verdict engine for you - no tabs, no spreadsheets.

Get your API key OpenAPI spec

Endpoint

https://fed-spend.com/api/mcp

Transport

Streamable HTTP

Auth

Bearer API key (same as REST)

Connect in under a minute

Generate a Fed-Spend API key at /api-dashboard.
Paste one of the configs below into your client and replace fsp_live_YOUR_KEY.
Restart the client. Fed-Spend tools appear automatically.

Claude Desktop - claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fed-spend": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://fed-spend.com/api/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Bearer fsp_live_YOUR_KEY"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor - ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fed-spend": {
      "url": "https://fed-spend.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer fsp_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify with curl (lists available tools)

curl -X POST "https://fed-spend.com/api/mcp" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer fsp_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

18 tools your agent can call

Each tool enforces your subscription tier. Free keys get an immediate result on every read tool, with deeper analysis on paid plans.

Read tools

searchFree+

Search federal spending data (contracts, awards, recipients, agencies, sub-awards, SAM.gov opportunities, entity verification). Results capped by tier.

recompeteResearcher+

Find expiring federal contracts (recompete opportunities) with urgency and a recompete score. Researcher tier and up.

pre_rfp_forecastFree+

Pre-RFP Forecast Fusion: predicts solicitation windows (Sources Sought through RFP) by fusing expiring awards, agency+NAICS demand trajectory, incumbent vulnerability, and SAM.gov leading indicators. Free tier gets a quantified teaser; Professional tier gets full timelines and reasoning.

buyer_intelFree+

Agency Buyer Intelligence: how a federal buying organization awards - spend trajectory, incumbent concentration, set-aside posture, protest friction, and recompete pipeline, fused into one scored verdict. Free tier gets the headline stat and score; Professional unlocks full vendor/NAICS/set-aside tables and the capture brief.

naics_competitionResearcher+

Competition density for a NAICS code: unique firms, dollars per firm, set-aside breakdown, top agencies and firms. Researcher tier and up.

pricingProfessional+

Pricing benchmarks for a NAICS code: percentiles, agency premiums, competition-type and set-aside deltas, plain-language insights. Professional tier and up.

protestsResearcher+

Search GAO bid protests by agency, protester, contract, solicitation, or outcome.

protest_statsResearcher+

Aggregate GAO protest statistics (sustain rate, outcome counts, recency) for an agency or contractor.

performanceResearcher+

Past-performance profile for a contractor by SAM.gov UEI (CPARS-style ratings plus registration). Degrades gracefully when performance data is sparse.

set_asideProfessional+

Scan set-aside contracts (8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, WOSB and more). Professional tier and up.

contract_growthEnterprise+

Find contracts with significant obligated-value growth (forensic signal). Enterprise tier.

pwin_verdictFree+

Win Probability (pWin) Verdict: fuses incumbent vulnerability, NAICS competition, profile fit, price-to-win, past performance, and set-aside leverage into one 0-100 score with cited components. Free tier gets a teaser; paid tiers get the full breakdown.

pipeline_listFree+

List opportunities in your BD pipeline, with per-stage summary.

Write tools

pwin_outcomeResearcher+

Record the real win/loss outcome of an opportunity so the pWin model calibrates to your history.

pipeline_addFree+

Add or update an opportunity in your BD pipeline. Subject to per-tier pipeline limits.

alerts_createResearcher+

Create a real-time contract alert. Researcher tier and up.

saved_searches_createFree+

Save a search definition for reuse. Subject to per-tier limits.

competitors_trackResearcher+

Track a competitor by name or UEI to monitor their award activity.

Prefer plain REST?

Every MCP tool is also a REST endpoint under /api/v2, with the same key and the same tier rules.

Browse the capability catalog API documentation