# USASpending.gov

An MCP server that gives your agent USAspending.gov data: contracts, grants, loans, subawards, recipients, agencies and federal accounts.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 26
- Author: 1102tools-dev
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/1102tools-dev/federal-contracting-mcps/tree/HEAD/servers/usaspending-gov-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/usaspendinggov

## What it does

The server connects to USAspending.gov and hands the agent what you would otherwise dig out of the site by hand: contracts, grants, loans, subawards, recipients, agencies and federal accounts. Ask Claude about a contractor or an agency and it pulls the answer from there instead of guessing.

There are two ways in. The remote HTTP endpoint is `https://usaspending.1102tools.com/mcp`. The local route runs `uvx usaspending-gov-mcp`, which fetches and starts the package on your own machine. That second option needs `uv`/`uvx` on your `PATH`; without it the command goes nowhere.

MIT licensed, built by 1102tools-dev, repo `1102tools-dev/federal-contracting-mcps`. Supported clients include Claude, Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and Gemini CLI. If federal procurement data is part of your work, this saves you the manual export dance.

## Requirements
- Needs: Python and uv (commands run via uvx)
- Remote server: `https://usaspending.1102tools.com/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http usaspending-gov-mcp https://usaspending.1102tools.com/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add usaspending-gov-mcp -- uvx usaspending-gov-mcp
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from usaspending-gov-mcp <command>

### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add usaspending-gov-mcp --url https://usaspending.1102tools.com/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add usaspending-gov-mcp -- uvx usaspending-gov-mcp
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from usaspending-gov-mcp <command>

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "usaspending-gov-mcp": {
            "url": "https://usaspending.1102tools.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "usaspending-gov-mcp": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "usaspending-gov-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from usaspending-gov-mcp <command>

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "usaspending-gov-mcp": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://usaspending.1102tools.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "usaspending-gov-mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "usaspending-gov-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from usaspending-gov-mcp <command>

### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http usaspending-gov-mcp https://usaspending.1102tools.com/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add usaspending-gov-mcp uvx usaspending-gov-mcp
```
uvx runs the command named after the package; if the README names another one, use uvx --from usaspending-gov-mcp <command>

## When to use it
- pull contracts for a specific vendor
- tally grants and loans by agency
- check who received federal money
- trace subawards under a contract
- list federal accounts

## Example prompts
- Find all contracts for this company on USAspending from last year
- Show me grants and loans from the Department of Energy
- Who received subawards under this contract?

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