USASpending.gov MCP server

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• autocomplete_awarding_agency

  Find awarding agency names by partial match.

• autocomplete_cfda

  Find CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) program numbers by partial title or program number. CFDA codes are used in grants.

• autocomplete_funding_agency

  Find funding agency names by partial match (companion to awarding agency).

• autocomplete_glossary

  Find glossary terms (acquisition + spending vocabulary) by partial match.

• autocomplete_naics

  Autocomplete lookup for NAICS codes.

• autocomplete_psc

  Autocomplete lookup for Product/Service Codes (PSC).

• autocomplete_recipient

  Find recipient hashes by partial name or UEI/DUNS.

• awards_last_updated

  Get the timestamp of the last USASpending award data refresh.

• get_agency_awards

  Get award summary totals for an agency in a given fiscal year.

• get_agency_budgetary_resources

  Get an agency's budgetary resources by fiscal year.

• get_agency_federal_accounts

  List the Treasury Account Symbols (federal accounts) used by an agency.

• get_agency_object_classes

  List the object class breakdown (what an agency spends money on).

• get_agency_obligations_by_award_category

  Get an agency's obligation breakdown by award category.

• get_agency_overview

  Get summary information for a specific agency in a given fiscal year.

• get_agency_program_activities

  List the program activities (specific programs) within an agency.

• get_agency_sub_agencies

  List the subordinate (subtier) organizations of a toptier agency.

• get_award_count

  Count awards matching filters, broken down by award category.

• get_award_detail

  Fetch full details for a single award by its generated_internal_id.

• get_award_federal_account_count

  Count of distinct federal accounts (TAS) funding an award.

• get_award_funding

  Fetch File C funding data for an award: federal account, object class, program activity.

• get_award_funding_rollup

  Get a rollup of an award's funding totals.

• get_award_subaward_count

  Count of subawards (FFATA subcontracts/subawards) reported on an award.

• get_award_transaction_count

  Count of transactions (modifications) on an award.

• get_award_types_reference

  Return the full mapping of award type codes to descriptions.

• get_def_codes_reference

  Return all Disaster Emergency Fund (DEFC) codes with public laws.

• get_federal_account_detail

  Get an individual federal account's metadata + budgetary resources.

• get_federal_account_fy_snapshot

  Get a single-fiscal-year snapshot of a federal account's resources.

• get_federal_account_object_classes

  Get the object class breakdown of obligations for a federal account.

• get_federal_account_program_activities

  Get the program activities funded under a federal account.

• get_glossary

  Get the full USASpending glossary of acquisition + spending terms.

• get_idv_activity

  List child task/delivery orders awarded under an IDV.

• get_idv_amounts

  Top-line amounts for an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV).

• get_idv_children

  Fetch child awards (task/delivery orders) under an IDV.

• get_idv_funding

  List the funding records (File C) for an IDV's child orders.

• get_idv_funding_rollup

  Funding rollup totals for an IDV (single dict, not paginated).

• get_naics_details

  Get details for a NAICS code (2-6 digits).

• get_psc_filter_tree

  Get the PSC hierarchy tree.

• get_recipient_children

  Get the child recipients (subsidiaries) of a parent recipient hash.

• get_recipient_profile

  Get full profile for a recipient by their USASpending hash.

• get_state_profile

  Get spending profile for a US state by its 2-digit FIPS code.

• get_submission_periods

  Return the list of agency submission periods (when each agency last submitted data for each fiscal period). Useful for understanding which quarters of which fiscal years have full data coverage.

• get_transactions

  Fetch the full transaction (modification) history for an award.

• list_federal_accounts

  List Treasury federal accounts (TAS) with budgetary resources.

• list_states

  List all states with their FIPS codes and award totals.

• list_toptier_agencies

  List all top-tier federal agencies tracked by USASpending.

• lookup_piid

  Look up awards by PIID or PIID prefix with automatic award-type detection.

• new_awards_over_time

  Pipeline trend of new awards to a recipient over time.

• search_awards

  Search federal awards (contracts, IDVs, grants, loans, etc.) on USASpending.gov.

• search_recipients

  Search USASpending recipients (vendors and grantees) by keyword.

• search_subawards

  Search FFATA subaward reports on USASpending.

• spending_by_category

  Aggregate spending by a dimension (top vendors, top agencies, top NAICS, etc.).

• spending_by_geography

  Geographic breakdown of spending.

• spending_by_subaward_grouped

  Search subawards using the standard filters object (grouped result set).

• spending_by_transaction

  Search at the transaction (modification) level.

• spending_over_time

  Aggregate spending amounts over time, grouped by fiscal year, quarter, or month.

• Code scan6 source files scanned25/25
• –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
• –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
• Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
• Maintenancelast push 1 days ago15/15
• Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner6/10

USASpending.gov: common questions

Is USASpending.gov MCP server safe?

Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (89/100). Read the USASpending.gov safety report

How do I install USASpending.gov?

It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.

Does USASpending.gov need an API key?

Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.

Is USASpending.gov maintained?

The last commit was in the last day (2026-09-27). The latest release is v0.3.2.