io.github.cliwant/mcp-sam-gov

Keyless-first MCP: 153 tools for US federal + state/local (SLED) contracting, spending & regulation

What does this entry provide?

io.github.cliwant/mcp-sam-gov is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 78/100. As a Model Context Protocol server, it exposes tools that MCP-compatible LLM clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can call directly, extending an agent's reach beyond its built-in capabilities. ChatHome Skills discovered this entry through its daily ingest of official registries and GitHub discovery queries, and re-verifies repository facts, freshness signals, and install metadata on every run. The quality score weighs official-registry presence, a working install command, license clarity, GitHub star trajectory, and repository freshness — the full formula is on the Sources page. The install command above is ready to copy. Review the last-pushed date and repository status before adding io.github.cliwant/mcp-sam-gov to a production agent workflow; the snapshot facts below are point-in-time values from the most recent ingest.

Snapshot facts

Source: Official MCP Registry
Quality: 78/100
Install method: npm
Repo: cliwant/mcp-sam-gov
Repo updated: Sep 29, 2026

Install command

npx -y @cliwant/mcp-sam-gov@1.17.0

Install method: npm

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GitHub project

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Sep 29, 2026

How is this score calculated?

Weighted across six dimensions, scored 0-100.
Provenance (25): listed in an official or curated registry.
Installability (25): a runnable install command beats a declared transport, which beats a source checkout.
Maintenance (20): recency of the last push; archived entries score zero here.
Adoption (20): repository stars on a log curve.

MCP manifest

{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-09-29T14:03:49.257458Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-29T14:03:49.257458Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-09-29T14:03:49.257458Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.cliwant/mcp-sam-gov",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "1.17.0",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "1.17.0",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "@cliwant/mcp-sam-gov",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "SAM_GOV_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional. SAM.gov key for higher rate limits + archives older than 12 months. Keyless by default."
          },
          {
            "name": "CENSUS_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Required only for census_business_patterns (the Census Data API has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it."
          },
          {
            "name": "FRED_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Required only for fred_search_series and fred_series_observations (FRED has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it."
          },
          {
            "name": "BEA_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Required only for bea_regional_data (the BEA Data API has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it."
          },
          {
            "name": "BLS_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional free key for BLS labor-statistics tools (raises rate limits)."
          },
          {
            "name": "DOL_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Required only for dol_get_dataset (DOL's data endpoint has no keyless tier; dol_list_datasets works without it)."
          },
          {
            "name": "DATA_GOV_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional free api.data.gov key; raises DEMO_KEY limits for Regulations.gov, Congress.gov, GovInfo, FAC, the data.gov catalog and GSA per-diem."
          },
          {
            "name": "NVD_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional free NVD key (raises CVE rate limits)."
          },
          {
            "name": "OPENFDA_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional free openFDA key (raises rate limits)."
          },
          {
            "name": "SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional Socrata app token (raises rate limits on SLED Socrata hosts)."
          },
          {
            "name": "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional CourtListener (Free Law Project) token (raises rate limits)."
          },
          {
            "name": "LDA_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional Senate LDA lobbying-disclosure key (raises rate limits)."
          },
          {
            "name": "EDGAR_USER_AGENT",
            "description": "Optional SEC EDGAR User-Agent string (courtesy identification; a sensible default is used otherwise)."
          },
          {
            "name": "MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS",
            "description": "Optional. Comma-separated toolset names to load (e.g. core,sled). Blank or 'all' loads all 153 tools."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "url": "https://github.com/cliwant/mcp-sam-gov",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "description": "Keyless-first MCP: 153 tools for US federal + state/local (SLED) contracting, spending & regulation"
  }
}

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