FedWatch MCP
FedWatch is a public-data opportunity engine that monitors US federal contract and grant opportunities from sources like SAM.gov and Grants.gov. It provides source-backed search, saved profiles, change watching, ranking, pursuit briefs, and durable alerts. The server supports anonymous search with rate limits and offers a Pro tier for advanced features like saved profiles and alerts.
Endpoint and access
No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.
https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcpWhat you can do with it
- Search for federal contracts and grants
- Monitor changes in public-data opportunities
- Generate pursuit briefs for leads
- Set up saved profiles and alerts
Source and maintenance
Protocol and capabilities
- Server
- fedwatch-mcp 1.0.0
- MCP protocol
- 2025-06-18
- Tools
- 17 advertised
- Resources
- Not advertised
- Resource templates
- Not advertised
- Prompts
- Not advertised
{
"tools": {}
}Tools
17 advertised
fedwatch_signal_search
Search multiple promoted public-data sources for the same organization/topic, normalize the records, rank actionability with a deterministic reason-bearing heuristic, and surface only conservative cross-source identity candidates. Scores are not probabilities and name matches are never called verified identity.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"keyword"
],
"properties": {
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Organization/topic name to search across promoted sources"
},
"source_ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Optional promoted source ids; defaults to all currently searchable Wave 1 public-data sources"
},
"limit_per_source": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum rows requested from each source before tier caps"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}permits_search
Search normalized public permit/violation records from a promoted official source. Promoted (2026-10-16 all-states expansion): Phoenix AZ (ArcGIS), Chicago permits + building violations, NYC DOB permits/violations + HPD violations, Austin permits + code cases, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Honolulu, New Orleans, Kansas City, Orlando, Cincinnati (Socrata), and Philadelphia, Columbus, Charlotte, Miami-Dade, Detroit, Albuquerque, Sioux Falls, Virginia Beach, Louisville, Portland OR (residential), Raleigh (180-day window) via ArcGIS. County feeds added 2026-10-18 (county census Batch A): Maricopa County AZ building permits (the county PND current-permits view — the former named gap, now promoted as a current-permits view, not a historical register), Adams County CO, Alachua County FL, Spokane County WA (layer lags; newest issued 2025-05-21), DC building permits (30-day window), Pottawattamie County IA septic-permit document index (ArcGIS), and Montgomery County MD commercial permits, Prince George's County MD permits (2023–2025), Howard County MD permits (city/zip only), Williamson County TX permits (WCAD file), King County WA food-establishment inspections, Marin County CA permit inspections (Socrata) — every feed reports its exact count/completeness so capped results are never mistaken for the whole universe. Per-state coverage for all 50 states + DC is in fedwatch_sources. Not every source supports every filter: an unsupported filter is refused with the reason, never silently ignored.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned records (tier-capped; source max 2000)"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Exact permit status, e.g. OPEN"
},
"address": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Street address fragment"
},
"company": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Company/contractor name fragment"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search permit name, company, address, description, scope, or permit number"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id; phoenix_current_permits (default) — see fedwatch_sources domain=permits for all promoted ids"
},
"permit_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Permit type/description fragment"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}licenses_search
Search normalized public license records from promoted official sources. Arizona ADHS remains a partial provider-name search; California DCC remains a one-page partial search with unverified total/paging; New York OCM (jskf-tt3q) is an official statewide Socrata dataset whose exact filtered count, schema evidence, source refresh time and resumable paging are returned on every call — OCM rows are explicitly classified as active/expired/surrendered/cancelled/revoked-if-observed/pending/proximity-protection/under-review rather than treating every row as an active license; Oregon OLCC (or_olcc_cannabis_licenses) and Connecticut establishments (ct_cannabis_establishments) are official Socrata registers with exact counts. fedwatch_sources carries a licenses entry for all 50 states + DC with each program's status. Unnecessary personal contact fields are not fetched.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned rows. Tier-capped for search; NY OCM supports explicit resume metadata when the exact filtered set is larger."
},
"county": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NY OCM only: exact county, e.g. 'Kings'"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "CA/NY: exact upstream status or status code, e.g. 'Active' or 'LICACT'; OR/CT: exact license status"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Facility/business/license/application fragment; at least 2 characters for ADHS, optional for the Socrata/API sources"
},
"page_size": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "NY OCM only: bounded page size, 1-1000 (default 500)"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id: azdhs_marijuana_facilities (default), ca_dcc_cannabis_licenses, ny_ocm_cannabis_licenses, or_olcc_cannabis_licenses, ct_cannabis_establishments"
},
"license_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "License type/code fragment, e.g. 'Retailer' or 'OCMRETL'"
},
"record_class": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NY OCM only: active_license | expired_license | surrendered_license | cancelled_license | revoked_license | pending_application | proximity_protection | license_under_review | inactive_license"
},
"start_offset": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "NY OCM only: row offset for an explicit resume. Any non-zero start is deliberately partial."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}businesses_search
Search normalized public business-register / new-filing records. PROMOTED (2026-10-16): ct_business_registry (Connecticut Business Master, 1.30M entities), or_business_registry (Oregon active businesses, 1.58M), pa_business_registry (Pennsylvania registered businesses, 4.17M), tx_franchise_taxpayers (Texas franchise-tax accounts incl. SOS file numbers, 3.49M) — all via the states' official Socrata open-data portals with exact counts. GATED: co_business_entities (Colorado SOS automated-collection authorization + written terms) and ny_business_filings (NY Open Data written consent) return the named gate; Arizona stays planned (Business Center is CAPTCHA/identity-gated, no public API). fedwatch_sources carries a businesses entry for all 50 states + DC. Filters a source cannot honor exactly (e.g. entity_type on CT, which publishes none) are refused with the reason.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned records (tier-capped; source max 2000)"
},
"county": {
"type": "string",
"description": "PA: county name; NY (gated): county of principal office"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Exact entity status where the source publishes one (CT/OR; CO gated)"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Entity name fragment"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id: ct_business_registry (default), or_business_registry, pa_business_registry, tx_franchise_taxpayers, co_business_entities / ny_business_filings (gated)"
},
"entity_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Entity type filter (OR exact, PA/TX fragment; refused for CT)"
},
"filing_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NY only (gated): exact filing type, e.g. 'ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION'"
},
"formed_after": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ISO date — only entities formed/registered after it (the new-business window)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}securities_search
Search SEC EDGAR filings. Source sec_edgar_filings (default): full-text search across filing text (keyword required) with optional form filter (e.g. 'D', '8-K', '13F-HR'), or a per-CIK submissions view when cik is given (recent-filings window — 13F coverage is that window only, labelled as such). EDGAR's own hit total is carried; when EDGAR reports it as a lower bound (relation gte) the response says so. Watch a CIK or a keyword+form query for new-filings alerts.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"cik": {
"type": "string",
"description": "CIK number — switches to the per-filer submissions view"
},
"form": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Form filter, comma-separated, e.g. 'D' or '8-K,13F-HR'"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned records (tier-capped)"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full-text keyword/phrase searched across filing text"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id: sec_edgar_filings (default)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}healthcare_search
Search FDA/CMS healthcare sources. openfda_drug_recalls (default): FDA drug enforcement/recall reports — keyword matches product description or recalling firm. openfda_device_510k: FDA 510(k) clearances — keyword matches device name or applicant. npi_registry: NPPES NPI registry — keyword is an organization-name prefix (city/state refine; an exact NPI goes in the apn field); phone numbers and authorized-official contacts are never returned. FDA warning letters have no openFDA endpoint (separate planned entry); CMS Open Payments is archived 2015–2022 and blocked as a live source — see fedwatch_sources.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"apn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NPI only: exact 10-digit NPI number"
},
"city": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NPI only: practice city"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned records (tier-capped)"
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NPI only: practice state (2-letter)"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Recalls only: exact FDA status, e.g. 'Ongoing'"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Keyword: product/firm (recalls), device/applicant (510k), organization name prefix (NPI)"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id: openfda_drug_recalls (default), openfda_device_510k, or npi_registry"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}property_search
Search Maricopa County Assessor parcel records (GIS Parcels layer) by APN, situs-address fragment, or subdivision/address keyword. Parcel identity, situs address, sale date/price, deed and subdivision only — owner name and mailing address exist in the layer and are deliberately never returned. TOOL SHAPE ONLY: recorder documents and tax delinquency are not this pack; delinquency data belongs to the liens program.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"apn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Assessor parcel number (APN or APN_DASH form)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned records (tier-capped)"
},
"address": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Situs street-address fragment"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Address or subdivision name fragment"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id: maricopa_property_records (default)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}enforcement_search
Federal enforcement sources — currently ALL gated or planned, and the tools say exactly why per source: epa_echo (EPA ECHO DFR services documented but the documented calls did not reproduce from fleet egress on 2026-10-16 — adapter deferred, not faked), osha_enforcement (DOL API now requires a registered key; none is held and registration is an account creation), fcc_uls / faa_registry (bulk-file ETL shapes, not query APIs). Calls return the named gate for the chosen source.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"zip": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ZIP filter (reserved)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned records (tier-capped)"
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "State filter (reserved)"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Keyword (reserved for promoted adapters)"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id: epa_echo (default), osha_enforcement, fcc_uls, faa_registry"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}courts_search
Court dockets via CourtListener/RECAP — GATED on the expansion's one named credential gap: CourtListener's API returns 401 without a token, no CourtListener credential exists in fleet stores, and account creation is out of scope for this server. Provisioning a COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN secret is the exact unlock; until then calls return that named gate. PACER is never scraped.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned records (tier-capped)"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Docket/case keyword (reserved for the promoted adapter)"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id: courtlistener_dockets (default)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}ip_search
USPTO trademark/patent data — GATED on credential provisioning: the modern USPTO APIs (ODP, TSDR case status) all require a registered API key (keyless routes retired). The fleet holds a scoped USPTO ODP credential in its secure vault from the USIPE program; copying it into this Worker (secret USPTO_ODP_API_KEY, budgeted against the shared daily cap) is the named unlock. uspto_bulk is the keyless bulk-file path (ETL shape, planned). Calls return the named gate until a source is promoted.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned records (tier-capped)"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Trademark/patent keyword (reserved for promoted adapters)"
},
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source id: uspto_odp (default) or uspto_bulk"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}contracts_search_opportunities
Search live federal contract opportunities on SAM.gov, newest-modified first. Filter by keyword, NAICS codes, set-aside codes (e.g. SBA, 8A, HZC, SDVOSBC, WOSB), and notice types (e.g. 'Sources Sought'). The public index applies those filters after fetch, so a filtered search pages deeper (up to 10 pages / 1,000 records) until the filter is satisfied — the response reports pages_fetched, how many records were examined (fetched), and scan_truncated when the page budget ran out. Returns the SAM index total and the post-filter count.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"size": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Index records per page (1-100, default 100); also the post-filter target a filtered scan pages toward"
},
"naics": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "NAICS codes to require, e.g. ['561720']"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free-text keyword, e.g. 'janitorial'"
},
"active_only": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only active notices (default true)"
},
"notice_types": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Notice types to require, matched case-insensitively, e.g. ['Sources Sought']"
},
"set_aside_codes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "SAM set-aside codes to require"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}contracts_search_awards
Search federal contract AWARDS already made (USASpending, served from FedWatch's relay-ingested copy — a fleet machine syncs USASpending daily because USASpending blocks direct Worker fetches): who won, how much, which agency, period of performance. Filter by keyword, NAICS, and/or agency; sort by amount (default) or most recent. Every response states its data-as-of and the true total_matches under the filters. The incumbency/recompete evidence layer.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "'amount' (default, largest first) or 'recent' (newest obligation first)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max results (default 25)"
},
"naics": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "NAICS codes"
},
"agency": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Agency name fragment to require, e.g. 'Veterans Affairs'"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Keyword, e.g. a service or incumbent name"
},
"days_back": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Award window in days (default 365)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}contracts_search_bid_outcomes
Search PUBLIC, curator-ingested historical procurement results, disclosed winners, explicitly documented unsuccessful bidders, selection records and linked evidence. An award is never proof of which other firms lost or why. This is a partial curated KB, not all government procurements.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum returned cases (tier-capped)"
},
"agency": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Exact agency name filter"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Case ID, title or agency keyword"
},
"outcome": {
"type": "string",
"description": "awarded | canceled | no_award | open | unknown"
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Exact services/category filter"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}contracts_search_bid_research
Search nine source-linked historical PUBLIC procurement research cases: rubrics, committee scores, rankings, recommendations, approved awards and noncompetitive purchases. Preserves original stage; recommended/ranked is not awarded. This is a hand-selected research sample, NOT a complete bid universe or live SMAT outcomes.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum cases returned, tier-capped"
},
"stage": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Filter observed stage, e.g. ranked_recommended, award_approved, committee_feedback"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search buyer, subject or procurement ID"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}grants_search
Search live federal grant opportunities on Grants.gov (posted by default). Returns hit count, agency, open/close dates, and assistance-listing (CFDA) numbers. Filter by agency code; sort by close date (soonest first); or restrict to grants closing within N days — sort/window apply to the fetched window and the response says when the window is narrower than the total hit count.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"rows": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max results (default 25)"
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "'close_date' for soonest deadline first (default: Grants.gov order)"
},
"agency": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Grants.gov agency code to require, e.g. 'EPA'"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "posted | forecasted | closed | archived (default posted)"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Keyword, e.g. 'water infrastructure'"
},
"closing_within_days": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Only grants whose close date falls within the next N days"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}grants_search_programs
Search the SAM.gov Assistance Listings program catalog (the programs behind the grants — by agency and program number). Catalog data: use grants_search for live deadlines.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"size": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max results (default 25)"
},
"keyword": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Program keyword, e.g. 'rural health'"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}liens_search
Search tax-lien data. Default mode 'db': FedWatch's lien database (county lien records ingested from public sources; every hit is labeled with its source and extraction path) — filter by state, county, parcel, or free text matched against address/owner/parcel/city. For upcoming sales pass upcoming_only (sale date today or later) and/or sale_within_days, with sort 'sale_date_asc' for next-sale-first; the default view is historical, most recent sale first. Modes 'nyc' (NYC's official lien-sale notice lists, live) and 'discover'/'both' (live discovery of public tax-lien datasets on open-data portals) remain available explicitly and serve as the labeled fallback when the DB has no match or is unreachable. Every response carries the partial-coverage label — this is not national coverage.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"zip": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NYC ZIP filter"
},
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "'db' (default), 'nyc', 'discover', or 'both' (nyc + discover)"
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "DB mode: 'sale_date_desc' (default) or 'sale_date_asc' (next sale first)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max results (default 25)"
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "DB mode: free text matched against address / owner / parcel / city. Discovery query for mode=discover, e.g. 'Cook County tax sale' or 'Florida tax lien'"
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "DB mode: state name or 2-letter abbreviation, e.g. 'New York' or 'NY'"
},
"county": {
"type": "string",
"description": "DB mode: county name (partial match), e.g. 'Queens'"
},
"parcel": {
"type": "string",
"description": "DB mode: exact parcel / APN id"
},
"borough": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NYC borough code 1-5 (1=Manhattan, 2=Bronx, 3=Brooklyn, 4=Queens, 5=Staten Island)"
},
"upcoming_only": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "DB mode: only records whose sale date is today or later"
},
"sale_within_days": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "DB mode: only sales within the next N days (implies upcoming)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Prompts
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Resources
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30-day availability
Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.
- Successful checks
- 1 of 1 (100%)
- Average latency
- 1075 ms
- 95th percentile latency
- 1075 ms
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
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Connect from your client
Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http fedwatch-mcp https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcpCodex
codex mcp add fedwatch-mcp --url https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"fedwatch-mcp": {
"url": "https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"fedwatch-mcp": {
"type": "streamableHttp",
"url": "https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcp",
"disabled": false
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"fedwatch-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --transport http fedwatch-mcp https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcpClaude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"fedwatch-mcp": {
"url": "https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Windsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"fedwatch-mcp": {
"serverUrl": "https://fedwatch-mcp.smatdesigns.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
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