Mcp Sam Gov

io.github.cliwant/mcp-sam-gov · v1.17.0

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

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claude mcp add mcp-sam-gov -e SAM_GOV_API_KEY=<SAM_GOV_API_KEY> -e CENSUS_API_KEY=<CENSUS_API_KEY> -e FRED_API_KEY=<FRED_API_KEY> -e BEA_API_KEY=<BEA_API_KEY> -e BLS_API_KEY=<BLS_API_KEY> -e DOL_API_KEY=<DOL_API_KEY> -e DATA_GOV_API_KEY=<DATA_GOV_API_KEY> -e NVD_API_KEY=<NVD_API_KEY> -e OPENFDA_API_KEY=<OPENFDA_API_KEY> -e SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN=<SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN> -e COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN=<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN> -e LDA_API_KEY=<LDA_API_KEY> -e EDGAR_USER_AGENT=<EDGAR_USER_AGENT> -e MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS=<MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS> -- npx -y @cliwant/[email protected]

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sam-gov": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cliwant/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SAM_GOV_API_KEY": "<SAM_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<CENSUS_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<BEA_API_KEY>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<BLS_API_KEY>",
        "DOL_API_KEY": "<DOL_API_KEY>",
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "NVD_API_KEY": "<NVD_API_KEY>",
        "OPENFDA_API_KEY": "<OPENFDA_API_KEY>",
        "SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN": "<SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>",
        "LDA_API_KEY": "<LDA_API_KEY>",
        "EDGAR_USER_AGENT": "<EDGAR_USER_AGENT>",
        "MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS": "<MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sam-gov": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cliwant/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SAM_GOV_API_KEY": "<SAM_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<CENSUS_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<BEA_API_KEY>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<BLS_API_KEY>",
        "DOL_API_KEY": "<DOL_API_KEY>",
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "NVD_API_KEY": "<NVD_API_KEY>",
        "OPENFDA_API_KEY": "<OPENFDA_API_KEY>",
        "SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN": "<SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>",
        "LDA_API_KEY": "<LDA_API_KEY>",
        "EDGAR_USER_AGENT": "<EDGAR_USER_AGENT>",
        "MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS": "<MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-sam-gov": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cliwant/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SAM_GOV_API_KEY": "<SAM_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "CENSUS_API_KEY": "<CENSUS_API_KEY>",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "<FRED_API_KEY>",
        "BEA_API_KEY": "<BEA_API_KEY>",
        "BLS_API_KEY": "<BLS_API_KEY>",
        "DOL_API_KEY": "<DOL_API_KEY>",
        "DATA_GOV_API_KEY": "<DATA_GOV_API_KEY>",
        "NVD_API_KEY": "<NVD_API_KEY>",
        "OPENFDA_API_KEY": "<OPENFDA_API_KEY>",
        "SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN": "<SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>",
        "LDA_API_KEY": "<LDA_API_KEY>",
        "EDGAR_USER_AGENT": "<EDGAR_USER_AGENT>",
        "MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS": "<MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`SAM_GOV_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Optional. SAM.gov key for higher rate limits + archives older than 12 months. Keyless by default.
`CENSUS_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Required only for census_business_patterns (the Census Data API has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.
`FRED_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Required only for fred_search_series and fred_series_observations (FRED has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.
`BEA_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Required only for bea_regional_data (the BEA Data API has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.
`BLS_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Optional free key for BLS labor-statistics tools (raises rate limits).
`DOL_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Required only for dol_get_dataset (DOL's data endpoint has no keyless tier; dol_list_datasets works without it).
`DATA_GOV_API_KEY` Optional, secret	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.
`NVD_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Optional free NVD key (raises CVE rate limits).
`OPENFDA_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Optional free openFDA key (raises rate limits).
`SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN` Optional, secret	Optional Socrata app token (raises rate limits on SLED Socrata hosts).
`COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN` Optional, secret	Optional CourtListener (Free Law Project) token (raises rate limits).
`LDA_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Optional Senate LDA lobbying-disclosure key (raises rate limits).
`EDGAR_USER_AGENT` Optional	Optional SEC EDGAR User-Agent string (courtesy identification; a sensible default is used otherwise).
`MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS` Optional	Optional. Comma-separated toolset names to load (e.g. core,sled). Blank or 'all' loads all 153 tools.

Details

Package	`@cliwant/[email protected]` (NPM, stdio)
First published	29 Sep 2026
Last updated	29 Sep 2026
Registry name	`io.github.cliwant/mcp-sam-gov`

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