mcp-sam-gov MCP Setup & Guide

{
  "id": "io.github.cliwant/mcp-sam-gov",
  "type": "mcp-server",
  "version": "1.17.0",
  "displayName": "mcp-sam-gov",
  "description": "Keyless-first MCP: 153 tools for US federal + state/local (SLED) contracting, spending & regulation",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/cliwant/mcp-sam-gov",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "distribution": {
    "packages": [
      {
        "registryType": "npm",
        "identifier": "@cliwant/mcp-sam-gov",
        "version": "1.17.0",
        "transport": "stdio",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "SAM_GOV_API_KEY",
            "description": "Optional. SAM.gov key for higher rate limits + archives older than 12 months. Keyless by default.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "CENSUS_API_KEY",
            "description": "Required only for census_business_patterns (the Census Data API has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "FRED_API_KEY",
            "description": "Required only for fred_search_series and fred_series_observations (FRED has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "BEA_API_KEY",
            "description": "Required only for bea_regional_data (the BEA Data API has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "BLS_API_KEY",
            "description": "Optional free key for BLS labor-statistics tools (raises rate limits).",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "DOL_API_KEY",
            "description": "Required only for dol_get_dataset (DOL's data endpoint has no keyless tier; dol_list_datasets works without it).",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "DATA_GOV_API_KEY",
            "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.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "NVD_API_KEY",
            "description": "Optional free NVD key (raises CVE rate limits).",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "OPENFDA_API_KEY",
            "description": "Optional free openFDA key (raises rate limits).",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN",
            "description": "Optional Socrata app token (raises rate limits on SLED Socrata hosts).",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN",
            "description": "Optional CourtListener (Free Law Project) token (raises rate limits).",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "LDA_API_KEY",
            "description": "Optional Senate LDA lobbying-disclosure key (raises rate limits).",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "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."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "remotes": []
  },
  "dependencies": [],
  "installTargets": [
    "claude-code",
    "claude-desktop",
    "cursor",
    "vscode",
    "trae",
    "cherry-studio",
    "lingma",
    "windsurf",
    "cline",
    "workbuddy"
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "provenance": {
    "origin": "official-mcp-registry",
    "originalId": "io.github.cliwant/mcp-sam-gov",
    "originalUrl": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/io.github.cliwant%2Fmcp-sam-gov/versions/latest",
    "isOfficial": true,
    "status": "active"
  }
}