MatchAwards MCP server

MatchAwards gives AI agents direct access to continuously updated government and business contracts, grants, jobs, awards and collaboration opportunities.

This is the Model Context Protocol server for MatchAwards. It lets Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients search US government contract opportunities, grants and jobs. It only reads data, and it needs no account and no API key.

Tools

Every result carries a url on matchawards.com, and the server asks the model to show it to you as a link.

Install

The server runs with uvx, which comes with uv.

Claude Desktop

Add this to claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json), then restart Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "matchawards": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["matchawards-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add matchawards -- uvx matchawards-mcp

Cursor

Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (one project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "matchawards": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["matchawards-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add this to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

{
  "servers": {
    "matchawards": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["matchawards-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Other clients

Any MCP client that can start a stdio server works. The command is uvx matchawards-mcp.

Configuration

Data

The data is US federal and state contract opportunities, grants and jobs from matchawards.com. Only public posts are returned, and each result links back to its page on matchawards.com.

• Contract and grant searches return open items by default: a response deadline of today or later, US Eastern. An item with no deadline counts as closed.
• Job search covers the last 30 days.
• Results come newest first. When has_more is true, the model can ask for the next page with cursor.
• If the first request of a search fails, the tool returns an error. If a later page fails, the tool returns the rows it already has, with a warning that says why it stopped.
• The API is rate-limited per IP: 60 requests per minute, plus a burst limit of 20 requests per 5 seconds. One search call can use up to three requests when the filters are narrow and results are sparse. When the limit is reached, the tool returns an error that tells the model how many seconds to wait.

Development

python -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -e ".[test]"
.venv/bin/pytest

The tests make no network calls.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.