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Which MCP servers are AwardTape's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-28

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namecom.awardtape/mcpverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under awardtape.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-28
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-28
  • Tools18
  • Server calls itselfawardtape
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-28 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 340 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: track daily Pentagon contract award releases; find expiring contracts nearing recompetition for capture planning.
  • Checked on 6 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "track daily Pentagon contract award releases", the likely first call is latest_awards.
  • For "find expiring contracts nearing recompetition for capture planning", the likely first call is find_expiring_recompetes.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 18 of 27 tools: check arguments before calling.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 6, the first on 2026-10-28
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 6 so far
  • What an agent can do with it2 of 2 use cases
  • Answeredmeasuring6 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer347 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 3,347 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (27), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsC · 72 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 27 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 18 of 27
  • Not saying whether it only reads or can destroy: 27 of 27

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · track daily Pentagon contract award releases
  • can do · find expiring contracts nearing recompetition for capture planning
  • not sure · look up contract IDs and contracting officers behind awards

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers18 tools · read 2026-10-28
  • sample

    Free plan: 5 latest DoD/DHS awards, one company profile, and the latest same-day Department of War daily contract announcements.

  • search_awards

    Search DoD and DHS prime contract awards since Oct 2023 by company, PIID, agency, category, PSC, date, amount. Pay as you go: $0.02/call, or 1 call from a Terminal (10,000/month) or Team (50,000/month) API key.

  • get_company

    Company profile with obligations by year and top awards. Pay as you go: $0.02/call, or 1 call from a Terminal (10,000/month) or Team (50,000/month) API key.

  • request_owner_payment

    Free. Creates a Stripe Checkout link for your human owner to pay by card: plan "bundle" ($5.00 for 1000 calls, default), "terminal" ($199/mo, 10,000 calls/mo), "team" ($599/mo, 50,000 calls/mo) or "full_tape" ($49/mo email). Send pay_url…

  • check_owner_payment

    Free. Status of an owner checkout: pending, paid (returns the key once), claimed or expired.

  • latest_awards

    Latest 200 DoD/DHS awards by action date plus same-day Department of War daily contract announcements. Pay as you go: $0.05/call, or 1 call from a Terminal (10,000/month) or Team (50,000/month) API key.

  • list_recompetes

    Free preview: largest DoD/DHS contracts expiring through mid-2028 (3 rows; filter by company slug or text). Full list in the Terminal.

  • list_sectors

    Free: DoD/DHS agencies by obligations and top Pentagon R-1/P-1 budget lines (preview).

  • check_demand_for_xyz

    Free (0 credits). Demand for XYZ velocity & market-structure analyzer: pass any capability, commodity, PSC/FSC code, MIL-STD, or weapon system (e.g. "radar", "counter-UAS", "fuel", "4470", "MIL-STD-810H") to get 7d/30d DoD spend velocity…

  • find_sell_now_opportunities

    Paid ($0.05/call or 1 call from API key). Immediate Sell-Now revenue targets: returns recent $15M+ prime awards with open tier-2/3 subcontracting windows (through 2026-10-23), open SAM.gov/DIU solicitations, and active IDIQ vehicles with…

  • find_expiring_recompetes

    Paid ($0.05/call or 1 call from API key). Sell-Next recompete radar: returns expiring DoD and DHS incumbent contracts (next 6-18 months) from the $126.8B recompete pipeline with days_to_expiry, burn_pct, incumbent_vulnerability…

  • search_contract_documents

    Search AwardTape's Contract Documents & SOW Vault (Section B CLIN pricing schedules, Section C Statements of Work, and FAR 6.303 Sole-Source J&As) and high-priority FOIA triggers by PIID, contractor, agency, or trigger type…

  • request_contract_sow

    Queue an anonymous public-release records request (FOIA) for a specific defense contract PIID (Section B pricing schedule, Section C Statement of Work, or Sole-Source J&A) through AwardTape so your organization's identity remains…

  • search_procurement_specs

    Free: resolve a weapon system, designation, supply class (FSG/FSC/CPV) or defense standard (MIL-STD, NATO STANAG, DEF STAN) to AwardTape's specs catalog with governing standards, buying commands, primes and live 7d/30d contract volume.

  • get_global_trends

    Free: global defense trend snapshot (capability clusters with 7d/30d volume and run-rate, buyer to supplier SPLC flow edges with $ and share, breakouts, key players).

  • list_allied_and_fms

    Free preview: allied government defense procurement records (UK, EU/NATO, Australia, Canada) and SOUTHCOM summary.

  • search_grid_interconnection_queue

    Search US power grid interconnection queues (PJM, ERCOT, MISO, NYISO, CAISO, SPP, ISO-NE) and DoD/DOE high-voltage transformer/substation contracts by ISO, substation/POI, developer ($MU, $NEE, $ETR, $GEV), state, or minimum MW capacity…

  • screen_supplier_compliance_uflpa_bis

    Screen a supplier, factory, country code, or HTS/FSC code against the U.S. Consolidated Screening List (BIS Entity List, MEU, UVL, State ITAR/AECA Debarred, OFAC NS-CMIC/SDN), DHS UFLPA Entity List, DoD Section 1260H CMC, FDA/CBP Port…

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awardtape": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://awardtape.com/api/agent/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http awardtape https://awardtape.com/api/agent/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://awardtape.com/api/agent/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

OpenAPI spec

13 paths, read 2026-10-28. Open the spec ↗

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.