govauctions.app
REMOTE · GOVAUCTIONS.APP · SCANNED SEP 21
Live listings, sold prices and resale scores from GovAuctions.app, the public surplus-auction site.
Available components
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security80
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability64
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1058 tokens (~132/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage82
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 47% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 9 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
How do I install the govauctions.app MCP server?
govauctions.app is a hosted endpoint at https://govauctions.app/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · govauctions.app
claude mcp add --transport http app-govauctions-govauctions 'https://govauctions.app/api/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"app-govauctions-govauctions": {
"url": "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"app-govauctions-govauctions": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.app-govauctions-govauctions] url = "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"app-govauctions-govauctions": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add app-govauctions-govauctions --url 'https://govauctions.app/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
app-govauctions-govauctions:
url: "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"app-govauctions-govauctions": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add app-govauctions-govauctions -t streamable-http -u 'https://govauctions.app/api/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"app-govauctions-govauctions": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 11 Sept 26 +10
- Authorization: unverified → partial ▲ security
- MCP protocol: fail → pass ▲ functional
- MCP protocol version: 2024-11-05 → 2025-11-25 functional
- Tool “get_api_usage” changed its title: API usage cosmetic
- Tool “get_comp_coverage” changed its title: Comp coverage cosmetic
- Tool “get_flip_score” changed its title: Flip Score cosmetic
- Tool “get_listing” changed its title: Get a listing cosmetic
- Tool “get_price_trend” changed its title: Price trend cosmetic
- Tool “get_sold_comps” changed its title: Sold-price comps cosmetic
- Tool “get_sold_history” changed its title: Sold history cosmetic
- Tool “search_listings” changed its title: Search live GSA listings cosmetic
- 8 Sept 26 0
- “search_listings” added an optional parameter “sort” cosmetic
1 cosmetic change on this day. Switch on “Show cosmetic changes” to see it.
- 29 Aug 26 −1
- Tool “get_sold_comps” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- 26 Aug 26 +2
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 25 Aug 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 24 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 14 Aug 26 0
- The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads security
- Schema quality: pass → fail ▼ functional
- Server version: 1.0.1 → 1.0.2 functional
- 11 Aug 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 21 Sept 2026 · Probed https://govauctions.app/api/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=govauctions.app | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 16 Aug 2026 | 14 Nov 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | fbcce12582b3790d1390e63edbb2d053 |
| SANs: govauctions.app, *.govauctions.app | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of govauctions.app. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| app. | present | 23684 | 8 | Verified |
| govauctions.app. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| strict-transport-security | max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload |
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
| x-frame-options | DENY |
| referrer-policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| permissions-policy | camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(self), payment=(), usb=(), serial=(), bluetooth=(), hid=(), midi=(), idle-detection=(), display-capture=(), xr-spatial-tracking=() |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://govauctions.app/api/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://govauctions.app/api/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://govauctions.app/api/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_api_usage API usage ~60
This key's usage for the current month: total calls and the separate valuation allowance (which comps, sold history, trend and flip-score draw down), plus the reset date. Call it to pace a long run instead of hitting a 429 mid-task.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_comp_coverage Comp coverage ~58
How much sold-price data we hold per category for a market, and which categories can never be priced. Check this before building on the comps tools — it is the honest answer about what we cannot do.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_flip_score Flip Score ~48
GovAuctions Flip Score resale signal for a live GSA listing (valued against the full-market comp archive): estimated value, effective bid, and discount.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_listing Get a listing ~28
Get one live GSA listing by its id (facts only).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_price_trend Price trend ~114
Month-by-month median sale price for an item, plus the first-to-last change — 'is this category softening?'. Computed from the same comps as get_sold_comps, so it never contradicts that range. Returns an empty series when too few months clear the sample threshold.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | string | – | – |
| country | string | – | – |
| q | string | yes | Item description, e.g. 'forklift' |
| state | string | – | Optional 2-letter state/region code. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_sold_comps Sold-price comps ~291
Sold-price comps for a described item, computed across the full government-surplus market in the US, UK, CA or AU. Without an API key: coverage only (how many comparable sales, confidence, and a coarse price band). With an API key: the actual 25th/median/75th percentile final prices. Free keys at https://govauctions.app/developers. A miss says which kind it is: reason `insufficient_comps` (too few comparable sales yet) is worth retrying, reason `category_not_priceable` (miscellaneous, real-estate) never is — those categories cannot be priced from a title.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | string | – | – |
| country | string | – | – |
| include | string | – | Set to "comps" to also return the individual sales the range was computed from (title, final price, sale month, state). Requires a key; the number returned is capped by plan. |
| limit | integer | – | How many underlying sales to return with include=comps. Capped by plan. |
| q | string | yes | Item description, e.g. '2015 Ford F-150' |
| state | string | – | Optional 2-letter state/region code for a regional range. Falls back to the national range when that state has too few sales; the response's `scope` field says which you got. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_sold_history Sold history ~130
The individual archived sales behind an item: title, final price, sale month and state, plus the range they produce. Use when you want the evidence rather than just the number. Query-anchored — describe an item; there is no way to list the archive.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | string | – | – |
| country | string | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | How many sales to return. Capped by plan. |
| q | string | yes | Item description, e.g. '2015 Ford F-150' |
| state | string | – | Optional 2-letter state/region code. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_listings Search live GSA listings ~263
Search live GSA federal-surplus auction listings (facts only — no images). Filter by state, category, keyword, price, or distance from a US ZIP code. Raw listings cover sanctioned federal sources; sold-price comps span the full market.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | string | – | – |
| country | string | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
| priceMax | number | – | – |
| priceMin | number | – | – |
| q | string | – | Title keyword |
| radiusMiles | number | – | Radius from `zip`, in miles (default 100, max 500). Requires `zip`. |
| sort | string | – | Result order. Default is soonest-ending (nearest-first when `zip` is given). Use `newest` to order by the lot's own listing date, newest first - that is the ordering a recurring "what is new" check n… |
| source | string | – | – |
| state | string | – | 2-letter state code |
| zip | string | – | US 5-digit ZIP to search around. Limits results to lots within radiusMiles, orders them nearest-first, and adds distanceMiles to each. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the govauctions.app MCP server?
govauctions.app is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as app.govauctions/govauctions. Live listings, sold prices and resale scores from GovAuctions.app, the public surplus-auction site. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://govauctions.app/api/mcp).
Is the govauctions.app MCP server safe to use?
govauctions.app scores 84 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the govauctions.app MCP server expose?
govauctions.app exposes 8 tools: search_listings, get_listing, get_sold_comps, get_flip_score, get_sold_history, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 992 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the govauctions.app MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to govauctions.app without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the govauctions.app MCP server still maintained?
govauctions.app is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.