# GovGazette (remote · govgazette.com)

Find federal contracting opportunities, research awards and vendors, and review exclusion evidence.

- Trust score: 73/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `govgazette.com`: 73/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-govgazette-govgazette/api-v1-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-govgazette-govgazette/api-v1-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.3.2`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1532 tokens (~139/item across 11 items; 11 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability check failed: schema churn in the 10 days we've observed: 6 tool removals, 0 breaking changes, 0 auth/transport breaks, 0 additions.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 11 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 12 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the GovGazette MCP server?

GovGazette is a hosted endpoint at https://govgazette.com/api/v1/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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-govgazette-govgazette 'https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-govgazette-govgazette": {
      "url": "https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-govgazette-govgazette": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-govgazette-govgazette]
url = "https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-govgazette-govgazette": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-govgazette-govgazette --url 'https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-govgazette-govgazette:
    url: "https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-govgazette-govgazette": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-govgazette-govgazette -t streamable-http -u 'https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-govgazette-govgazette": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-29 (score 73, +5)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.07 → fail
- [security regression] A breaking change shipped without a version bump: still 0.1.0
- [security regression] Tool “create_saved_search” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “delete_saved_search” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “delete_saved_search_workspace” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “get_saved_search_events” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “list_saved_searches” was removed
- [security regression] Tool “rotate_saved_search_feed” was removed
- [security improvement] Authorization: fail → partial
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 118 → 139
- [functional] Destructive annotations: 100 → pass

### 2026-10-28 (score 68, +1)

- [functional] MCP protocol: Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).
- [functional] MCP protocol version: 2025-11-25 → 2026-07-28

### 2026-10-27 (score 67, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-26 (score 67)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (11)

### `check_exclusions` (~131 tokens)

Check possible exclusion matches

Check 1 to 20 identities against a dated active SAM snapshot. Pass identities as an array of objects, not a record ID or page URL. Each identity needs a name, UEI, CAGE, or NPI. Exact identifier matches and name-only possible matches remain distinct. Read coverage.freshness; stale or unknown-source empty lookups report unavailable with snapshot_status no_match_in_snapshot. No match is not clearance.

Input parameters:

- `generation` (string|null): Retained snapshot UUID; omit for the current snapshot.
- `identities` (array, required): One to twenty identities to compare with the dated SAM snapshot.

Output parameters:

- `coverage`
- `generation` (string)
- `results` (array)

### `detail` (~92 tokens)

Read a federal record

Retrieve a public record using the exact collection and id returned by search, never a page URL, title or slug. Supply the returned generation for a consistent result.

Input parameters:

- `collection` (string, required): Public collection name returned by search.
- `generation` (string|null): Retained generation UUID from search for a consistent record snapshot.
- `id` (string, required): Exact stable record ID returned by search, not a page URL or slug.

Output parameters:

- `award_coverage` (array|null): Award snapshot age and latest official release evidence.
- `collection` (string|null): Absent for curated reference records.
- `coverage`: Present for exclusions, including explicit source-age warnings.
- `data`
- `generation` (string)
- `id` (string)
- `text` (string)
- `text_has_more` (boolean|null): Whether another text chunk is available.
- `text_length` (integer|null): Total text characters; absent from internal brief notices.
- `title` (string)

### `document` (~150 tokens)

Read source text

Read official record text using the exact collection, id and generation returned by search. Start at offset 0 with length 1 to 16,000 characters, then use next_offset unchanged for the next chunk. Does not fetch arbitrary URLs or paths.

Input parameters:

- `collection` (string, required): Public record collection returned by search.
- `generation` (string|null): Retained snapshot UUID; omit for the current snapshot.
- `id` (string, required): Stable ID of a known public record.
- `length` (integer|null): Characters to return, from 1 to 16,000. Smaller chunks may be needed to fit the response byte budget.
- `offset` (integer|null): Character offset for the next bounded text chunk.

Output parameters:

- `coverage`: Present for exclusion text chunks, with the same source-age policy as detail.
- `document_kind` (string)
- `generation` (string)
- `id` (string)
- `next_offset` (integer|null)
- `offset` (integer)
- `provenance`: Source metadata attached to the retained record.
- `text` (string)

### `exclusion_changes` (~98 tokens)

Review exclusion changes

Compare two retained snapshots. No longer observed does not mean reinstated; enrichment-only changes are excluded.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string|null): Opaque next_cursor from an earlier change page.
- `from_generation` (string, required): Older retained snapshot UUID to compare.
- `limit` (integer|null): Maximum changes to return, up to the service page limit.
- `to_generation` (string|null): Newer retained snapshot UUID; omit for the current snapshot.

Output parameters:

- `from_coverage`
- `from_generation` (string)
- `items` (array)
- `meaning` (string)
- `next_cursor` (string|null)
- `to_coverage`
- `to_generation` (string)

### `exclusion_context` (~69 tokens)

Read exclusion evidence

Retrieve an exclusion with agency explanation, named restriction references, source evidence, explicit source-age warnings and supported business links.

Input parameters:

- `generation` (string|null): Retained snapshot UUID; omit for the current snapshot.
- `id` (string, required): Stable exclusion record ID returned by search_exclusions or check_exclusions.

Output parameters:

- `business_context`: Supported vendor and award links, with match basis.
- `collection` (string)
- `coverage`: Dated SAM source coverage.
- `data`
- `generation` (string)
- `id` (string)
- `text` (string)
- `text_has_more` (boolean)
- `text_length` (integer)
- `title` (string)

### `explain_match` (~54 tokens)

Explain a vendor match

Explain deterministic primary NAICS overlap between a registered vendor and opportunity. Not an eligibility determination.

Input parameters:

- `opportunity_id` (string, required): Stable opportunity ID returned by search.
- `vendor_id` (string, required): Stable vendor ID returned by search.

Output parameters:

- `generation` (string)
- `interpretation` (string)
- `opportunity_id` (string)
- `rules` (array)
- `vendor_id` (string)

### `freshness` (~21 tokens)

Check source dates

Report actual source dates, coverage, record counts and SHA256 provenance.

Output parameters:

- `generation` (string)
- `history` (string)
- `history_coverage`: Notice snapshot coverage, retired fiscal-year archives and the dated retention policy.
- `sources` (array)

### `research_opportunity` (~68 tokens)

Research an opportunity

Build a cited research brief with retained notice requirements, exact award-number candidates and same-industry comparisons. Does not infer an incumbent or eligibility.

Input parameters:

- `generation` (string|null): Retained generation UUID from search_opportunities.
- `id` (string, required): Stable opportunity ID returned by search_opportunities.

Output parameters:

- `comparison_awards` (array)
- `feedback`
- `generation` (string)
- `linked_awards` (array)
- `next_steps` (array)
- `notice`
- `relationship_basis` (string)
- `requirements`

### `search` (~108 tokens)

Search federal records

Search public opportunities, vendors, awards, exclusions, or reference collections. Results include provenance and a generation-pinned cursor.

Input parameters:

- `collection` (string, required): Public collection name, such as opportunities, vendors, awards, exclusions, or naics.
- `cursor` (string|null): Opaque next_cursor from the preceding search page.
- `limit` (integer|null): Maximum records to return, from 1 to 50.
- `q` (string): Plain-language search terms; empty lists the selected collection.

Output parameters:

- `award_coverage` (array|null): Dated award coverage and official release availability, when applicable.
- `collection` (string): Collection searched, such as opportunities or awards.
- `coverage`: Exclusion-specific source age and freshness warnings, when applicable.
- `coverage_url` (string|null): Public source-date endpoint, when this collection supplies it.
- `generation` (string): UUID of the snapshot used for every result on this page.
- `items` (array): Matching public records.
- `next_cursor` (string|null): Opaque cursor for the next page, or null at the end.

### `search_exclusions` (~281 tokens)

Search exclusions

Filter active exclusion records by agency, program, classification, geography and dates. Limit is a maximum; large records can produce a smaller page with page_size_limited true. Continue with next_cursor and unchanged filters and limit. Preserve generation and read coverage.freshness for source age and warnings; results are dated evidence, not clearance.

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string|null): Excluding agency name or code.
- `classification` (string|null): Official SAM exclusion classification code or label.
- `country` (string|null): Country name or code in the exclusion record.
- `cursor` (string|null): Opaque next_cursor from a previous search response.
- `effective_from` (string|null): Include records effective on or after this ISO date.
- `effective_to` (string|null): Include records effective on or before this ISO date.
- `generation` (string|null): Retained snapshot UUID; omit for the current snapshot.
- `limit` (integer|null): Maximum records to return, from 1 to 50. Large records may produce a smaller page; continue with next_cursor and unchanged filters and limit.
- `program` (string|null): Exclusion program name or code.
- `q` (string|null): Name, identifier, or other text to find in active exclusion records.
- `state` (string|null): US state name or postal code in the exclusion record.

Output parameters:

- `coverage`: Dated source coverage, or an unavailable status.
- `generation` (string)
- `items` (array)
- `next_cursor` (string|null)
- `page_size_limited` (boolean): Whole records were deferred to next_cursor to fit the response budget. Continue with the same filters and requested limit.

### `search_opportunities` (~224 tokens)

Find federal opportunities

Find official opportunity records by keywords, industry, set-aside, state, agency and source status. Active does not imply the deadline is open.

Input parameters:

- `active` (boolean|null): Filter by source active status; this does not mean the response deadline is open.
- `after` (string|null): Last notice ID from next_after in the preceding page.
- `agency` (string|null): Agency code on the source notice.
- `generation` (string|null): Retained generation UUID from a prior result for a consistent snapshot.
- `limit` (integer|null): Maximum notices to return, from 1 to 50; defaults to 25.
- `naics` (string|null): Two- to six-digit NAICS industry code from a notice or the NAICS reference collection.
- `q` (string): Plain-language keywords; empty returns notices matching the other filters.
- `set_aside` (string|null): Official set-aside code from a notice or the set-asides reference collection.
- `state` (string|null): State or territory code for the place of performance.

Output parameters:

- `filters`: Applied search filters.
- `generation` (string)
- `items` (array)
- `next_after` (string|null): Last record ID for the next page, or null at the end.
- `scope` (string): Limits of this retained official-notice search.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-govgazette-govgazette/api-v1-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 73
- 2026-11-04: 73
- 2026-11-03: 73
- 2026-11-02: 73
- 2026-11-01: 73
- 2026-10-31: 73
- 2026-10-30: 73
- 2026-10-29: 73
- 2026-10-28: 68
- 2026-10-27: 67
- 2026-10-26: 67

## Common questions

### What is the GovGazette MCP server?

GovGazette is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.govgazette/govgazette. Find federal contracting opportunities, research awards and vendors, and review exclusion evidence. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp).

### Is the GovGazette MCP server safe to use?

GovGazette scores 73 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 GovGazette MCP server expose?

GovGazette exposes 11 tools: check_exclusions, detail, document, exclusion_changes, exclusion_context, and 6 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,296 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the GovGazette MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to GovGazette without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the GovGazette MCP server still maintained?

GovGazette is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the GovGazette MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on GovGazette, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://govgazette.com/api/v1/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/mooshee/govgazette-mcp
- Website: https://govgazette.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-govgazette-govgazette/api-v1-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-govgazette-govgazette/api-v1-mcp/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-govgazette-govgazette/api-v1-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-govgazette-govgazette/api-v1-mcp