# Small Business Funding Finder (remote · mcp.modernmustardseed.com)

Searches live federal grant listings on Grants.gov and reads full opportunity details.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-22

## Components

- remote · `mcp.modernmustardseed.com`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder/funding-finder.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder/funding-finder)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-10-22.

- **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. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - 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**: 55/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1420 tokens (~355/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 33/100
  - Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 95/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 85% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 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 Small Business Funding Finder MCP server?

Small Business Funding Finder is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder, 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-modernmustardseed-funding-finder 'https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder": {
      "url": "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder]
url = "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder --url 'https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder:
    url: "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder"
    }
  }
}
```

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.

### 2026-10-21 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-19 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-17 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-15 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-13 (score 70, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_grants` (~588 tokens)

Search federal grants

Search live federal funding opportunities on Grants.gov. Results come from Grants.gov, and users must confirm every detail on the official listing before applying; each result carries its listing link. Filter by keyword, applicant type (small businesses, 501(c)(3) and other nonprofits, tribes, local governments, individuals and more), category, award instrument, agency, Assistance Listing number, status (posted by default, or forecasted) and close date range. Returns the total matches and each listing with id, number, title, agency, posted and close dates, days left and URL. Sort by relevance (default with a keyword), closing_soonest (default without one) or newest. Results are cached for 10 minutes.

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string): An agency code (USDA, HHS-NIH11, DOI-FWS) or name ("Fish and Wildlife", "Rural Business"). A department code includes all of its sub-agencies.
- `assistance_listing` (string): Assistance Listing (formerly CFDA) number, for example 10.868.
- `categories` (array): Grants.gov category codes: AG Agriculture, AR Arts, BC Business and Commerce, CD Community Development, CP Consumer Protection, DPR Disaster Prevention and Relief, ED Education, ELT Employment, Labor…
- `closes_after` (string): Only listings closing on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `closes_before` (string): Only listings closing on or before this date, YYYY-MM-DD.
- `eligibility` (array): Applicant types to match, such as small_business, nonprofit_501c3, nonprofit_other, tribal_government, city_or_township_government, individual. A listing matches when it is open to any of them.
- `include_unrestricted` (boolean): When eligibility is set, also include Unrestricted (code 99) listings, which are open to any applicant type. Default true.
- `instruments` (array): Kinds of award to include.
- `keyword` (string): Words to search for in listing titles and text, for example "rural energy" or "STEM education".
- `limit` (integer): Results to return, 1 to 50. Default 20.
- `offset` (integer): Results to skip, for the next page. Default 0.
- `sort` (string)
- `status` (string): posted (open now, default), forecasted (announced but not yet open) or both.

### `get_grant` (~185 tokens)

Get a grant listing

Get one Grants.gov listing in full by opportunity id (the digits at the end of a listing URL) or opportunity number. Returns status, agency, posted and close dates (or forecast dates), award ceiling and floor, total program funding, expected number of awards, cost sharing, every eligible applicant type in plain words, the additional eligibility text, award instruments, categories, Assistance Listings, the agency contact, the description (about 1,500 characters, or 6,000 with detail "full"), document folders and the official URL. Cached for 60 minutes.

Input parameters:

- `detail` (string): "summary" (default) or "full" for a longer description.
- `opportunity_id` (string)
- `opportunity_number` (string): The funding opportunity number, for example NOAA-NMFS-AK-2026-33268 or PA-27-100.

### `grants_closing_soon` (~440 tokens)

Grants closing soon

List posted Grants.gov opportunities whose application deadline falls within the next 1 to 120 days (default 30), soonest first, with days left counted in Eastern Time. Takes the same keyword, applicant type, category, instrument, agency and Assistance Listing filters as search_grants. Listings with no close date or a placeholder close date are left out.

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string): An agency code (USDA, HHS-NIH11, DOI-FWS) or name ("Fish and Wildlife", "Rural Business"). A department code includes all of its sub-agencies.
- `assistance_listing` (string): Assistance Listing (formerly CFDA) number, for example 10.868.
- `categories` (array): Grants.gov category codes: AG Agriculture, AR Arts, BC Business and Commerce, CD Community Development, CP Consumer Protection, DPR Disaster Prevention and Relief, ED Education, ELT Employment, Labor…
- `eligibility` (array): Applicant types to match, such as small_business, nonprofit_501c3, nonprofit_other, tribal_government, city_or_township_government, individual. A listing matches when it is open to any of them.
- `include_unrestricted` (boolean): When eligibility is set, also include Unrestricted (code 99) listings, which are open to any applicant type. Default true.
- `instruments` (array): Kinds of award to include.
- `keyword` (string): Words to search for in listing titles and text, for example "rural energy" or "STEM education".
- `limit` (integer): Results to return, 1 to 50. Default 25.
- `within_days` (integer): Days ahead to look. Default 30.

### `eligibility_explainer` (~112 tokens)

Explain eligibility codes

Decode Grants.gov applicant eligibility codes (such as 23, 12 or 99) in plain words: the official label, what it means, who counts, what to watch out for, and the source for each, with an as-of date. Give codes, applicant types (such as small_business), or nothing for the full table of 17 codes. Static reference with no network access. Informational, not legal advice.

Input parameters:

- `applicant_types` (array)
- `codes` (array)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder/funding-finder#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-22: 74
- 2026-10-21: 74
- 2026-10-20: 73
- 2026-10-19: 73
- 2026-10-18: 72
- 2026-10-17: 72
- 2026-10-16: 71
- 2026-10-15: 71
- 2026-10-14: 70
- 2026-10-13: 70
- 2026-10-12: 70

## Common questions

### What is the Small Business Funding Finder MCP server?

Small Business Funding Finder is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.modernmustardseed/funding-finder. Searches live federal grant listings on Grants.gov and reads full opportunity details. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder).

### Is the Small Business Funding Finder MCP server safe to use?

Small Business Funding Finder scores 74 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 Small Business Funding Finder MCP server expose?

Small Business Funding Finder exposes 4 tools: search_grants, get_grant, grants_closing_soon, eligibility_explainer. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,325 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Small Business Funding Finder MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Small Business Funding Finder MCP server still maintained?

Small Business Funding Finder is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/funding-finder
- Website: https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/docs/funding-finder
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder/funding-finder.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder/funding-finder.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modernmustardseed-funding-finder/funding-finder