# Zovo Grant Finder (remote · grant-finder.zovo.one)

Federal grants and deadlines

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-23

## Components

- remote · `grant-finder.zovo.one`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-grant-finder/grant-finder.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-grant-finder/grant-finder)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp`
- 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 2026-10-23.

- **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**: 74/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 547 tokens (~182/item across 3 items; 2 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the Zovo Grant Finder MCP server?

Zovo Grant Finder is a hosted endpoint at https://grant-finder.zovo.one/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 theluckystrike-grant-finder 'https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "theluckystrike-grant-finder": {
      "url": "https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "theluckystrike-grant-finder": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.theluckystrike-grant-finder]
url = "https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "theluckystrike-grant-finder": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add theluckystrike-grant-finder --url 'https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  theluckystrike-grant-finder:
    url: "https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "theluckystrike-grant-finder": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add theluckystrike-grant-finder -t streamable-http -u 'https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "theluckystrike-grant-finder": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://grant-finder.zovo.one/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.

### 2026-10-23 (score 74, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-22 (score 73)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `find_grant_opportunities` (~396 tokens)

Find federal grant opportunities

Use this when the user wants to find federal grants, search federal grants by eligibility, or build a grant pipeline tracker of open grant opportunities. Queries a live federal listing and returns XLSX and calendar downloads, up to 30 rows per page. Do not use for private foundation, state or local grants.

Input parameters:

- `agencies` (array): Department or sub-agency codes, e.g. ["HHS", "DOC-EDA"].
- `categories` (array): Funding categories, e.g. ["ED", "HL"].
- `closing_after` (string): Inclusive earliest closing date, e.g. 2026-10-21; defaults to today in America/New_York.
- `closing_before` (string): Inclusive latest closing date, e.g. 2026-12-20; at most 730 days after today.
- `eligibility` (array): Applicant types, e.g. ["nonprofit_501c3"]; unrestricted notices are included.
- `include_no_close_date` (boolean): Keep rolling or undated notices, e.g. true; default true.
- `instruments` (array): Funding instruments, e.g. ["G"] for grants or ["CA"] for cooperative agreements.
- `keyword` (string): Words to search for, e.g. youth mentoring; quotes are removed.
- `match_all_words` (boolean): Require all keyword words, e.g. true; default false matches any word.
- `max_results` (integer): Rows per page, e.g. 25; from 1 to 30.
- `page` (integer): Page number after screening and sorting, e.g. 1; from 1 to 20.
- `posted_within_days` (integer): Number of days since posting, e.g. 7 for a weekly scan.
- `statuses` (array): Notice status, e.g. ["posted"]; defaults to posted and forecasted.

Output parameters:

- `calendar_events` (number)
- `downloads` (object)
- `errors` (array)
- `has_next` (boolean)
- `matched` (number)
- `page` (number)
- `rows` (array)
- `shown` (number)
- `source` (string)
- `summary` (string)
- `total_available` (number)

### `show_grant_details` (~96 tokens)

Show federal grant details

Use this when the user has federal grant opportunities to review, wants grant deadlines, or needs a grant deadline calendar and grant pipeline tracker for a pasted shortlist. Reads up to 20 opportunity numbers or IDs from the live federal listing. Do not use for grant applications or submitting proposals.

Input parameters:

- `opportunities` (array, required): Opportunity numbers or numeric IDs, e.g. ["2026-NTIA-TBCP", "359145"].

Output parameters:

- `calendar_events` (number)
- `downloads` (object)
- `errors` (array)
- `has_next` (boolean)
- `matched` (number)
- `page` (number)
- `rows` (array)
- `shown` (number)
- `source` (string)
- `summary` (string)
- `total_available` (number)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-23: 74
- 2026-10-22: 73

## Common questions

### What is the Zovo Grant Finder MCP server?

Zovo Grant Finder is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.theluckystrike/grant-finder. Federal grants and deadlines. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp).

### Is the Zovo Grant Finder MCP server safe to use?

Zovo Grant 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 Zovo Grant Finder MCP server expose?

Zovo Grant Finder exposes 2 tools: find_grant_opportunities, show_grant_details. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 492 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Zovo Grant Finder MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the Zovo Grant Finder MCP server still maintained?

Zovo Grant Finder is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 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://grant-finder.zovo.one/mcp
- Website: https://grant-finder.zovo.one/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-grant-finder/grant-finder.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-grant-finder/grant-finder.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/theluckystrike-grant-finder/grant-finder