# OpenGrant UK grants (remote · opengrant.co.uk)

Search UK grant schemes and funders: deadlines, awards, eligibility and official guidance links.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `opengrant.co.uk`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-opengrant-opengrant/opengrant.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-opengrant-opengrant/opengrant)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `2.0.0`

## 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 2026-11-04.

- **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**: 81/100
  - 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 978 tokens (~139/item across 7 items; 6 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 53/100
  - Stability observed for 16 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 98/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 95% 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 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 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 OpenGrant UK grants MCP server?

OpenGrant UK grants is a hosted endpoint at https://opengrant.co.uk/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 uk-co-opengrant-opengrant 'https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-opengrant-opengrant": {
      "url": "https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "uk-co-opengrant-opengrant": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.uk-co-opengrant-opengrant]
url = "https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "uk-co-opengrant-opengrant": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add uk-co-opengrant-opengrant --url 'https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  uk-co-opengrant-opengrant:
    url: "https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "uk-co-opengrant-opengrant": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add uk-co-opengrant-opengrant -t streamable-http -u 'https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-co-opengrant-opengrant": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://opengrant.co.uk/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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 79, +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.

### 2026-10-26 (score 78, +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.

### 2026-10-24 (score 77, +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.

### 2026-10-22 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-10-20 (score 75, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

## MCP tools (6)

### `search_grants` (~384 tokens)

Search open, rolling and forthcoming UK grant schemes (deadline not yet passed) and return their public facts, soonest deadline first: funder, status, deadline, award range, where it applies, who can apply, the official guidance link and OpenGrant's canonical URL. Results are sorted soonest deadline first. Use closes_before for 'closing this month' questions. These are the same free facts listed in https://opengrant.co.uk/llms-full.txt; detailed criteria and application steps are on the funder's own guidance page (officialGuidanceUrl). Always tell users to confirm deadlines and eligibility there before applying. Set include_recently_closed to also find schemes that closed in the last 90 days (e.g. to answer 'what was the deadline for X'). `deadline` is a UK date (YYYY-MM-DD) when the source gave no time, otherwise an ISO instant; `deadlineUk` is the same in words. Page through results with offset; `total` is the full count.

Input parameters:

- `closes_before` (string): Only schemes whose next deadline is on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD, UK date). Schemes without a deadline are then left out.
- `include_recently_closed` (boolean): Also return schemes that closed in the last 90 days (default false)
- `limit` (integer): Maximum results to return (default 10). `total` reports how many match.
- `offset` (integer): Skip this many results, for paging (default 0)
- `organisation` (string): Type of applicant. Optional.
- `q` (string): Keywords, e.g. a funder or programme name or a topic such as 'community energy'. Optional.
- `region` (string): UK nation or English region the applicant is in. Optional.
- `theme` (string): Cause area. Optional.

### `get_grant` (~70 tokens)

Read the public facts for one grant scheme by its OpenGrant id (the UUID in https://opengrant.co.uk/opportunities/{id}). Works for open, forthcoming and recently closed schemes; a scheme whose deadline has passed is reported as closed.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): OpenGrant grant id

### `get_funder` (~167 tokens)

Read a UK funder's public profile: type, charity or company number, website, register description and income, published 360Giving totals, its open, rolling and forthcoming schemes and its recently closed ones, each with its URL. Look a funder up by OpenGrant slug (from a funderUrl), UK charity number, or name (returns the closest matches if there is more than one).

Input parameters:

- `charity_number` (string): Registered charity number (England & Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland), e.g. '1160879' or 'SC003133'
- `name` (string): Funder name or part of it, e.g. 'Gannochy'
- `slug` (string): Slug from https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/{slug}

### `count_matching_grants` (~161 tokens)

Count open, rolling and forthcoming UK grant schemes matching optional filters, with the same rules as search_grants. Returns a number and a link to the matching search on the website. Use search_grants to see the schemes themselves.

Input parameters:

- `closes_before` (string): Only schemes whose next deadline is on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD, UK date). Schemes without a deadline are then left out.
- `organisation` (string): Type of applicant. Optional.
- `q` (string): Keywords, e.g. a funder or programme name or a topic such as 'community energy'. Optional.
- `region` (string): UK nation or English region the applicant is in. Optional.
- `theme` (string): Cause area. Optional.

### `list_example_grants` (~63 tokens)

List up to three showcase grants whose full record (summary, criteria and contacts) is public. These are fixed examples, not search results; use search_grants to find schemes.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of examples to return (default 3)

### `get_example_grant` (~42 tokens)

Read one showcase grant's full record by UUID. For any other grant use get_grant, which returns its public facts.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 81
- 2026-11-02: 81
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 79
- 2026-10-28: 79
- 2026-10-27: 78
- 2026-10-26: 78
- 2026-10-25: 77
- 2026-10-24: 77
- 2026-10-23: 76
- 2026-10-22: 76
- 2026-10-21: 75
- 2026-10-20: 75
- 2026-10-19: 74

## Common questions

### What is the OpenGrant UK grants MCP server?

OpenGrant UK grants is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as uk.co.opengrant/opengrant. Search UK grant schemes and funders: deadlines, awards, eligibility and official guidance links. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://opengrant.co.uk/mcp).

### Is the OpenGrant UK grants MCP server safe to use?

OpenGrant UK grants scores 82 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 OpenGrant UK grants MCP server expose?

OpenGrant UK grants exposes 6 tools: search_grants, get_grant, get_funder, count_matching_grants, list_example_grants, get_example_grant. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 887 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the OpenGrant UK grants MCP server require authentication?

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

### Is the OpenGrant UK grants MCP server still maintained?

OpenGrant UK grants is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 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://opengrant.co.uk/mcp
- Website: https://opengrant.co.uk/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-opengrant-opengrant/opengrant.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-opengrant-opengrant/opengrant.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-co-opengrant-opengrant/opengrant