MCP Sam Gov MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 1 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

  const dm = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/.exec(args.date);

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add mcp-sam-gov -- npx -y @cliwant/mcp-sam-gov

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sam-gov": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cliwant/mcp-sam-gov"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.mcp-sam-gov]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cliwant/mcp-sam-gov"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sam-gov": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cliwant/mcp-sam-gov"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sam-gov": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cliwant/mcp-sam-gov"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SAM_GOV_API_KEY (Optional. SAM.gov key for higher rate limits + archives older than 12 months. Keyless by default.), CENSUS_API_KEY (Required only for census_business_patterns (the Census Data API has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.), FRED_API_KEY (Required only for fred_search_series and fred_series_observations (FRED has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.), BEA_API_KEY (Required only for bea_regional_data (the BEA Data API has no keyless tier); every other tool works without it.), BLS_API_KEY (Optional free key for BLS labor-statistics tools (raises rate limits).), DOL_API_KEY (Required only for dol_get_dataset (DOL's data endpoint has no keyless tier; dol_list_datasets works without it).), DATA_GOV_API_KEY (Optional free api.data.gov key; raises DEMO_KEY limits for Regulations.gov, Congress.gov, GovInfo, FAC, the data.gov catalog and GSA per-diem.), NVD_API_KEY (Optional free NVD key (raises CVE rate limits).), OPENFDA_API_KEY (Optional free openFDA key (raises rate limits).), SOCRATA_APP_TOKEN (Optional Socrata app token (raises rate limits on SLED Socrata hosts).), COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN (Optional CourtListener (Free Law Project) token (raises rate limits).), LDA_API_KEY (Optional Senate LDA lobbying-disclosure key (raises rate limits).), EDGAR_USER_AGENT (Optional SEC EDGAR User-Agent string (courtesy identification; a sensible default is used otherwise).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.