MCP Sam Gov MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 3 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

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

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

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

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: 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)), MCP_SAM_GOV_TOOLSETS (Optional. Comma-separated toolset names to load (e.g. core,sled). Blank or 'all' loads all 153 tools).