Regulation section MCP response

MCP tool response payload returned when agents search FAR, DFARS, DFARS PGI, and GSAM sections, clauses, and provisions through MCP tools.

Data type: Regulation section data type
Returned by: Search regulations MCP tool

Fields

Field	Type	Attribute
`govtribe_id`	string	GovTribe ID attribute
`govtribe_type`	string	GovTribe type attribute
`govtribe_url`	string or null	GovTribe URL attribute
`name`	string	Name attribute
`citation`	string	Citation attribute
`title`	string	Title attribute
`regulation`	string	Regulation attribute
`regulation_label`	string	Regulation label attribute
`edition`	string	Edition attribute
`edition_label`	string	Edition label attribute
`kind`	string	Kind attribute
`kind_label`	string	Kind label attribute
`number`	string	Number attribute
`hierarchy`	string or null	Hierarchy attribute
`clause_date`	string or null	Clause date attribute
`prescribed_in`	string or null	Prescribed in attribute
`cross_references`	string array	Cross-references attribute
`alternates`	object array	Alternates attribute
`fill_in_types`	string array	Fill-in types attribute
`far_analogs`	string array	FAR analogs attribute
`is_regulatory`	boolean or null	Is regulatory attribute
`dfars_section`	string or null	DFARS section attribute
`source_url`	string or null	Source URL attribute
`source_revision`	string or null	Source revision attribute
`effective_change`	string or null	Effective change attribute
`effective_date`	string or null	Effective date attribute
`body`	string or null	Body attribute

Default search results contain govtribe_id, citation, title, edition, edition_label, kind, hierarchy, source_url, and effective_date. Request other fields, including govtribe_url and body, explicitly in fields_to_return; body can still be null when no text is available. The example below illustrates a record with those optional fields selected.

GSAM and GSAR sections have no public GovTribe page, so govtribe_url is null when requested. Their text and source_url remain available.

Example

This synthetic example illustrates the response structure. The body value is an explicit placeholder, not regulation text; retrieve the citation to obtain its actual text. Other sample metadata is illustrative.

{
  "govtribe_id": "REGULATION_SECTION_ID",
  "govtribe_type": "regulation_section",
  "govtribe_url": "https://govtribe.com/regulations/far/52.219-14",
  "name": "FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting",
  "citation": "FAR 52.219-14",
  "title": "Limitations on Subcontracting",
  "regulation": "FAR",
  "regulation_label": "Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)",
  "edition": "codified",
  "edition_label": "Codified (48 CFR)",
  "kind": "clause",
  "kind_label": "Clause",
  "number": "52.219-14",
  "hierarchy": "Part 52 — Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses > Subpart 52.2 — Text of Provisions and Clauses",
  "clause_date": "Oct 2022",
  "prescribed_in": "FAR 19.507(e)",
  "cross_references": [
    "FAR 19.507(e)"
  ],
  "alternates": [],
  "fill_in_types": [],
  "far_analogs": [],
  "is_regulatory": null,
  "dfars_section": null,
  "source_url": "https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_219_14",
  "source_revision": "FAC 2026-01 March 13, 2026",
  "effective_change": "FAC 2026-01",
  "effective_date": "2026-03-13",
  "body": "[Placeholder: full regulation text returned by the tool.]"
}

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