Search federal agencies MCP tool
Searches GovTribe federal agency records and returns agency profiles with identifiers, classifications, and URLs.
- MCP tool name:
Search_Federal_Agencies - Data type: Federal agency data type
- Returns: Federal agency MCP response
- Search modes: Keyword, Semantic
- Annotations: Read only, not destructive, idempotent, closed world
- Surfaces: GovTribe AI, GovTribe MCP
Examples
Use these examples as task-shaped tool calls. Examples may combine query, search_mode, filters, sorting, returned fields, resolver calls, and aggregations. When an example resolves a related record first, pass the returned govtribe_id into the target search.
Which federal agencies mention facility modernization?
{
"tool": "Search_Federal_Agencies",
"arguments": {
"query": "facility modernization",
"search_mode": "keyword",
"fields_to_return": [
"govtribe_id",
"name",
"updated_at",
"govtribe_type",
"govtribe_url"
]
}
}Which federal agencies exactly mention "technical support services"?
{
"tool": "Search_Federal_Agencies",
"arguments": {
"query": "\"technical support services\"",
"search_mode": "keyword",
"fields_to_return": [
"govtribe_id",
"name",
"updated_at",
"govtribe_type",
"govtribe_url"
]
}
}Which federal agencies are conceptually related to cybersecurity modernization?
{
"tool": "Search_Federal_Agencies",
"arguments": {
"query": "cybersecurity modernization, zero trust upgrades, network defense services",
"search_mode": "semantic",
"fields_to_return": [
"govtribe_id",
"name",
"updated_at",
"govtribe_type",
"govtribe_url"
]
}
}Which offices or sub-agencies belong to a known parent agency?
{
"tool": "Search_Federal_Agencies",
"arguments": {
"query": "Department of the Army",
"search_mode": "keyword",
"fields_to_return": [
"govtribe_id",
"name",
"acronym"
]
}
}{
"tool": "Search_Federal_Agencies",
"arguments": {
"federal_agency_ids": [
"<department_of_the_army_govtribe_id>"
],
"fields_to_return": [
"govtribe_id",
"name",
"updated_at",
"govtribe_type",
"govtribe_url"
]
}
}Related articles
- Federal agency MCP response: Review the response shape returned by this tool.
- Federal agency data type: Understand the shared record fields and relationships used by this tool.
- Choose a search mode and write queries: Choose keyword or semantic search behavior and shape
queryvalues. - GovTribe AI: Review the GovTribe AI surface where this tool can be called.
- GovTribe for Agents: Use GovTribe for Agents as the starting point for MCP tools, MCP tool responses, and guides.
- Source identifiers and record matching: Use GovTribe IDs and source identifiers when passing records between tools.