Search federal grant sub awards MCP tool
Searches GovTribe federal grant sub-awards and returns pass-through grant records with amounts, prime recipients, and sub-recipients.
- MCP tool name:
Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards - Data type: Federal grant sub-award data type
- Returns: Federal grant sub-award MCP response
- Search modes: Keyword, Semantic
- Annotations: Read only, not destructive, idempotent, closed world
- Surfaces: GovTribe AI, GovTribe MCP
Examples
Use this tool when the agent needs pass-through grant relationships, sub-recipient records, or prime/sub-recipient evidence for grant-funded programs.
Which grant sub-awards mention public health workforce support?
{
"tool": "Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards",
"arguments": {
"query": "public health workforce subaward",
"search_mode": "semantic",
"fields_to_return": [
"govtribe_id",
"name",
"award_date",
"description",
"sub_grantee",
"prime_grantee"
]
}
}Which grant sub-awards are tied to a known prime or sub-recipient?
{
"tool": "Search_Vendors",
"arguments": {
"query": "Maryland Department of Health",
"search_mode": "keyword",
"fields_to_return": [
"govtribe_id",
"name",
"uei"
]
}
}{
"tool": "Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards",
"arguments": {
"vendor_ids": [
"<vendor_govtribe_id_or_uei>"
],
"fields_to_return": [
"govtribe_id",
"name",
"award_date",
"sub_grantee",
"prime_grantee"
]
}
}Related articles
- Federal grant sub-award MCP response: Review the response shape returned by this tool.
- Federal grant sub-award 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.
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