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, GovTribe Compact MCP server (through Invoke Search Tool)
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"
]
}
}Which grant sub-awards belong to a known prime grant award?
{
"tool": "Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards",
"arguments": {
"federal_grant_award_ids": [
"<federal_grant_award_govtribe_id>"
],
"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.
- MCP servers: Review where this MCP tool can be used.
- Invoke Search Tool MCP tool: Review where this MCP tool can be used.
- Source identifiers and record matching: Use GovTribe IDs and source identifiers when passing records between tools.
Search federal grant programs
Searches GovTribe federal grant programs and returns ALN program records with identifiers, descriptions, and related opportunities.
Search federal transactions
Searches federal contract award, IDV, assistance award, and contract/assistance subaward transactions. Use transaction_types to select families; omission includes all five. For prime contract spending select contract_award and contract_idv. NAICS and vendor filters do not establish a family. Statistics and dollar leaderboards sum signed total_value (federal plus non-federal value); dollar sorting uses federal_value. Subaward values are reported downstream amounts. Mixed prime/subaward sums are not unduplicated government spending, and award ceilings are not transaction obligations. Request transactions_by_type, positive_value_stats, and negative_value_stats for family counts/sums and separate signed values; zero and missing amounts enter neither sign group. Aggregations cover all filtered matches, independently of page size and the 10,000 hit-count threshold. Select transaction_type and parent_record to inspect the immediate parent; names and links depend on availability. Use transaction_date_range for transaction-period activity, transaction_effective_date_range for effective dates, and award_date_range for parent award-date cohorts. A 2022 award modified in 2025 belongs in the 2025 transaction period, not the 2025 award cohort.