GovTribe MCP server URLs
Use the standard or compact GovTribe MCP server URL, or configure individual public GovTribe MCP server URLs in developer clients that support multiple remote MCP servers.
Use https://govtribe.com/mcp for the standard GovTribe MCP connection. Use https://govtribe.com/mcp/compact when a client needs the compact GovTribe MCP catalog. If your developer API, CLI, IDE, or MCP testing client supports multiple remote MCP servers, you can also configure individual GovTribe MCP server URLs for narrower tool groups.
Published app and connector setups, such as the GovTribe app in ChatGPT, the GovTribe connector in Claude, and the GovTribe agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot, do not require you to paste these URLs unless the provider asks for a custom developer configuration.
Authentication
Every GovTribe MCP server URL requires the same prerequisites:
- GovTribe MCP access for your GovTribe account.
- Credits enabled for the account.
- A GovTribe MCP API key from GovTribe MCP.
- A client that supports remote HTTP MCP servers.
When a client asks for custom headers, send the API key as a bearer token:
Authorization: Bearer <GOVTRIBE_MCP_API_KEY>When a provider asks for an authorization token field instead of raw headers, enter the GovTribe MCP API key in that token field.
Standard, compact, and compatibility URLs
Start with the standard GovTribe MCP server unless the client or workflow has a specific reason to use a narrower endpoint.
| Server | URL | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| GovTribe MCP server | https://govtribe.com/mcp | The client needs the standard public GovTribe MCP connection with broad GovTribe data lookup, workspace workflows, file retrieval, documentation, prompts, pricing data, and other GovTribe tool families in one server. |
| GovTribe Compact MCP server | https://govtribe.com/mcp/compact | The client needs a smaller top-level catalog with documentation, vector-store retrieval, limited pursuit or saved-search actions, and represented GovTribe search tools through Invoke_Search_Tool. Call the Documentation MCP tool first for search query and search_mode guidance, then use mode: "describe" before mode: "call" for a represented search tool. |
| GovTribe OpenAI compatibility server | https://govtribe.com/openai/mcp | An OpenAI-hosted MCP client needs the existing curated compatibility endpoint with documentation, direct supported search tools, vector-store retrieval, and limited pursuit or saved-search actions. |
Individual grouped server URLs
Use individual grouped servers when your client can register more than one remote MCP server and you want clearer routing, smaller tool lists, or separate approval behavior by workflow family. Register each server as its own MCP server entry and reuse the same GovTribe MCP API key.
| Server | URL | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| GovTribe Search | https://govtribe.com/mcp/govtribe-search | The record type, GovTribe ID, or raw identifier meaning is unclear. |
| Federal Contracts | https://govtribe.com/mcp/federal-contracts | The task is federal contracting records, including agencies, opportunities, forecasts, awards, IDVs, vehicles, transactions, categories, and related federal procurement records. |
| Pricing Data | https://govtribe.com/mcp/pricing-data | The task is pricing, labor-rate, Service Contract Inventory, BLS wage, GSA labor-rate, line-item pricing, contractor-reliance, workshare, FTE, or derived-hourly-rate analysis. |
| Federal Grants | https://govtribe.com/mcp/federal-grants | The task is federal grant opportunities, programs, awards, sub-awards, or grant-related transactions. |
| State and Local Contracts | https://govtribe.com/mcp/state-local-contracts | The task is state, local, education, or related public-sector opportunities, awards, IDVs, vehicles, jurisdictions, states, NIGP, or UNSPSC records. |
| Vendor Profiles | https://govtribe.com/mcp/vendor-profiles | The task is company, vendor, recipient, UEI, CAGE, certification, or related award and grant context. |
| Government Contracting Contacts | https://govtribe.com/mcp/government-contracting-contacts | The task is detailed contact profiles for government buyers or industry participants. |
| Government Files | https://govtribe.com/mcp/government-files | The task is finding SOWs, RFPs, RFIs, spreadsheets, attachments, or other government procurement files captured by GovTribe. |
| Government Procurement News | https://govtribe.com/mcp/government-procurement-news | The task is procurement, contracting, acquisition, or spending news from GovExec network publications. |
| Workspace Search | https://govtribe.com/mcp/workspace-search | The task is read-only lookup of workspace data such as users, uploaded files, pipelines, pursuits, saved searches, contact groups, stages, tags, or tasks. |
| Workspace Actions | https://govtribe.com/mcp/workspace-actions | The task is creating, updating, or deleting workspace records such as pipelines, pursuits, saved searches, contact groups, stages, tags, tasks, or automations. |
| Automations | https://govtribe.com/mcp/automations | The task is searching, creating, updating, deleting, or test-running GovTribe AI automations. |
| Add To Conversation | https://govtribe.com/mcp/add-to-conversation | The next step needs hosted file-search retrieval or shell/container access to known GovTribe user files, government files, or file-bearing records. |
| Documentation | https://govtribe.com/mcp/documentation | The client needs GovTribe MCP docs, guides, or tool usage reference from GovTribe Docs. |
| Interactive | https://govtribe.com/mcp/interactive | The client supports MCP apps and should render charts, maps, document viewers, option lists, preferences panels, question flows, search-result views, or stat displays. |
| Memory | https://govtribe.com/mcp/memory | The task needs durable user preferences, stable facts, or long-term working context. |
| Prior conversation search | https://govtribe.com/mcp/oai-response-search | Full Conversation Recall is enabled and prior GovTribe AI conversation context would materially help the current request. Do not use this for ordinary public procurement search. |
When to configure individual servers
Configure individual grouped servers when the client can expose multiple MCP servers to the model and you want the model to choose by server description before it loads individual tool definitions.
This can help when:
- The client supports multiple remote MCP server entries in one request or workspace.
- You want narrower approval prompts, logs, or tool lists for each workflow family.
- The workflow is mostly about one data family, such as pricing data, federal contracts, workspace actions, or government files.
- You are testing one tool family in MCP Inspector or another developer client.
Use the standard https://govtribe.com/mcp server when the client accepts only one MCP server, when you want the broadest GovTribe toolset, or when you are following a published setup guide that names the standard URL.
Related articles
- GovTribe MCP for Developers: Connect GovTribe MCP to developer APIs, command-line MCP clients, and MCP Inspector.
- GovTribe MCP: Manage GovTribe MCP access, API keys, credits, and supported AI tools.
- MCP servers: Route among GovTribe MCP servers that are already visible to an agent.
- Invoke Search Tool MCP tool: Describe and call represented search tools on the Compact MCP server.
- MCP tools: Review callable tools, valid arguments, task-shaped examples, and tool-specific response links.
- Update your AI application after a GovTribe MCP update: Refresh connected AI applications after GovTribe MCP adds or changes tools.
GovTribe MCP for Developers
Connect GovTribe MCP to developer APIs, command-line MCP clients, and MCP Inspector.
Update your AI application after a GovTribe MCP update
Refresh connected AI applications after GovTribe MCP adds or changes tools so ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Codex, and developer clients can see the current GovTribe MCP capabilities.