Federal Spending data for AI agents
Every federal contract, grant, and loan from USAspending.gov: search by recipient, agency, or keyword and pull award detail.
Get a free key → See all 3 tools
Connect in one step
Federal Spending tools run on the same LiveDataLink endpoint as every other domain - one bearer key, no per-source integration. Add this to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, n8n, LangChain, and more):
{
"mcpServers": {
"livedatalink": {
"url": "https://livedatalink.ai/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
}
}Then call any tool below. The free tier gives you 1,000 queries/month across all 284 tools with no credit card.
Federal Spending tools (3)
| spending_search_awards | Search federal awards by recipient, agency, keyword, year, amount. |
| spending_award_details | Full detail for one award: agencies, period, NAICS/PSC, place of performance. |
| spending_recipient_summary | A company's federal contracts: total dollars and top awards (due diligence). |
Common queries this domain answers: federal spending · government spending · federal contract · contracts · grant · grants · usaspending · government contractor · govcon · award · federal award · procurement · agency spending · who got paid · government money · loan · subaward · obligation.
Why LiveDataLink for Federal Spending
- One key, 59 domains. These tools sit alongside FMCSA carrier safety, sanctions screening, SEC filings, courts, Census, and FRED - no separate integration per source.
- Resale-safe. Sourced from USAspending.gov - public and openly-licensed data you can embed and redistribute.
- Built for agents. Read-only annotated MCP tools, Streamable HTTP, Bearer auth. Works out of the box in Claude, Cursor, and n8n's native MCP node.
FAQ
- What Federal Spending data can an AI agent access through LiveDataLink?
- Every federal contract, grant, and loan from USAspending.gov: search by recipient, agency, or keyword and pull award detail. It exposes 3 tools (spending_search_awards, spending_award_details, spending_recipient_summary) over the Model Context Protocol at https://livedatalink.ai/mcp, sourced from USAspending.gov.
- How do I connect to the LiveDataLink Federal Spending MCP server?
- Add https://livedatalink.ai/mcp as a Streamable-HTTP MCP server in Claude, Cursor, n8n, or any MCP client, with an "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" header. Get a free key (1,000 queries/month, no credit card) at https://livedatalink.ai/signup/free. No per-domain setup - the Federal Spending tools load under the same key as every other domain.
- Is the LiveDataLink Federal Spending data free and safe to redistribute?
- LiveDataLink sources Federal Spending data from USAspending.gov. Public-domain US-government and openly-licensed data is resale-safe, so results can be embedded and redistributed in your own product. The free tier includes 1,000 queries/month; paid plans start at $10/month.