# `co.bidcatch/bidcatch` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/co.bidcatch/bidcatch
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/co.bidcatch/bidcatch
- Version: 1.0.3 (active)
- Publisher: co.bidcatch (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-22T15:17:39.018Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
BidCatch
SAM.gov, USAspending & state-portal bids, award history, expiring contracts, forecasts, protests
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T15:17:46.878Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 1 change things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `check_exclusions`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check SAM.gov's exclusion (debarment) list for a company or person — entities the government has barred from receiving federal contracts or subcontracts. Run this before teaming with or subcontracting to anyone: one excluded partner can poison a bid. Match by exact company name or UEI; a state filter disambiguates common names. Records come from SAM.gov's published exclusions extract, refreshed weekly.
```

## Only reads (7)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `find_teaming_partners`

- The name "find_teaming_partners" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find who a company teams with on federal contracts — the primes it subcontracts for and the subcontractors under it. Built from prime-reported subcontract records (USAspending/FSRS): real reported relationships, not guesses. Use it before a recompete to map an incumbent's bench, or to find primes a subcontractor already works with. Requires a BidCatch intel key.
```

### `get_agency_forecast`

- The name "get_agency_forecast" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List an agency's published procurement forecast — planned contract actions with estimated values and timelines, in the agency's own words. Planning-grade data; entries can be revised or cancelled. Requires a BidCatch intel key.
```

### `get_award_history`

- The name "get_award_history" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search federal contract award history — who won what, for how much, and when. Use it to size up incumbents, price work, or find buyers. Requires a BidCatch intel key.
```

### `get_protest_record`

- The name "get_protest_record" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protest decisions — who challenged an award, and whether the referee sustained or denied it. Requires a BidCatch intel key.
```

### `get_recompete_radar`

- The name "get_recompete_radar" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List federal contracts nearing expiration — each one a competition about to reopen. Filter by keyword, NAICS code, or state. Requires a BidCatch intel key.
```

### `search_awards`

- The name "search_awards" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Filter federal contract awards by exact fields — recipient, awarding agency, NAICS code, state — instead of keyword search. Includes a single-bid filter for awards that drew exactly one offer. Use this when you know the slice you want; use get_award_history for topic/keyword search. Requires a BidCatch intel key.
```

### `search_bids`

- The name "search_bids" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search government bid opportunities (open and past) by keyword, state, and buyer level. Results are relevance-ranked; keyword matches in the title outrank passing mentions in the description.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `bidcatch`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__bidcatch__search_bids",
      "mcp__bidcatch__get_award_history",
      "mcp__bidcatch__get_recompete_radar",
      "mcp__bidcatch__get_agency_forecast",
      "mcp__bidcatch__get_protest_record",
      "mcp__bidcatch__find_teaming_partners",
      "mcp__bidcatch__search_awards"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__bidcatch__check_exclusions"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```