# `com.cedarbid/va-contracts` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.cedarbid/va-contracts
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.cedarbid/va-contracts
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.cedarbid (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:52:33.366Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
CedarBid
VA HVAC and plumbing contracts from USAspending: what ends soon, who holds it, typical prices.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:47:16.671Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (6)

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

### `buying_calendar`

- The description's first verb is "show": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Shows how many VA HVAC and plumbing contracts were awarded, and for how many dollars, in each month of the year across all years tracked. Spending peaks in September, the last month of the federal fiscal year.
```

### `company_profile`

- The description's first verb is "show": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Shows a company's VA HVAC and plumbing contracts since October 2018: total awards, dollars obligated, active contracts, locations served and its most recent contracts. Search by company name or by its 12-character UEI. If several companies match a name, returns the list of matches to choose from.
```

### `find_expiring_contracts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists recurring VA heating, cooling and plumbing service contracts (maintenance, inspection, testing) whose current period of performance ends within the chosen number of months, soonest first. These are usually solicited again when they end. Filter by state, city, keyword (for example 'chiller', 'boiler', 'backflow') and the set-aside the contract was last awarded under. Returns the holder, dollars obligated, end date, bids received and a link to the official record.
```

### `location_contracts`

- The description's first verb is "show": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Shows VA HVAC and plumbing contracts at one location (city and state): total awards and dollars since October 2018, the companies that won the most, and recent contracts. Use it to understand a facility before bidding.
```

### `lookup_contract`

- The name "lookup_contract" says "lookup": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns the details of a VA HVAC or plumbing contract by its contract number (PIID), for example '36C25225P1123': holder, company UEI, dollars obligated, start and end dates, location, bids received, set-aside type, contracting office and official record link.
```

### `typical_prices`

- The description's first verb is "show": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Shows what the VA has typically paid per contract for a type of HVAC or plumbing work, over contracts started in the last four years: the middle half of awards (low and high) and the median, in dollars obligated, with the number of awards behind each figure. Nationwide, or for one state when it has at least five comparable awards. Types of work: Air handling unit, Backflow, Boiler, Building automation / controls, Chiller, Coil, Cooling tower, Ductwork, Medical gas, Plumbing, Steam and condensate, Test and balance, Water treatment, Other HVAC/plumbing.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `va-contracts`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__va-contracts__find_expiring_contracts",
      "mcp__va-contracts__lookup_contract",
      "mcp__va-contracts__company_profile",
      "mcp__va-contracts__location_contracts",
      "mcp__va-contracts__typical_prices",
      "mcp__va-contracts__buying_calendar"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```