# `io.github.linkvectorized/bidcatch` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.linkvectorized/bidcatch
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.linkvectorized/bidcatch
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.linkvectorized (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:38:14.817Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
BidCatch
Live US government bids, awards, expiring contracts, agency forecasts, and protest rulings.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:30:13.205Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 1 change things and 5 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 | 5 | allow |

## 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 (5)

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

### `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_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"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__bidcatch__check_exclusions"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```