How do I install Gov Transparency?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Gov Transparency need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Gov Transparency use?

Gov Transparency runs locally over stdio.

Gov Transparency MCP server

Q: When was Gov Transparency last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-09. Watch the watchers: congressional stock trades, federal contracts, campaign finance, lobbying, and.

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

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Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y @forgemeshlabs/[email protected]

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add io.github.forgemeshlabs-gov-transparency-mcp -- npx -y @forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp@0.1.5

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.forgemeshlabs-gov-transparency-mcp": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "@forgemeshlabs/[email protected]"8      ]9    }10  }11}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 0.1.5
Last checked

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

gov-transparency-mcp

Watch the watchers. Congressional stock trades, federal contract awards, campaign finance, lobbying filings, and new regulations — nine MCP tools over official US government data, paid per call with x402 USDC on Base. No account, no API key, no subscription.

Commercial trackers sell congressional-trading data behind monthly subscriptions. Here it is per-call, in structured JSON, for agents: $0.005–$0.02 a query.

Tools

Tool	Price	What it returns
`get_congress_trades`	$0.02	US House member stock trades parsed from official STOCK Act filings — member, ticker, buy/sell, date, amount range. Filter by member, ticker, type, state, date window.
`get_trade_filings`	$0.01	The disclosure filing index — who filed trade reports and when, with official PDF links.
`search_federal_contracts`	$0.01	Federal contract awards won by any company — amounts, agencies, dates, descriptions.
`get_contractor_profile`	$0.01	Company → official federal recipient records with UEI and recent award totals.
`get_candidate_money`	$0.01	Campaign finance totals per candidate — receipts, spending, cash on hand, debts.
`find_candidate`	$0.005	Candidate name → official ids, party, office, committees.
`search_lobbying`	$0.01	Lobbying filings by client or firm — money, issues, named lobbyists.
`watch_federal_register`	$0.005	Newest regulations and notices matching any topic.
`lookup_bill`	$0.005	Official status of any bill in Congress.
`get_endpoint_spec`	free	Live schemas and worked examples for all nine routes.

Data sources

All official, all public domain: US House Clerk financial disclosures (parsed from the source PTR PDFs), USAspending.gov, the Federal Election Commission, the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database, the Federal Register, and Congress.gov. Trade disclosures lag transactions by up to 45 days — that is the law's reporting window, not a data delay. Current trade coverage: US House (Senate planned); paper-filed disclosures are indexed with PDF links but not parsed into rows.

Setup

{ "mcpServers": { "gov-transparency": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp"], "env": { "WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." } } } }

WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY must be a dedicated low-balance wallet holding a small amount of USDC on Base mainnet — never your primary wallet. get_endpoint_spec works without one.

Requirements

Node.js 20+ and a dedicated, low-balance Base wallet funded with USDC. The server refuses to sign for any payee other than the two Utility Grid wallets, any network other than Base mainnet, any asset other than USDC, or any amount over the cap ($0.02 per call, $10 per session). The env vars X402_MAX_PRICE_USD and X402_SESSION_BUDGET_USD can only lower those caps. Requests are same-origin, time out after 60 seconds, are capped at 2 MB, and never follow redirects.

How payment works

Each call makes a normal HTTP request; the server answers 402 Payment Required with exact terms, the client signs a USDC transfer authorization (EIP-3009) and retries, and the settlement transaction hash comes back in the response under _payment. Atomic: no data without payment, no payment without data.

License

MIT — code only. The underlying government data is public domain.

Add this server

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Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Gov Transparency?

Does Gov Transparency need an API key?

What transport does Gov Transparency use?

When was Gov Transparency last checked?

Documentation