Federal contracting MCP prompts

October 2026 · Copy, paste, adapt.

Practical questions for federal opportunities, competitor research, teaming, pricing, and regulations, built for free, open-source MCP servers. Choose the work, install and connect the required MCPs, and replace the bracketed details.

Browse the readable website · Download the printable guide Local setup guide · Demo videos on YouTube · Live usage

Start here

1. Choose a prompt and check its Required MCPs line.
2. Set up the required MCPs locally from their setup guides, or install the hosted versions from the Claude and ChatGPT directories. Configure any required API keys outside chat and confirm that your client can see the tools.
3. Replace the bracketed details, then ask your assistant to run the prompt. Check source links, dates, and missing information before using the results.

The print guide and the online library contain the same 56 prompts for all nine MCP sources. These examples describe available source tools; this edition is not a claim that every prompt has been re-run against live APIs.

Local or hosted

Every MCP works in Claude or ChatGPT two ways. Local runs it on your computer, inside the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app or another AI app. Hosted runs it on Cloudflare, so it works anywhere you use Claude or ChatGPT. Local is the better setup for daily work, and you don't have to set it up by hand: give your AI the local setup guide and ask it to set it up or walk you through it.

All nine are in the Claude and ChatGPT directories as hosted installs.

MCP	Local setup (desktop)	Claude (hosted)	ChatGPT (hosted)
SAM.gov	Setup guide (full 20-tool edition, free key)	Install (6-tool edition, no key)	Install (6-tool edition, no key)
USAspending	Setup guide	Install	Install
GSA CALC+	Setup guide	Install	Install
BLS OEWS	Setup guide	Install	Install
GSA Per Diem	Setup guide (free key only for city names its bundled Census and county data can't place, or years before FY2021)	Install	Install
eCFR	Setup guide

This is the beginning of the README. Read the rest at the original. Read the full README ↗