Claude GovTribe connectorWhat Claude can do in your GovTribe account.
The Claude GovTribe connector exposes 24 tools. All 24 read US public contracting data, 0 write to your account, and 0 are left undocumented. Here is what Claude can look up, how GovTribe credits come into play, and who can shut access off.
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What GovTribe brings to Claude
GovTribe pulls together US government buying: federal, state and local solicitations, contract awards, grants and the vendors behind them. Connected to Claude, it becomes a dataset you query in plain English. Ask who won an agency's last few cloud migration contracts, and Claude runs the right searches and hands back a summary, a table or a chart.
Spot bids worth chasing. Search_Federal_Contract_Opportunities and Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Opportunities surface open solicitations with deadlines, attachments and buyer contacts, and Claude narrows them by topic or agency.
Size up the competition. Search_Federal_Contract_Awards and Search_Vendors show who wins what, for how much and with which certifications, which is exactly what you need before a capture meeting.
Get ahead of the cycle. Search_Federal_Forecasts reads agencies' planned purchases, and Search_Federal_Grant_Opportunities lists open grants with their eligibility rules.
What Claude does not do here: by default, the directory sheet only exposes searches. No listed tool sets up pipelines, pursuits or tasks in your GovTribe workspace, even though GovTribe documents tools like that elsewhere. Read that as an observed floor, not a guarantee. And nothing runs on its own: no alert reaches Claude when a new solicitation drops. That kind of hands-off monitoring is an automation tool's job, a different trade; the Integrations hub covers that side. For a connector that feeds a marketing CRM instead, see the Claude activecampaign connector.
Key terms first
Five words and the rest of the page reads cleanly.
- Connector
- The link you set up once between Claude and your GovTribe account, so Claude can use it while it answers you.
- Tool
- One named search the connector opens to Claude. Claude decides which one to run, and the directory sheet lists every tool by name.
- Authorization
- GovTribe's own sign-in screen, where you grant Claude the access it will use later. Given once per person and revoked the same way.
- Approval
- The confirmation Claude waits for before it carries out an action that would change your account, shown in the chat at that moment.
- MCP
- The shared standard connectors are built on, which is what lets an assistant like Claude talk to an outside service such as GovTribe.
Connect GovTribe to Claude
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Find GovTribe in your settings
In Claude's settings, open Customize, then Connectors, and locate GovTribe. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner has to enable the connector for the organization first; each member then connects on their own.
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Sign in to GovTribe
Click Connect on the GovTribe row and sign in through the window GovTribe opens itself. Once you allow access, GovTribe moves into your list of connected connectors.
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Review the authorization screen
Read the authorization screen before you accept: it belongs to GovTribe and it sets what the access covers. To cut it later, use Disconnect in the connector list or revoke access from GovTribe.
The 24 tools of the Claude GovTribe connector
GovTribe gives Claude 24 tools: 24 that read your account, 0 that change something in it.
Twenty-four searches, all read-only, listed in directory order. Names stay exactly as Claude shows them.
- 24 read
What Claude reads (24)
24 toolsTwenty-four searches across public data and GovTribe's own documentation.
Documentation
Searches GovTribe's help content and returns a whole article or one section, found by title, URL or section ID. GovTribe itself flags this tool as read-only.
Search_Federal_Contract_Opportunities
Pulls open federal solicitations with their requirements, timeline, attached files and buyer contacts.
Search_Federal_Contract_Awards
Queries federal contracts that have already been awarded, with funding, the winning parties and spending categories. This is where you learn who wins, where and for how much.
Search_Federal_Contract_IDVs
Explores federal IDVs, the umbrella contracts agencies order against, with their ceilings, holders and the task orders that followed.
Search_Federal_Contract_Sub_Awards
Opens up federal subcontracting: amounts, the prime contractor, its subs and the agency involved.
Search_Federal_Contract_Vehicles
Reviews federal contract vehicles, with their scope, ordering windows and the program each belongs to.
Search_Federal_Grant_Opportunities
Targets federal grants that are still open, with eligibility criteria, deadlines and supporting documents.
Search_Federal_Grant_Awards
Traces federal grants already paid out: amounts, recipients and details on the program behind them.
Search_Federal_Grant_Sub_Awards
Follows grant money one level down: pass-through amounts, the prime recipient and its subrecipients.
Search_Federal_Grant_Programs
Covers the federal grant programs themselves, with their ALN identifier, description and the opportunities tied to them.
Search_Federal_Forecasts
Reads the acquisition forecasts agencies publish, with estimates, the expected timeline and contacts.
Search_Federal_Transactions
Drills down to transaction lines on federal contracts: amounts, agencies and vendors, line by line.
Search_Federal_Agencies
Looks up federal agency records with identifiers, classifications and web addresses. Useful for clearing up a name before another search.
Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Opportunities
Extends your watch to states and municipalities: open solicitations with schedules, contacts and category tags.
Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Awards
Shows contracts awarded by states and local governments, with their value, the winner and supporting material.
Search_State_And_Local_Contract_IDVs
Scans state and local umbrella contracts, with their terms, holders and related awards.
Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Vehicles
Gives an overview of state and local contract vehicles: scope, timelines and the umbrella contracts attached.
Search_Major_Defense_Programs
Covers major defense programs: program codes, acquisition data and the awards connected to them.
Search_Vendors
Opens vendor profiles with their identifiers, certifications and the contracts or grants they have won.
Search_Contacts
Queries contact records, with communication details and the organizations each person is linked to.
Search_Government_Files
Searches public documents attached to records by their metadata, with optional extracts of the text itself.
Search_Government_Related_News_Articles
Scans government-related news, with headlines, sources and article text.
Search_Naics_Categories
Finds NAICS categories, the US industry classification, with their codes, names and linked federal opportunities.
Search_Psc_Categories
Explains PSC codes, which classify what the federal government buys, with their names and the awards filed under them.
What Claude checks with you first
By default, Claude stops and asks before any action it takes on an account on your behalf. Here, all 24 exposed tools just search.
On a Team or Enterprise workspace, owners decide whether members can let some actions through without being asked again. They can also cap what a connector does for the whole organization, and that setting applies to everyone. According to GovTribe, once the connector is linked, Claude shows a three-way setting for each tool: run automatically, ask for approval, or block. Claude also works with your GovTribe account's permissions and nothing more.
Which Claude plans include GovTribe
None of the 819 directory sheets lists plan availability. Connector by connector, that information is not published anywhere.
The general rule is public: remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner enables the connector for the organization before members connect. For GovTribe's current status on your account, check its sheet in the official directory. Your GovTribe subscription and credits are handled on GovTribe's side.
Where the GovTribe connector stops
A connector is not an automation. Claude runs these searches while it answers you, and no monitoring happens in the background.
Only the publisher documents this connector: neither Claude's help center nor Anthropic's developer docs have a page on it, and the limits below come from GovTribe's help content. The tool list is an observed floor, since an admin can open actions no public sheet shows. The partner badge is not a security audit, and Anthropic says on every sheet that it does not choose a publisher's tools or vouch for how they behave. GovTribe in fact documents far more tools than the 24 on the sheet.
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