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io.github.forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp

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Watch the watchers: congressional stock trades, federal contracts, campaign finance, lobbying, and.

Source code Documentation

Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

NPM package @forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp
Claude Code 
claude mcp add gov-transparency-mcp -- npx -y @forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp@0.1.4
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "gov-transparency-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp@0.1.4"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. gov-transparency-mcp
  2. Tools
  3. Data sources
  4. Setup
  5. Requirements
  6. How payment works
  7. License

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

ToolPriceWhat it returns
get_congress_trades$0.02US 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$0.01The disclosure filing index — who filed trade reports and when, with official PDF links.
search_federal_contracts$0.01Federal contract awards won by any company — amounts, agencies, dates, descriptions.
get_contractor_profile$0.01Company → official federal recipient records with UEI and recent award totals.
get_candidate_money$0.01Campaign finance totals per candidate — receipts, spending, cash on hand, debts.
find_candidate$0.005Candidate name → official ids, party, office, committees.
search_lobbying$0.01Lobbying filings by client or firm — money, issues, named lobbyists.
watch_federal_register$0.005Newest regulations and notices matching any topic.
lookup_bill$0.005Official status of any bill in Congress.
get_endpoint_specfreeLive 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.

Frequently asked questions

What is io.github.forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp?

Watch the watchers: congressional stock trades, federal contracts, campaign finance, lobbying, and.

How do I install io.github.forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp?

It runs on your machine. In Claude Code: claude mcp add gov-transparency-mcp -- npx -y @forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp@0.1.4. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does io.github.forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp need an API key?

Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.

Is io.github.forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains io.github.forgemeshlabs/gov-transparency-mcp?

It is published by forgemeshlabs. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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