Highergov MCP server

Connect Highergov to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP client, for your whole team. Metorial adds security, governance, and tracing, and gives everyone one Magic MCP URL to connect.

What you can do with the Highergov MCP server

Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.

  • Use the search grant awards tool in Highergov
  • Use the get documents tool in Highergov
  • Use the search opportunities tool in Highergov
  • Use the search agencies tool in Highergov
  • Use the search people tool in Highergov
  • Use the search contract awards tool in Highergov

Supported Tools

search_grant_awards

Search Grant Awards

Search 4M+ federal prime grant awards and subgrant awards. Use **awardType** to select between prime grants or subgrants. Filter by awardee, agency, CFDA program number, modification date, or saved search criteria. Returns award details including obligation amounts, federal/non-federal funding, performance periods, and program references.

get_documents

Get Documents

Retrieve documents associated with a specific opportunity. Returns document metadata and time-limited download URLs for RFPs, federal schedules, protest decisions, and other related files. The **relatedKey** can be found in the `document_path` field of opportunity results.

search_opportunities

Search Opportunities

Search federal contract opportunities (SAM.gov), DLA/DIBBS opportunities, state and local (SLED) opportunities, grant opportunities, and SBIR opportunities. Use **sourceType** to filter by source. Combine with a **searchId** from a saved HigherGov search to replicate complex search criteria. Results include title, description, agency info, due dates, NAICS/PSC codes, estimated values, and contact information.

search_agencies

Search Agencies

Search 3K+ federal and state/local government agencies with hierarchy data. Look up a specific agency by its HigherGov key, or browse the full agency list. Returns agency name, abbreviation, type, defense flag, and organizational hierarchy levels.

search_people

Search People

Search 130K+ government buyer contacts and contractor personnel records. Look up contacts by email address. Supports relationship-building and outreach efforts for government contracting business development.

search_contract_awards

Search Contract Awards

Search 61M+ federal prime contract awards, IDV (Indefinite Delivery Vehicle) awards, and subcontract awards. Use **awardType** to select between prime contracts, IDVs, or subcontracts. Filter by awardee, agency, NAICS/PSC codes, contract vehicle, modification date, or saved search criteria. Useful for competitive analysis, incumbent identification, and market research.

search_state_local_contracts

Search State & Local Contracts

Search state and local (SLED) government contract awards. Filter by captured date, contract start/end dates, or saved HigherGov search criteria. Useful for identifying state and local government contracting opportunities and analyzing market activity outside federal procurement.

lookup_codes

Lookup Codes

Look up NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes, PSC (Product Service Codes), and grant program (CFDA/Assistance Listing) details. Use this to resolve code descriptions or find the right code for filtering other searches.

search_awardees

Search Awardees

Search 1.5M+ government contractor and grant recipient profiles registered in SAM and DSBS. Look up awardees by UEI, CAGE code, parent company, or NAICS code. Returns company details including legal names, addresses, business type classifications, NAICS/PSC codes, and subsidiary relationships. Also supports querying mentor-protege and teaming partnership relationships between awardees.

search_contract_vehicles

Search Contract Vehicles

Search 4K+ federal multi-award contract vehicles including GSA Schedules, GWACs, BPAs, and other vehicles. Look up a specific vehicle by key or browse the full list. Useful for identifying vehicle opportunities and analyzing contract vehicle usage.

search_nsn

Search National Stock Numbers

Research National Stock Numbers by NSN, supplier CAGE code, or manufacturer part number. Returns available nomenclature, prices, suppliers, and award information for defense procurement research.

search_pursuits

Search Pursuits

Read pursuit records belonging to the connected HigherGov account, including available pipeline, stage, owner, estimated value, deadlines, notes, tasks, and related opportunities. Use search_opportunities to research public government opportunities.

Connect Highergov to your AI client

Every client uses the same Magic MCP URL, and so does any other MCP client. Add it once and sign in with SSO.

  1. Enable Highergov in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Highergov MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
  2. Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
  3. Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
  4. Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Highergov tools.

Run Highergov through the Metorial gateway

One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.

  • Give Highergov and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
  • Scope which teams and agents can use Highergov tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
  • Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.

More integrations teams use with Highergov

Google Sheets

Create, read, and update spreadsheets and their cell data. Read and write values to individual cells, ranges, or multiple ranges using A1 notation or named ranges. Apply cell formatting including text styles, backgrounds, borders, number formats, and conditional formatting. Manage sheets (tabs) within a spreadsheet—add, delete, copy, rename, and reorder them. Create and manage embedded charts, pivot tables, filter views, data validation rules, protected ranges, named ranges, and merged cells. Perform batch operations to apply multiple updates atomically.

GitHub

Manage repositories, issues, and pull requests. Create and configure branches, star repositories, review code, and merge changes. Automate CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, manage workflow runs, secrets, and artifacts. Track issues with labels, milestones, and assignees. Search across code, repositories, issues, and users. Manage organizations, teams, and memberships. Create and manage projects, gists, packages, deployments, and environments. Access security alerts including code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot alerts. Read and write file contents in repositories. Manage webhooks, notifications, and codespaces.

Salesforce

Manage CRM data including Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases, and custom objects. Create, read, update, and delete records. Query data using SOQL and search across objects using SOSL. Perform bulk data operations for large-scale imports, exports, and migrations. Execute composite requests to batch multiple operations in a single API call. Access analytics, reports, and dashboards. Manage files and attachments associated with records. Interact with Chatter feeds, posts, and groups for social collaboration. Manage org metadata including custom objects, fields, layouts, and workflows. Query data using GraphQL for precise data retrieval across related objects.

Apolloio

Search and prospect B2B contacts and companies from a database of over 275 million people and 70 million organizations. Enrich people and company data with emails, phone numbers, and firmographic details. Create and manage contacts, accounts, deals, and tasks. Add contacts to email sequences and manage sequence statuses. Log and search call records. Perform bulk operations for contact creation, account creation, task creation, and data enrichment.

Sharepoint

Manage SharePoint sites, document libraries, lists, and files. Create, read, update, and delete lists and list items with custom columns. Resolve site users to numeric Person/Group LookupId values. Upload, download, move, copy, and version files in document libraries. Search across sites, files, folders, lists, and list items using Microsoft Search. Manage permissions at site, list, and item levels with granular access control. Define and manage content types and site columns. Retrieve site properties and search for sites across Microsoft 365.

Hubspot

Create, read, update, and delete CRM objects including contacts, companies, deals, tickets, and custom objects. Manage associations between CRM records. Track engagements such as calls, emails, meetings, notes, and tasks. Send transactional and marketing emails, manage campaigns, and handle subscription preferences. Build and manage marketing workflows, sequences, and automation actions. Manage CMS content including blog posts, landing pages, and HubDB tables. Handle commerce data including products, orders, invoices, quotes, and payments. Create and manage contact lists for segmentation. Configure deal, ticket, and order pipelines with custom stages. Search and filter CRM records. Bulk import and export CRM data. Manage users, teams, and account settings.

Technical notes for Highergov

Search and retrieve U.S. government contracting and grants data. Query 61M+ federal contract awards, 4M+ grant awards, contract and grant opportunities, awardee profiles, government contacts, contract vehicles, agencies, and related documents. Filter opportunities by source type, date, agency, NAICS/PSC codes, and saved search criteria. Look up 1.5M+ contractor/grantee profiles with subsidiary relationships for competitive analysis and teaming partner research. Access 130K+ government buyer contacts. Retrieve 3M+ documents including RFPs, schedules, and protest decisions. Manage business development pursuit pipelines and push pursuits to external CRMs via webhooks. Supports quick search/autocomplete for building search interfaces.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Highergov to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. How many tools does the Highergov MCP server have?
    The Highergov MCP server exposes 12 tools, including Search Grant Awards, Get Documents, Search Opportunities. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
  2. Highergov exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
  3. Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Highergov MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
  4. Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Highergov and which of its tools they can call.
  5. Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Highergov MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.

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