Bring Federal Spending
to OpenAI Agents SDK
Learn how to connect USAspending (Federal Spending) to OpenAI Agents SDK and start using 32 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
Compatible with every major AI agent and IDE
What is the USAspending (Federal Spending) MCP Server?
Connect to the official USAspending database and gain unprecedented transparency into how the United States government allocates its budget. This server allows any AI agent to query real-time federal financial data, from high-level agency overviews to specific contract details.
What you can do
- Agency Insights — Retrieve comprehensive overviews of toptier agencies, including their budgetary resources and obligations.
- Award Tracking — Search and filter through millions of federal awards, contracts, and grants using advanced criteria.
- Geographic Analysis — Break down spending by state, county, or congressional district to see where the money is going.
- Sub-Agency Breakdown — List specific offices and sub-agencies within a department to identify internal spending distribution.
- Historical Trends — Analyze spending and new award counts over time to identify fiscal patterns.
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Enter your USAspending API Key (if required for higher rate limits)
- Start auditing federal spending from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Who is this for?
- Policy Researchers — quickly gather data on agency obligations and budgetary resources for reports
- Journalists — track federal contracts and grants in specific regions or categories for investigative stories
- Data Analysts — export and analyze spending trends over time across different government sectors
Built-in capabilities (32)
Awarding agencies matching search text
Glossary terms matching search text
Locations based on search text
Recipient names and UEI based on search text
Generates ZIP file of award data in CSV
ZIP file for Awards, Subawards, and Transactions
Get summary of transactions and obligations for an agency
Count of award types for agencies in a fiscal year
Get budgetary resources and obligations by fiscal year
Get agency overview for details page
List sub-agencies and offices with obligated amounts
Get details about a specific award
Federal account and agency funding info for an award
Map of award types by grouping
JSON structure of the Rosetta Crosswalk Data Dictionary
Insights on agencies receiving disaster funding
Obligation and outlay aggregations for disaster awards
Overview of disaster/emergency funding and spending
Current status of a requested download job
List of glossary terms and definitions
Individual recipient details
Recipient details based on identifier
Basic information about a specified state
Subawards related to a specific parent award
All toptier agencies and relevant data
Transactions related to a specific parent award
List of recipients in the database
List of time periods with new awards
Search and filter awards
g., agency, recipient, CFDA). Grouped spending data for visualizations
Spending by state, county, or congressional district
Aggregated transaction amounts over time
Why OpenAI Agents SDK?
The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 32 tools from USAspending (Federal Spending) through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries USAspending (Federal Spending), another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.
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Native MCP integration via
MCPServerSse, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety - —
Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure
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Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate
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First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output
USAspending (Federal Spending) in OpenAI Agents SDK
USAspending (Federal Spending) and 4,000+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect USAspending (Federal Spending) to OpenAI Agents SDK through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 4,000+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for USAspending (Federal Spending) in OpenAI Agents SDK
The USAspending (Federal Spending) MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 32 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in OpenAI Agents SDK only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.

* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
USAspending (Federal Spending) for OpenAI Agents SDK
Every tool call from OpenAI Agents SDK to the USAspending (Federal Spending) MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get an overview of a specific agency's spending?
Use the get_agency_overview tool by providing the agency's toptier code. The agent will return high-level data including total obligations and budgetary resources.
Can I see which sub-agencies are spending the most within a department?
Yes! The get_agency_sub_agencies tool lists all sub-agencies and offices associated with a toptier agency, along with their respective obligated amounts.
Is it possible to filter federal awards by geographic location?
Absolutely. Use search_spending_by_geography to aggregate spending data by state, county, or district, or use search_spending_by_award with geographic filters.
How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?
Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.
Can I use multiple MCP servers in one agent?
Yes. Pass a list of MCPServerSse instances to the agent constructor. The agent can use tools from all connected servers within a single run.
Does the SDK support streaming responses?
Yes. The SDK supports SSE and Streamable HTTP transports, both of which work natively with Vinkius.
MCPServerStreamableHttp not found
Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents
Agent not calling tools
Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.
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