finance_gov_awards
Returns largest federal contract awards: amount, agency, type, period, description. USAspending.gov source. For govcon s Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.
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What finance_gov_awards does on Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway
AI agents call finance_gov_awards to retrieve information from Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
arg | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why finance_gov_awards is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves publicly available government contract information without modifying data, executing code, or initiating financial transactions on behalf of the user. The USDC payment is a standard usage fee charged by the MCP server, not a financial operation the tool performs. It is purely informational (Read category).
From the tool's definition Tool 'returns' federal contract award data from USAspending.gov; described as a retrieval operation with no mutation capability. The cost structure (payment per call) is a transaction fee, not a financial movement initiated by the tool.
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The rule that runs finance_gov_awards safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For finance_gov_awards, this is the rule to start with:
finance_gov_awards is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway, apply this rule, and every finance_gov_awards call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about finance_gov_awards
Returns largest federal contract awards: amount, agency, type, period, description. USAspending.gov source. For govcon s Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
finance_gov_awards accepts 1 parameter: arg. Required: arg. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for finance_gov_awards: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway. Nothing to install.
finance_gov_awards is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the finance_gov_awards rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for finance_gov_awards. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
finance_gov_awards is provided by the Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway MCP server (https://omnicall.gocreativeai.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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