# stocks.gov-spending US federal government spending awarded to a public company (sourced from USAspending). Pass ticker and optionally a from/to window (YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to ~2 years); returns each award with the recipient (and parent), awarding agency/sub-agency, obligated/outlayed/potential/total values in USD, action date, and period of performance. Use it to see how much federal money flows to a company. Data b Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `stocks.gov-spending`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/stocks.gov-spending ## Facts - Tool: `stocks.gov-spending` - Server: Mcp (`@2sio/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp.md - Install: `npx -y @2sio/mcp` - Homepage: https://github.com/2s-io/sdk - Risk category: Read (Low risk) - Registry record: grade F, identity unverified - Server rate-limited: no - Parameters: 0 - Recommended policy verdict: Allowed ## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0) ```json { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "stocks.gov-spending", "arguments": {} } } ``` ## Why stocks.gov-spending is rated Low This tool performs pure data retrieval and analysis of publicly available federal spending information. It accepts a stock ticker and optional date range to return spending records. The description contains no mechanisms for creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. The data returned is read-only lookup of historical spending records. From the tool's own definition: "Tool retrieves and queries government spending data from USAspending public database with optional date filtering. Returns award information, amounts, dates, and performance periods. No parameters allow modification, deletion, or execution of actions." ## Use case AI agents call stocks.gov-spending to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere. ## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer) Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Mcp: ```json { "version": "1", "default": "deny", "tools": { "stocks.gov-spending": {} } } ``` ## Other tools on Mcp (571) - `queue.ack` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/queue.ack.md - `store.blob-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.blob-delete.md - `store.doc-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.doc-delete.md - `store.kv-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.kv-delete.md - `store.vector-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.vector-delete.md - `watchers.cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.cancel.md - `ai.council` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.council.md - `ai.screenshot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.screenshot.md - `batch.run` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/batch.run.md - `dev.preflight` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/dev.preflight.md - `dev.regex-test` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/dev.regex-test.md - `hash.compute` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/hash.compute.md - `pubsub.subscribe` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/pubsub.subscribe.md - `queue.lease` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/queue.lease.md - `search.crawl` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/search.crawl.md - `url.render` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/url.render.md - `watchers.crypto-address-activity` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.crypto-address-activity.md - `watchers.earthquake` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.earthquake.md - `predict.crypto-updown` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/predict.crypto-updown.md - `predict.wallet` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/predict.wallet.md - `watchers.fear-greed` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.fear-greed.md - `watchers.fx-rate` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.fx-rate.md - `agent.knowledge-delta` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/agent.knowledge-delta.md - `agriculture.drought` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/agriculture.drought.md - `agriculture.stats` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/agriculture.stats.md - `ai.chat` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.chat.md - `ai.classify` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.classify.md - `ai.describe-image` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.describe-image.md - `ai.entities` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.entities.md - `ai.extract` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.extract.md - …and 541 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp.md ## For agents This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry: - Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack` - Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md) - Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events` --- Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=io-github-2s-io-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-2s-io-mcp