Search the official SAM.gov Opportunities API by title keywords, NAICS codes, procurement type, set-aside, contracting office state, and posted date range. Place-of-performance state and city filters are applied client-side because SAM.gov
AI agents call sam_opportunities_search to retrieve information from DOL WHD MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves public government contract opportunity data from SAM.gov without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward search/query operation with no side effects. The severity is low because the data being queried is public and read-only access to government contracting information poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'Search' operations against SAM.gov Opportunities API with filter parameters (keywords, NAICS codes, state, date range).
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search the official SAM.gov Opportunities API by title keywords, NAICS codes, procurement type, set-aside, contracting office state, and posted date range. Place-of-performance state and city filters are applied client-side because SAM.gov. It is categorised as a Read tool in the DOL WHD MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the DOL WHD MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for sam_opportunities_search: 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 DOL WHD MCP. Nothing to install.
sam_opportunities_search 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 sam_opportunities_search 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 sam_opportunities_search. 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.
sam_opportunities_search is provided by the DOL WHD MCP server (uhq-actual/dol_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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