MCP server

Govinfo

io.github.pipeworx-io/govinfo

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

GovInfo.gov MCP — full text of US government publications

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

49

Token cost

About 28,310 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http govinfo https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govinfo/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.govinfo]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govinfo/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"govinfo":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govinfo/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"govinfo":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govinfo/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"govinfo":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govinfo/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add govinfo https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govinfo/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"govinfo","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govinfo/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"govinfo","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govinfo/mcp"}

Tools

• gao_comptroller_decisions ~425 tokens
  Search Comptroller General decisions and opinions — the B-numbered rulings in which GAO decides federal appropriations and fiscal-law disputes, the precedent the Red Book itself cites. Give a topic in plain words (purpose statute violation, augmentation of appropriations, gift acceptance authority,
• gao_red_book ~615 tokens
  Find the chapter of GAO's Principles of Federal Appropriations Law — the Red Book — that governs a federal appropriations, fiscal-law or government-funding question, described in plain words. Answers questions about what an appropriation may lawfully be spent on (the purpose statute and the necessar
• get_granule ~154 tokens
  Fetch summary metadata for a single granule (sub-unit) within a GovInfo package, given package_id and granule_id (both from list_granules). Returns title, class, and provenance fields from the GovInfo summary endpoint.
• get_package ~123 tokens
  Metadata for a single package by packageId (e.g., "BILLS-118hr1234ih", "FR-2024-05-12"). Returns title, dates, citations, granule count, download links (PDF/XML/MODS).
• list_collections ~86 tokens
  List GovInfo collections (BILLS, CFR, USCODE, FR, CHRG, CRPT, HMAN, PLAW, SERIALSET, USCOURTS, etc.) with package counts. Use the collection code with search_packages to filter.
• list_granules ~192 tokens
  List granules within a package — e.g., sections of a CFR title, individual entries in a Federal Register issue. Returns granule IDs + titles.
• search_packages ~412 tokens
  Full-text + faceted search across GovInfo. Filter by one or more collection codes (BILLS, FR, CFR, USCODE, CHRG, CRPT, CREC, PLAW, USCOURTS...), date range, congress, and free-text query. Several codes search the union of those collections. Returns package IDs, titles, collection and issue dates.

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