Yes, Govauctions is free to use.

How do I install Govauctions?

Govauctions is a remote plugin. You do not need to install anything locally. Add the server URL to your AI app's MCP configuration and you are ready to go.

Is Govauctions safe to use?

Yes. Govauctions passed MCP Marketplace's automated security scan with a score of 10/10 (low risk). Every server on MCP Marketplace is security-scanned before it's listed; see the full security report on this page for the findings and permissions.

What AI apps work with Govauctions?

Govauctions uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and works with any MCP-compatible AI app, including Claude, ChatGPT / Codex, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, and more.

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Govauctions MCP Server

by Benswork Space

Developer ToolsLow Risk10.0MCP RegistryRemote

Free

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Live listings, sold prices and resale scores from GovAuctions.app, the public surplus-auction site.

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Live listings, sold prices and resale scores from GovAuctions.app, the public surplus-auction site.

Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://govauctions.app/api/mcp

Security Report

10.0

Low Risk10.0Low Risk

Valid MCP server (1 strong, 1 medium validity signals). No known CVEs in dependencies. Imported from the Official MCP Registry.

8 tools verified · Open access · No issues found

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Permissions Found in Source Code

Found by scanning the linked source code. This listing connects to a hosted endpoint, so none of this runs on your machine: it describes what the server software does where it is hosted.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Applies to the server that hosts this plugin, not to your machine.

How to Connect

Remote Plugin

No local installation needed. Your AI client connects to the remote endpoint directly.

Add this to your MCP configuration to connect:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-govauctions-govauctions": {
      "url": "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

GovAuctions MCP server

GovAuctions.app is a free public site for finding government surplus auctions: live listings from GSA and other government sellers, alongside what comparable lots actually sold for. This repo is its MCP server, a second front door onto the same data for agents and code.

Agent-callable tools for government-surplus auction data: search live listings, pull real sold-price comps from 170,000+ closed government auctions in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, and get a 0–100 Flip Score resale signal, from the same engine behind the site.

Tools

Eight tools on the hosted server, all read-only. The local npm package exposes the first four.

Tool	What it does
`search_listings`	Search live GSA federal-surplus listings (facts only). Filter by state, category, keyword, price.
`get_listing`	Fetch one live GSA listing by id.
`get_sold_comps`	Sold-price range (25th / median / 75th percentile) for a described item, across the US, UK, CA or AU government-surplus market.
`get_flip_score`	Flip Score resale signal for a listing: estimated value, effective bid, and discount.
`get_sold_history`	The individual archived sales behind a comp number.
`get_price_trend`	Month-by-month sold-price trend for a described item.
`get_comp_coverage`	What can and cannot be priced, by category and market.
`get_api_usage`	Your key's usage against its monthly allowance.

Get an API key (free tier available) at https://govauctions.app/developers.

Use it (two ways)

1. Hosted (remote), no install. Recommended.

Point any client that speaks remote MCP at the hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govauctions": { "url": "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp" }
  }
}

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http govauctions https://govauctions.app/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer gak_YOUR_KEY"

get_sold_comps answers on the hosted endpoint with no key at all; the other tools read your key from the request. See the developer docs.

2. Local (stdio) via npx

For clients that cannot add a remote MCP URL. A dependency-free Node wrapper (Node 18+) over the REST Data API, published to npm as govauctions-mcp:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govauctions": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "govauctions-mcp"],
      "env": { "GOVAUCTIONS_API_KEY": "gak_your_key" }
    }
  }
}

Or download govauctions-mcp.mjs and run it with node /absolute/path/to/govauctions-mcp.mjs.

Config (env):

GOVAUCTIONS_API_KEY: required. Your key from https://govauctions.app/developers/keys
GOVAUCTIONS_API_BASE: optional. Defaults to https://govauctions.app/api/v1

The local wrapper forwards every call to the REST API, so unlike the hosted server it needs a key for every tool, including get_sold_comps.

API

The tools wrap the public REST Data API. OpenAPI spec: https://govauctions.app/api/v1/openapi.json

License

MIT, see LICENSE.

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