Agent skill · mvanhorn
pp-govspend
Use public-sector spending and opportunity research commands over USAspending, Grants.gov, and SAM.gov. Trigger phrases: federal vendor spend, USAspending awards, SAM.gov opportunities, Grants.gov search, procurement research, govspend-pp-cli.
What it needs
About 2k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
<!-- GENERATED FILE — DO NOT EDIT. This file is a verbatim mirror of library/other/govspend/SKILL.md, regenerated post-merge by tools/generate-skills/. Hand-edits here are silently overwritten on the next regen. Edit the library/ source instead. See the repository agent guide, section "Generated artifacts: registry.json, cli-skills/". --> Govspend — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the govspend-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer: 2. Verify: govspend-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure $GOPATH/bin (or $HOME/go/bin) is on $PATH. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.3 or newer): If --version reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. When To Use Use govspend-pp-cli for source-backed public procurement and grant research: A vendor's recent federal award footprint. Recent awards by keyword, NAICS, PSC, or awarding agency. A quick federal agency spending profile. Public Grants.gov opportunity lookup. SAM.gov opportunity search setup or live search when a key is configured. When Not To Use Do not use it to submit bids, grant applications, registrations, or vendor updates. Do not treat a missing result as proof that an award or opportunity does not exist. Do not use it for legal, procurement, compliance, or eligibility advice. Do not paste API key values into prompts, manuscripts, proof files, or pull requests. Setup USAspending and Grants.gov commands work without credentials. SAM.gov opportunity search requires: Recipes Vendor Footprint Use this to summarize a vendor's returned USAspending awards, agencies, and categories. Award Search Use --dry-run first when documenting request shape. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pp-govspend