# govauctions.app

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

- name: app.govauctions/govauctions
- version: 1.0.3
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 95/100
- quality: 72/100 (needs work)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/app.govauctions%2Fgovauctions
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/app.govauctions%2Fgovauctions/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govauctions": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://govauctions.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 98
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 85
- drivers: +repository +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-94% +updated-13d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 72/100 (needs work)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 93 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- warn `tools.description_length`: 1 tools have descriptions over 1,024 characters, which crowds the context
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 9 of 9 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,071 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 25 (weight 15)

- warn `stability.changes`: 19 tool changes in 30 days
- fail `stability.rug_pull`: 1 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 9, about 2,071 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: f73aeb3d9e57bf7940508fadc4690f96
- tools last changed: 2026-10-19T20:52:57.371Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/app.govauctions/govauctions.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/app.govauctions/govauctions)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-19 `get_api_usage` changed (description)
  - before: This key's usage for the current month: total calls and the separate valuation allowance (which comps, sold history, trend and flip-score draw down), plus the reset date. Call it to pace a long run instead of hitting a 429 mid-task.
  - after: This key's usage for the current month: total calls and the separate valuation allowance (which comps, sold history, trend and flip-score draw down), plus the reset date. Call it to pace a long run instead of hitting a 429 mid-task. Every other signed-in tool result already carries the same numbers in `_meta.usage`, so this is rarely needed. Free: it does not count against either allowance. Requires sign-in or an API key.
- 2026-10-19 `get_comp_coverage` changed (description)
  - before: How much sold-price data we hold per category for a market, and which categories can never be priced. Check this before building on the comps tools — it is the honest answer about what we cannot do.
  - after: How much sold-price data we hold per category for a market, and which categories can never be priced. Check this before building on the comps tools — it is the honest answer about what we cannot do. Works signed out.
- 2026-10-19 `get_price_trend` changed (description)
  - before: Month-by-month median sale price for an item, plus the first-to-last change — 'is this category softening?'. Computed from the same comps as get_sold_comps, so it never contradicts that range. Returns an empty series when too few months clear the sample threshold.
  - after: Month-by-month median sale price for an item, plus the first-to-last change — 'is this category softening?'. Computed from the same comps as get_sold_comps, so it never contradicts that range. Returns an empty series when too few months clear the sample threshold. Requires sign-in or an API key.
- 2026-10-19 `get_sold_history` changed (description)
  - before: The individual archived sales behind an item: title, final price, sale month and state, plus the range they produce. Use when you want the evidence rather than just the number. Query-anchored — describe an item; there is no way to list the archive.
  - after: The individual archived sales behind an item: title, final price, sale month and state, plus the range they produce. Use when you want the evidence rather than just the number. Query-anchored — describe an item; there is no way to list the archive. Requires sign-in or an API key.
- 2026-10-19 `get_flip_score` changed (description)
  - before: GovAuctions Flip Score resale signal for one live lot, from any source, in any market with sold-price comps (valued against that market's comp archive): estimated value, effective bid, discount, and the link to the lot on its source site. Pass the lot id as it appears in a govauctions.app lot URL.
  - after: GovAuctions Flip Score resale signal for one live lot, from any source, in any market with sold-price comps (valued against that market's comp archive): estimated value, effective bid, discount, and the link to the lot on its source site. Pass the lot id as it appears in a govauctions.app lot URL. Requires sign-in or an API key.
- 2026-10-19 `get_sold_comps_batch` changed (description)
  - before: get_sold_comps for a list of items in one call. Each query is either a string ('2015 Ford F-150') or an object with its own q/category/country/state. Each item costs one valuation lookup, exactly as if sent alone; an item that comes back without a range is not charged. If the monthly allowance runs out part-way, the items already priced are returned and `batch.truncated` names the rest. Batch size is capped by plan (10 on the free allowance).
  - after: get_sold_comps for a list of items in one call. Each query is either a string ('2015 Ford F-150') or an object with its own q/category/country/state. Each item costs one valuation lookup, exactly as if sent alone; an item that comes back without a range is not charged. If the monthly allowance runs out part-way, the items already priced are returned and `batch.truncated` names the rest. Batch size is capped by plan (10 on the free allowance). Requires sign-in or an API key.
- 2026-10-13 `get_sold_comps` changed (description)
  - before: Sold-price comps for a described item, computed across the full government-surplus market in any market listed in `country`. Signed out: coverage (how many comparable sales, confidence, a coarse price band) plus `categoryStats`, the 25th/median/75th percentile of every sale in the item's category (in `state` when it has enough sales). Signed in or with an API key: the 25th/median/75th percentile for this item itself. `liveListingsUrl` links to the live auctions for the same item. A miss says which kind it is: reason `insufficient_comps` (too few comparable sales yet) is worth retrying, reason `category_not_priceable` (real-estate) never is — that category cannot be priced from a title. A catch-all `category` such as `miscellaneous` is not refused: it is dropped and the item is priced on its title alone, with `requestedCategory` and `categoryDropped` echoed back — check the resolved `category` and `confidence` before trusting the range.
  - after: Sold-price comps for a described item, computed across the full government-surplus market in any market listed in `country`. Signed out: coverage (how many comparable sales, confidence, a coarse price band) plus `categoryStats`, the 25th/median/75th percentile of every sale in the item's category (in `state` when it has enough sales). Signed in or with an API key: the 25th/median/75th percentile for this item itself. `liveListingsUrl` links to the live auctions for the same item. A miss says which kind it is: reason `insufficient_comps` (too few comparable sales yet) is worth retrying, reason `category_not_priceable` (real-estate) never is — that category cannot be priced from a title. A catch-all `category` such as `miscellaneous` is not refused: it is dropped and the item is priced on its title alone, with `requestedCategory` and `categoryDropped` echoed back — check the resolved `category` and `confidence` before trusting the range. A miss can still carry `categoryStats` when the item's category is clear, and `retryHint` when the query was a long listing title: retry with just the brand and model.
- 2026-10-10 `get_sold_comps_batch` added
  - get_sold_comps for a list of items in one call. Each query is either a string ('2015 Ford F-150') or an object with its own q/category/country/state. Each item costs one valuation lookup, exactly as if sent alone; an item that comes back without a range is not charged. If the monthly allowance runs out part-way, the items already priced are returned and `batch.truncated` names the rest. Batch size is capped by plan (10 on the free allowance).
- 2026-10-10 `get_sold_comps` changed (description)
  - before: Sold-price comps for a described item, computed across the full government-surplus market in any market listed in `country`. Signed out: coverage only (how many comparable sales, confidence, and a coarse price band). Signed in or with an API key: the actual 25th/median/75th percentile final prices. `liveListingsUrl` links to the live auctions for the same item. A miss says which kind it is: reason `insufficient_comps` (too few comparable sales yet) is worth retrying, reason `category_not_priceable` (real-estate) never is — that category cannot be priced from a title. A catch-all `category` such as `miscellaneous` is not refused: it is dropped and the item is priced on its title alone, with `requestedCategory` and `categoryDropped` echoed back — check the resolved `category` and `confidence` before trusting the range.
  - after: Sold-price comps for a described item, computed across the full government-surplus market in any market listed in `country`. Signed out: coverage (how many comparable sales, confidence, a coarse price band) plus `categoryStats`, the 25th/median/75th percentile of every sale in the item's category (in `state` when it has enough sales). Signed in or with an API key: the 25th/median/75th percentile for this item itself. `liveListingsUrl` links to the live auctions for the same item. A miss says which kind it is: reason `insufficient_comps` (too few comparable sales yet) is worth retrying, reason `category_not_priceable` (real-estate) never is — that category cannot be priced from a title. A catch-all `category` such as `miscellaneous` is not refused: it is dropped and the item is priced on its title alone, with `requestedCategory` and `categoryDropped` echoed back — check the resolved `category` and `confidence` before trusting the range.
- 2026-10-10 `get_listing` changed (description)
  - before: Get one live GSA listing by its id (facts only).
  - after: Get one live GSA listing by its id (facts only). Works signed out.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/app.govauctions%2Fgovauctions/changes

## Remotes

- https://govauctions.app/api/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9375)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (9)

- `get_api_usage`: This key's usage for the current month: total calls and the separate valuation allowance (which comps, sold history, trend and flip-score draw down), plus the reset date. Call it to pace a long run instead of hitting a 429 mid-task. Every other signed-in tool result already carries the same numbers in `_meta.usage`, so this is rarely needed. Free: it does not count against either allowance. Requires sign-in or an API key.
- `get_comp_coverage`: How much sold-price data we hold per category for a market, and which categories can never be priced. Check this before building on the comps tools — it is the honest answer about what we cannot do. Works signed out.
- `get_flip_score`: GovAuctions Flip Score resale signal for one live lot, from any source, in any market with sold-price comps (valued against that market's comp archive): estimated value, effective bid, discount, and the link to the lot on its source site. Pass the lot id as it appears in a govauctions.app lot URL. Requires sign-in or an API key.
- `get_listing`: Get one live GSA listing by its id (facts only). Works signed out.
- `get_price_trend`: Month-by-month median sale price for an item, plus the first-to-last change — 'is this category softening?'. Computed from the same comps as get_sold_comps, so it never contradicts that range. Returns an empty series when too few months clear the sample threshold. Requires sign-in or an API key.
- `get_sold_comps`: Sold-price comps for a described item, computed across the full government-surplus market in any market listed in `country`. Signed out: coverage (how many comparable sales, confidence, a coarse price band) plus `categoryStats`, the 25th/median/75th percentile of every sale in the item's category (in `state` when it has enough sales). Signed in or with an API key: the 25th/median/75th percentile for this item itself. `liveListingsUrl` links to the live auctions for the same item. A miss says which kind it is: reason `insufficient_comps` (too few comparable sales yet) is worth retrying, reason `category_not_priceable` (real-estate) never is — that category cannot be priced from a title. A catch-all `category` such as `miscellaneous` is not refused: it is dropped and the item is priced on its title alone, with `requestedCategory` and `categoryDropped` echoed back — check the resolved `category` and `confidence` before trusting the range. A miss can still carry `categoryStats` when the item's category is clear, and `retryHint` when the query was a long listing title: retry with just the brand and model.
- `get_sold_comps_batch`: get_sold_comps for a list of items in one call. Each query is either a string ('2015 Ford F-150') or an object with its own q/category/country/state. Each item costs one valuation lookup, exactly as if sent alone; an item that comes back without a range is not charged. If the monthly allowance runs out part-way, the items already priced are returned and `batch.truncated` names the rest. Batch size is capped by plan (10 on the free allowance). Requires sign-in or an API key.
- `get_sold_history`: The individual archived sales behind an item: title, final price, sale month and state, plus the range they produce. Use when you want the evidence rather than just the number. Query-anchored — describe an item; there is no way to list the archive. Requires sign-in or an API key.
- `search_listings`: Search live GSA federal-surplus auction listings (facts only — no images). Filter by state, category, keyword, price, or distance from a US ZIP code. Works signed out (up to 25 rows per page). Raw listings cover sanctioned federal sources; sold-price comps span the full market.