Govcontractscout MCP vs HEY Research Lab
A side-by-side look at the Govcontractscout MCP and HEY Research Lab MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Govcontractscout MCP for legal work as a local process; choose HEY Research Lab for legal as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Govcontractscout MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
GCS_API_KEY. - You want tools like
search_contracts, get_contract, search_naics.
Choose HEY Research Lab when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Legal domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
research_answer, find_projects, get_project_snapshot.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 60/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | GCS_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 7 | 13 |
| Full listing | View Govcontractscout MCP | View HEY Research Lab |
Tools & capabilities
Govcontractscout MCP tools 7
search_contractsSearch active government contracts by state, NAICS, keyword (returns title, agency, due date, match signals)get_contractFetch one contract's full record by ID (includes the original solicitation link + documents)search_naicsLook up NAICS codes by keywordget_statesList the states we index + live contract countsscore_contractScore a contract's fit for a business profile (uses `/v1/match`)win_likelihoodEstimate win probability vs the historical award archetype — derived data, paidarchetypesList winning-business archetypes — who wins what — derived data, paid
HEY Research Lab tools 13
research_answerIs this Robinhood Chain project still being built, what did it ship, what changed, is this contract its own? One bounded answer, cited. capability: research_project or builder_status (q: a name or $TICKER, or address, or project: a slug; a name several projects share lists them); what_changed (project or chain, 1–30 days); verify_project (address, project?); compare_builders (2–4, no winner); unknowns (every coverage state). Claims FACT/DERIVED/UNKNOWN with freshness and evidence ids. Not price advice or a safety verdict.find_projectsWhich Robinhood Chain project is this name, $TICKER or 0x contract, and is anyone building it? A full 0x address is a contract lookup: its ships in 30 days, the last one with its source. Or browse who is shipping now, back from dormancy, accelerating or building ahead of market attention. Surfaces: building-with-token: verified shipping, active or resumed, with a token whose market is live. still-building: verified activity continuing through a market drawdown HEY tracked. under-the-radar: eligible under HEY's Under the Radar rule (status shipping, active or resumed; Build Momentum at least 30; at least 2 meaningful events in the last 30 days, one of them a ship rather than a commit summary; a fresh reading of an active market beyond a launch curve or a launch pool, for the project's own token) and a positive Discovery Gap — market-attention percentile below the build percentile; a positive gap alone is not enough, and it does not bound attention itself. shipping-now: status SHIPPING. most-active: shipping, active or resumed, by Build Momentum. new-builders: recorded in the last 7 days. back-from-dormancy: status RESUMED, narrowed to verified builders native to the chain (status=RESUMED gives every resumed project). utility, memes: by kind. shipping-in-silence: eligible under the Under the Radar rule AND below the 40th market-attention percentile. accelerating: more meaningful events in 30 days than in the 30 before. builder-radar: the Builder Radar, ranked by verified development, on-chain use and research, never price. shipping-in-silence and accelerating take no other argument (at most 100 rows); builder-radar takes query, radar, limit and offset. Not a ranking by price: a market sort is context, and rows without the figure follow in activity order.get_project_snapshotWhere does this Robinhood Chain project stand? One read by slug — the Research Summary, identity, activity status and Build Momentum, last ships, market context with its kind or why it is withheld, on-chain use, 7-day usage (calls; caller addresses per day, not people), verification, HoodLock locks, latest changes with evidence ids, freshness and what HEY does not know. Context blocks, never building: paid promotion (presence and dates), DefiLlama protocol economics (measured, not tracked or unread), developer footprint. Not price advice.get_changesWhat changed on Robinhood Chain today or this week, or for one project or contract? The change ledger: releases, ships, status moves, contract deploys and upgrades, verification, sources, unlocks — one event per change with its own time and precision, when HEY first knew, and its evidence. Newest first by first arrival; for today pass detectedSince; to sync, pass after=c1.0 and keep each cursor. A retraction means HEY no longer makes that claim. Facts, never causes.get_project_timelineWhat did this project ship, and when? Builds, releases, code, contract deploys, upgrades and interface changes, token verification, locks and unlocks, each with how precisely HEY knows its time. Lenses: everything, build, code, onchain, market, locks. Paged with the before cursor.explain_factWhy does HEY say a project is Shipping, Dormant or Still Building, or show a figure? The value, FACT, DERIVED or UNKNOWN, the rule and version, the winning source, the inputs, the lineage and the evidence ids. Omit fact to list what can be explained; source.counted takes a source id.get_evidenceWhat backs this claim? Open the record a HEY answer cited by its typed id — ship:, signal:, abi:, impl:, lock:, source:, claim:, state:, narrative:, method:, sourcechange:, security:, v4hook:, v4pool:, ponsgrad: — as a receipt: what it claims, its source URL, when it happened at what precision, when HEY knew, how it is backed. A withdrawn record says so.get_token_marketDoes this token still trade? Context beside the building, from HEY's daily index: current reading (valuation kind, provider), price, liquidity, volume and trades by day, lifecycle (deploy, launchpad claim, stage, first trade, launch graduation, permanent lock), pools and depth, supply concentration (shares only, no addresses), contract checks. include=["moves"] adds each day-on-day valuation move with the building events published before it — a sequence, never a cause. Not price advice.get_contractWho made this Robinhood Chain contract, and is it a known project's? Project, creation, deployer (the only account named, with a count of other tracked projects' tokens it deployed), verified source and whose code it is (template, bytecode match or its own), Sourcify's answer, proxy and implementation history, interface changes, 7 days of calls per method (counts, names withheld; a selector's signature candidate — a guess, never a name). Address (chainId default 4663) or slug for all of a project's. An unread proxy is "not read", never "not a proxy". Not a safety verdict.get_v4_hookWho built this Robinhood Chain Uniswap v4 hook? The project HEY ties it to and why (named only while listed; never a creator account), declared callbacks (not a safety verdict), source, hooklist entry, pools by week and unknowns.project_diffWhat changed for this project between two dates (YYYY-MM-DD, at most 400 days apart)? Releases and meaningful ships, status, Build Momentum, valuation and liquidity then and now, and the changes recorded — each from the nearest persisted point with its date and basis. Never a cause.ask_heyAsking something else about one project? Put it in free text, by slug, in English or Malay ("did they ship this month?"). HEY answers only from its record, every line tagged FACT, DERIVED or UNKNOWN with its source. Building only; no view on price.- +1 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Govcontractscout MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"govcontractscout-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"govcontractscout-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GCS_API_KEY": "YOUR_GCS_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
HEY Research Lab
{
"mcpServers": {
"hey-research-lab": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@hey-research-lab/mcp"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Govcontractscout MCP is categorized under Legal and uses a local stdio subprocess. HEY Research Lab belongs to Legal and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Govcontractscout MCP for legal work and HEY Research Lab for legal.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Govcontractscout MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. HEY Research Lab has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add govcontractscout-mcp and hey-research-lab as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Govcontractscout MCP has a quality signal of 51/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. HEY Research Lab has 60/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.