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title: "Connect your agent to GovInbox"
description: "Hook GovInbox up to the AI assistant you already use, or just read your brief in the browser. No setup needed to start."
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# Your brief, wherever you already work.

Ask your AI assistant about your contracts in plain English. Or skip the setup and read your brief in the browser.

[Open my brief](/digest)
          [Connect my assistant](#assistants)

Anything due soon for SDVOSB electrical?

GI

**3 matches this week.** Soonest first:

Fire suppression survey, Cleveland VA

Renovate storage rooms, VA St. Louis

Hot water heating system, VA St. Louis

Real SAM.gov notices.

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### Get your token

It is in your welcome email. Keep it private.

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### Connect your assistant

Paste one address. Takes about two minutes.

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### Ask in plain English

"Anything due this week for electricians?" That is the whole skill.

## Works with the tools you already use

Every tool here can reach GovInbox: through MCP, the API, or the command line. Your browser needs no setup at all.

- Claude

- ChatGPT

- Grok

- Grok Bot

- Muse

- Cursor

- Hermes by Nous Research

- OpenClaw

- Your browser

- + many more

    Start here, no setup

## Read it in your browser

No accounts to link. Nothing to install. Open your brief and read it like email.

- Open [your daily brief](/digest).

- When asked, paste the token from your welcome email.

- Read. Bookmark the ones worth chasing.

If a setup below ever fights you, come back here.

[Open my brief](/digest)

## Connect your assistant

Pick the one you already use. Setup takes a few minutes.

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## Claude

A few minutes Free and paid plans

- Open your profile menu, then **Customize**, then **Connectors**.

- Choose **Add custom connector** and paste this address:

`https://mcp.getgovinbox.com/plugin`Copy

- Sign in with GovInbox when Claude asks.

Free plans get one custom connector. Then ask: "Ask GovInbox for this week's set-aside matches."

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## ChatGPT

About 15 minutes Plus or higher

Check your plan first. You need a paid plan (Plus or higher). Free plans can't add custom connectors.

- Open **Plugins**, select **+**, then **Add custom MCP server**. Enter **GovInbox** as the name and paste this address:

`https://mcp.getgovinbox.com/plugin`Copy

- Sign in with GovInbox when ChatGPT asks and approve access. If your account still shows the older Apps menus, use **Settings** › **Apps** › **Create** instead.

In a Business workspace, an admin or owner must create the connection. After setup, type **@** and select **GovInbox** in a conversation. Then ask: "What did GovInbox find for my trade this week?"

## For developers

Build GovInbox into your own tools.

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## REST API

HTTPS

Pull watchlists and briefs into your own dashboard or scripts.

`curl https://api.getgovinbox.com/v1/watchlists -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"`Copy

Full reference: [getgovinbox.com/for-ai](https://getgovinbox.com/for-ai)

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## Command line

pip

Search and brief from your terminal. Needs Python 3.10 or newer.

`pip install govinbox
govinbox login`Copy

`govinbox login` saves your token after you paste it once.

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## Gemini CLI

For developers

Add GovInbox to the `mcpServers` section of your `~/.gemini/settings.json` file:

`"govinbox": { "httpUrl": "https://mcp.getgovinbox.com/plugin" }`Copy

Sign in with GovInbox when it asks. Full reference: [getgovinbox.com/for-ai](https://getgovinbox.com/for-ai)

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## Cursor

For developers

Open **Cursor Settings**, then **MCP**, and add this address:

`https://mcp.getgovinbox.com/plugin`Copy

Cursor signs in with GovInbox on its own.

## Stuck?

Common ones: no Connectors menu, a token that does not work, ChatGPT asking for Developer mode. Tell us what you see. We answer.

    Contact us

## Honest notes

- ChatGPT needs a paid plan (Plus or higher). To read your brief in the browser, use your GovInbox access token.

- Your token is yours alone. If a helper needs access, get them their own login.

- Assistants see only your watchlists and briefs. Nothing else.