Developer connection
Ask your assistant about USDA award lanes
The awardlanes MCP connector gives Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code and Cursor read-only access to the USDA award lanes in your account's territory. It links every result to the USDA record and the matching awardlanes view. Equipment is inferred from the commodity name when USDA does not state it.
https://awardlanes.com/mcp
Connect it
- Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste the URL.
- ChatGPT: Developer mode → Create connector → Remote MCP, then paste the URL.
- Claude Code or Cursor: add a remote Streamable HTTP MCP server at the URL.
- Approve the connection. New people can enter an email and code on the consent page; that starts the same 14-day trial as the web app.
The connector uses secure authorization with PKCE S256. It never accepts a token in a URL. Loopback callbacks are supported for local coding assistants.
Tools
search_lanesFind USDA award lanes by place, direction, equipment, delivery window, commodity or vendor.
Example: “Find reefer award lanes from Texas to Oklahoma that are open.”
get_awardOpen one award by finding id or contract number, with every lane detail and source.
Example: “Open contract 12-3J14-26-C-2036 and show every destination.”
state_summarySummarize honest territory totals plus visible statistics.
Example: “Summarize my Texas and Oklahoma territory.”
vendor_awardsFind one vendor's USDA awards and published plant contact details.
Example: “Show USDA awards for Victor Packing in my territory.”
my_accountShow trial or plan status, territory and the web billing link.
Example: “What is my awardlanes trial status?”
Limits and support
The connector follows the same access rules as the web app. During the free trial and on a paid plan it reads the full territory. After a trial ends without a plan, or for a state outside the account territory, it returns the same first 20-lane sample shown on the web and includes an upgrade link.
Questions or a revocation request: hello@awardlanes.com.