# io.github.cyanheads/usaspending-mcp-server: tool descriptions scored

- tools/list taken: 2026-11-02 (UTC)
- From: [Official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.cyanheads%2Fusaspending-mcp-server/versions/latest)
- Connected to: https://usaspending.caseyjhand.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/usaspending-mcp-server
- Scoring rules: v2
- Tools: 18
- Average: 70.7 / 100 (Clear)
- Near-identical pairs: 0

This page shows how io.github.cyanheads/usaspending-mcp-server's tool descriptions scored, the issues found and the names of its tools and parameters. The descriptions are the server's own: read them where the copy came from.

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## Across the server

No server-wide issues.

## Tools

- `usaspending_spending_by_geography`: 62 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `usaspending_disaster_spending`: 64 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `usaspending_get_award_subawards`: 65 / 100
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: award_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `usaspending_get_award_transactions`: 65 / 100
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
- `usaspending_get_recipient`: 65 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `usaspending_spending_by_category`: 66 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `usaspending_list_agencies`: 67 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `usaspending_autocomplete_filters`: 69 / 100
- `usaspending_spending_over_time`: 69 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
- `usaspending_get_idv_awards`: 70 / 100
- `usaspending_search_recipients`: 70 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `usaspending_search_federal_accounts`: 71 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `usaspending_search_awards`: 73 / 100
  - Minor: String arguments with no constraint or example: location_filter.city.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `usaspending_get_federal_account_breakdown`: 75 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: The name is long (41 characters).
- `usaspending_get_agency`: 77 / 100
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
- `usaspending_get_federal_account`: 77 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `usaspending_get_award`: 80 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
- `usaspending_get_award_federal_accounts`: 87 / 100

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