OpenGrants OS
The OpenGrants OS server provides tools for discovering, evaluating, and drafting proposals for grants and public-goods funding, with a focus on open-source AI projects.
Search federal grants: Search live U.S. federal grant opportunities on Grants.gov by keyword, with full provenance metadata.
Get grant details: Retrieve detailed information for a specific grant opportunity by its ID.
Discover open-source relevant grants: Find grants particularly relevant to open-source AI and public goods, with a built-in open-source bias in ranking.
List public-goods funding sources: Browse donation, sponsorship, quadratic funding, and open-source fund opportunities from platforms like GitHub Sponsors, Open Collective, Gitcoin, OpenSSF, NumFOCUS, PSF, and more.
Search NSF awards: Query the NSF Awards public API for historical and active awards by keyword.
Refresh grant corpus: Trigger a continuous-ingestion refresh of the local grant corpus using configurable keywords.
Run evaluation harness: Execute the built-in evaluation harness to assess discovery quality and open-source relevance.
Manage profiles: Create or update project or researcher profiles, including focus areas and GitHub URLs, to power personalized grant matching and drafting.
Draft proposal outlines: Generate grounded proposal outlines and short pitches tailored to a specific profile and funding opportunity — works for both traditional grants and public-goods/sponsorship vehicles.
Enables discovery and application for GitHub Sponsors as a public-goods and donation funding source for open-source AI and public-goods projects.
Enables discovery and application for Open Collective funding, treating it as a first-class public-goods and donation funding opportunity.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@OpenGrants OSFind grants for my open-source AI project and draft a pitch"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
OpenGOS
Open-source Autonomous Agentic AI MCP Server for grants, public-goods funding, and open-source sustainability.
Eliminate the discovery tax. Treat traditional grants and donations / sponsorships / quadratic funding as equal first-class citizens so open-source projects can compete on a level playing field.
Try it now
Launch the interactive shell →
Discover · Constellation (3D knowledge graph) · Pipeline · Draft · Console · Profile — one HTML file. No install required.
Source: opengos.html
Catalog baseline: August 2026 (illustrative — always verify with the funder).
Related MCP server: Grants.gov MCP Server
Why OpenGOS?
A first-class MCP Server any agent (Claude, Cursor, custom agents) can call
Discovery → ranking → drafting → evaluation with a declared open-source bias
Public-goods funding (sponsors, collectives, quadratic) as first-class citizens
Apache 2.0, self-hostable, provenance-first
Features (v0.3)
Capability | Status |
Live Grants.gov search | ✅ |
NSF Awards search | ✅ |
Public-goods / donation sources | ✅ |
Profile Steward | ✅ |
Grounded proposal drafting | ✅ |
Continuous ingestion + evaluation harness | ✅ |
Ranking with declared open-source bias | ✅ |
Interactive shell + 3D Constellation | ✅ |
Quick Start (MCP Server)
git clone https://github.com/ANAMIZED/OpenGOS.git
cd OpenGOS
pip install -e .
opengosMCP Client Config
{
"mcpServers": {
"opengos": {
"command": "opengos",
"args": []
}
}
}Or via module:
{
"mcpServers": {
"opengos": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "opengrants"],
"cwd": "/absolute/path/to/OpenGOS"
}
}
}MCP Tools
Tool | Description |
| Live Grants.gov keyword search with provenance |
| Detail view for a specific opportunity |
| Open-source biased discovery |
| Donations, sponsorships, quadratic & open-source funds |
| NSF Awards public API |
| Continuous ingestion into local corpus |
| Discovery + open-source relevance harness |
| Create / update project profile |
| Grounded outline (grants and public-goods vehicles) |
Architecture
MCP Interface
↓
Discovery (Grants.gov · NSF · Public-Goods Catalog)
↓
Profile Steward → Ranking Agents → Drafting Agents
↓
Evaluation & Continuous CorpusSupport
GitHub Sponsors
Open Collective (update
.github/FUNDING.ymlwith your slug)See
docs/DOGFOODING.md
Publishing
PyPI:
opengosMCP Registry:
io.github.ANAMIZED/opengosGlama:
glama.json
License
Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE.
Maintenance
Resources
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