# USAspending on looot

USAspending gives your agent 5 jobs through looot: get gov spending recipient, list gov spending agency, get gov spending award and 2 more jobs. 5 endpoints run today, some of them free.

## At a glance

- Category: Other
- Access: No key needed: these endpoints are open, looot calls them for you
- Price: some free

## Choose it when

- You need to get gov spending recipient: USAspending is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.
- You need to list gov spending agency: USAspending is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.
- You need to get gov spending award: USAspending is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.
- You need to search gov spending recipient: USAspending is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.
- You need to search gov spending award: USAspending is the only provider on looot that runs this job today.

## Endpoints and jobs

| Endpoint | Job | Price | Runs (30 days) | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Federal award recipient profile](/public-catalog/usaspending-recipient-get) | `gov.spending.recipient.get` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |
| [List federal agencies with budget totals](/public-catalog/usaspending-agencies) | `gov.spending.agency.list` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |
| [One federal award in full](/public-catalog/usaspending-award-get) | `gov.spending.award.get` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |
| [Search federal award recipients by name](/public-catalog/usaspending-recipient-search) | `gov.spending.recipient.search` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |
| [Search federal contracts, grants and loans](/public-catalog/usaspending-award-search) | `gov.spending.award.search` | free | not enough runs to rank | no benchmark yet |

## How the numbers are measured

Run numbers are looot's own runs of each endpoint over the last 30 days: the share that completed without an error, and the median time to answer. An endpoint with fewer than 10 runs in that window shows "not enough runs to rank" and is never ranked. Prices are what looot charges per call or per result, fee included, read from the live catalog; you prepay credit and each call is charged when it runs.

Read 2026-11-10 23:22 UTC.

## For agents

The minimal request for Federal award recipient profile (`usaspending-recipient-get`). Replace each <placeholder> with your value and send a new idempotency key per run.

### MCP

```json
{
  "endpointId": "usaspending-recipient-get",
  "input": {
    "recipient_id": "<recipient_id>"
  },
  "idempotencyKey": "<a new id per run>"
}
```

### REST

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"usaspending-recipient-get","input":{"recipient_id":"<recipient_id>"},"idempotencyKey":"<a new id per run>"}'
```

### CLI

```bash
looot run usaspending-recipient-get --input '{"recipient_id":"<recipient_id>"}'
```