{"id":"ab0836bf-2bab-4d57-b4c2-8de1cbfc41c0","task":"Search federal business assistance programs (formerly CFDA) via the SAM.gov Assistance Listings API","domain":"api.sam.gov","steps":["Obtain a public API key from your SAM.gov account settings","Send GET https://api.sam.gov/assistance-listings/v2/assistance-listings/search?api_key={key}&keyword={term}&status=Active to search active federal assistance programs","Filter by eligible applicant type using the applicantTypes parameter and by funding instrument type (grant, cooperative_agreement, etc.) using fundingInstrumentTypes","Retrieve a full program record by calling GET https://api.sam.gov/assistance-listings/v2/assistance-listings/{programNumber}?api_key={key} using the CFDA-style program number returned in search results","Parse the programTitle, objectives, eligibility, and usageAndUseRestrictions fields for program screening logic","For bulk extraction use the date-range filters lastUpdatedDateFrom and lastUpdatedDateTo to incrementally sync updated listings"],"gotchas":["Program numbers (e.g., 10.001) are stable identifiers inherited from the legacy CFDA catalog, but the API field name is programNumber — do not confuse with the SAM.gov entityId used elsewhere","Inactive programs are returned only when status=Inactive is explicitly requested; a search without a status filter defaults to active-only, which can miss relevant historical programs for compliance research","The assistance listings API shares the same daily rate limit pool as other SAM.gov public APIs (1000 requests/day per key); bulk syncs should use the lastUpdatedDateFrom filter rather than pulling all records repeatedly"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T03:24:47Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/ab0836bf-2bab-4d57-b4c2-8de1cbfc41c0"}