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UK funding discovery, inside your AI agent.

Grant Tracker's catalogue of UK grants, programmes, social investment, and in-kind support, made available to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and any other MCP-compatible agent.

How to connectRead the terms

One-click connect

Add as a custom connector in your AI client and sign in with OAuth 2.0 — nothing to paste or manage.

Five tools

search_funding_and_support, get_opportunity_detail, get_provider_intelligence, get_taxonomy, health_check.

UK-specialised

Eligibility-aware scoring across the four funding types — grants, programmes, investment, in-kind.

Connect

In Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or any MCP-compatible client: add a custom connector pointing at the remote MCP server URL below, then sign in to Grant Tracker and authorise access. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 with Dynamic Client Registration and PKCE — you don't paste a client ID or secret; the client registers itself.

https://www.granttracker.co.uk/api/mcp/v1/mcp

Transport: Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC). Authentication is OAuth 2.0. The server is read-only.

Tools

  • search_funding_and_supportSearch the catalogue by sector, region, beneficiary group, organisation structure, amount, deadline and funding type. Returns ranked opportunities, each with the funder’s own application link plus a Grant Tracker link for full details and eligibility.
  • get_opportunity_detailFull detail for a single opportunity: eligibility, amounts, deadline and application process.
  • get_provider_intelligenceA funder’s profile — priorities, what they fund, who can apply, and their currently open opportunities.
  • get_taxonomyGrant Tracker’s controlled vocabularies (sectors, regions, structures, funding types, beneficiary groups) for translating a free-text need into precise filters.
  • health_checkServer status, version, and catalogue freshness.

Troubleshooting

  • Can’t connect, or the sign-in loopsAllow pop-ups and complete the Grant Tracker sign-in. The connector handles credentials via OAuth, so no manual key is needed.
  • Authorization required (401)Re-authenticate the connector — your token may have expired or been revoked.
  • Rate limited (429)Limits are per credential. Wait for the reset time shown in each response’s rate_limit_status field.
  • No resultsThe catalogue is UK-only and curated (~600 live opportunities). Broaden your filters, or call get_taxonomy for valid values. Zero-result responses include a diagnostic with suggested looser filters.
  • A link looks unverified, or a result is missingOpportunity URLs are re-validated weekly; rows that fail are hidden by default. Set exclude_unverified_urls to false to include them.
  • Still stuckEmail hello@granttracker.co.uk — we aim to reply within 2 business days.
The MCP is read-only. Saving opportunities, deadline alerts, pipeline tracking, and personalised matching against your organisation's profile all happen in the Grant Tracker web app.