Usaspending

USAspending.gov — federal spending data, contracts, grants, awards, agencies, and recipient search. No API key required.

Security Scan

The skill's code and instructions are coherent with its stated purpose (a USAspending.gov CLI) and do not request credentials or perform unexpected network exfiltration.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match the included CLI which calls the USAspending API. The script uses only Python stdlib and issues HTTP requests to api.usaspending.gov, which is consistent with a federal spending data client.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md simply instructs running the bundled Python CLI against USAspending endpoints. It does not ask the agent to read unrelated files, access other services, or transmit data to unexpected endpoints.

Install Mechanism

No install spec or external downloads are used; the skill is instruction-only with a single included Python script (stdlib-only), so nothing arbitrary is pulled from the network during install.

Credentials

The skill declares no required environment variables and the CLI operates without credentials. The code contains a get_env() helper that will read a .env file in a workspace path if used, but that helper is not invoked anywhere in the script — this is unexpected but not exploitable in the current code.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is user-invocable and not set to always:true. It does not modify other skills or request persistent system privileges.

Assessment

This skill appears to be a straightforward CLI wrapper for the USAspending API and does not request credentials. Before installing, you may want to: 1) confirm the author/homepage (agxntsix.ai) if provenance matters, 2) run the script in a sandbox or isolated environment the first time, and 3) review the bundled script (already done) if you have stricter requirements — note the unused get_env helper that would read a .env file if later invoked or modified.

USAspending.gov — federal spending data, contracts, grants, awards, agencies, and recipient search. No API key required.

Requirements

No API key required for basic usage.

Quick Start

# Search federal awards
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py search-awards --keywords <value> --award-type "contracts" --limit "25" --page "1"

# Get award details
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py get-award <id>

# Search recipients
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py search-recipients --keyword <value> --limit "25"

# Get recipient details
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py get-recipient <id>

# List top-tier agencies
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py list-agencies

# Get agency details
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py get-agency --code <value>

# Spending by category
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py spending-by-category --category "awarding_agency" --filters "JSON"

# Spending over time
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py spending-over-time --group "fiscal_year" --filters "JSON"

# List CFDA programs
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py list-cfda

# Autocomplete search
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/usaspending.py autocomplete --search-text <value>

Output Format

All commands output JSON by default.

Script Reference

Script	Description
{baseDir}/scripts/usaspending.py	Main CLI — all commands in one tool

Credits

Built by M. Abidi | agxntsix.ai YouTube | GitHub Part of the AgxntSix Skill Suite for OpenClaw agents.

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