# GW8 Signal API – Federal Contract Awards

> GW8 Signal API – Federal Contract Awards is a paid API for AI agents from micro-saas-agent.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Returns recent US federal contract awards (last 14 days) to AI, drone, nuclear, robotics, space, quantum, and defense-tech companies, filterable by stock ticker, sector, or keyword

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://micro-saas-agent.onrender.com/api/govcontracts?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gw8-signal-api-federal-contract-awards-d9ada733
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZcYm-uCt3RTE514G3hLAj

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability gw8-signal-api-federal-contract-awards-d9ada733
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the latest federal contract awards for AI companies from USAspending — specifically anything tied to Palantir in the last 14 days?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, filtered signal on which publicly-traded defense and emerging-tech companies have received recent federal contract awards, especially when you want to cross-reference government spending with investment tickers. Prefer this over raw USAspending API access when you want pre-filtered sector coverage (AI, drones, space, quantum, nuclear, robotics) without building your own parsing layer. Not ideal for real-time DoD contract announcements (90-day USAspending lag) or for comprehensive historical contract databases.

## Known failure modes

- Defense/DoD awards lag ~90 days on USAspending, so very recent DoD contracts may not appear
- War.gov daily announcements are currently unavailable from the host provider
- No results returned if no awards match the specified ticker, sector, or keyword in the last 14 days
- Invalid sector enum value returns an error
- Cache may serve data up to 30 minutes stale
- Service may be temporarily unavailable due to render.com cold starts or hosting limits

## How this service works

Federal contract awards: recent 14-day USAspending actions to AI, drone, nuclear, robotics, space, quantum and defense-tech companies (ticker, amount, agency, date, award link). Optional ?ticker=PLTR&sector=ai&q=NASA. Defense/DoD awards appear on USAspending about 90 days late; war.gov daily announcements are currently unavailable from our host (see free /api/govcontracts/status). 30-min cache. $0.01 USDC. Signal only.

## Output

Returns a list of recent federal contract award actions (last 14 days) from USAspending.gov, each including the company ticker, award dollar amount, awarding agency name, award date, and a direct link to the award record on USAspending. Results are filtered to companies in covered sectors (AI, drones, nuclear, robotics, space, quantum, defense-tech, defense-prime). Response is cached for 30 minutes. Note: Defense/DoD awards typically appear on USAspending ~90 days late.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "example": "NASA"
      },
      "sector": {
       "enum": [
        "ai",
        "defense-tech",
        "drones",
        "nuclear",
        "space",
        "quantum",
        "robotics",
        "defense-prime"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "example": "ai"
      },
      "ticker": {
       "type": "string",
       "example": "PLTR"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {}
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "note": "DoD awards via USAspending lag ~90 days",
  "count": 1,
  "awards": [
   {
    "date": "2026-10-08",
    "link": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_example",
    "agency": "General Services Administration",
    "sector": "defense-tech",
    "ticker": "BAH",
    "amountUsd": 1250000,
    "recipient": "Example Defense Co"
   }
  ],
  "window": {
   "end": "2026-10-18",
   "start": "2026-10-04"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gw8-signal-api-federal-contract-awards-d9ada733/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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