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GovContracts.Money + Poke: a text when a federal contract matches, before the bid deadline passes

GovContracts.Money checks SAM.gov each morning and reports new federal contract opportunities that fit your business, with deadlines and official links. Poke lives in your texts and can set reminders. Here is how to bring the two together, what works today and what is still untested.

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GovContracts.Money finds the federal contracts that fit your business, and Poke can put them in the text thread you already check, so a bid deadline is not missed.
Example alert. Names and numbers are illustrative.

Key takeaways

The short version.

  • GovContracts.Money checks SAM.gov each morning and reports new opportunities that fit your business, with the deadline and the official SAM.gov link.
  • Poke's docs describe an assistant that lives in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS, and that can manage email, set reminders and search the web.
  • Poke's docs say it supports custom MCP servers, added at poke.com/integrations/new or with a command-line tool, so you can add the app's address yourself.
  • A fallback works today: forward the app's daily email to Poke and ask for a text summary with the deadline.
  • Nothing here is an official integration. Whether Poke checks the app on its own schedule is untested, and every response date should be confirmed on SAM.gov.

Who it is for

Who is this pairing for?

  • It is for small businesses and teams that look for federal work and cannot afford to miss a response date: contractors, consultants, bid…

  • GovContracts.Money checks SAM.gov each morning and sends the opportunities that are new and fit your business, each with a deadline, a fit…

  • One finds the contract.

It is for small businesses and teams that look for federal work and cannot afford to miss a response date: contractors, consultants, bid and proposal staff, and owners who wear every hat and check their phone more than their inbox.

GovContracts.Money checks SAM.gov each morning and sends the opportunities that are new and fit your business, each with a deadline, a fit score, possible gaps to check, past winners and the official link. Poke is an AI assistant that, according to its docs, lives in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS. Its homepage describes it as proactive, private, personal and right in your texts.

One finds the contract. The other can bring it to the thread you already read.

Use cases

4 ways people use GovContracts.Money + Poke.

  1. Text alert

    1. Get a new match as a text

    Ask Poke to check GovContracts.Money and text you the new opportunities that fit your company's codes, with the title, the deadline and the official SAM.gov link. A short text is easier to act on than an email that waits in a crowded inbox.

    Whether Poke runs that request by itself each morning has not been tested. Try it for a few days and see what arrives before you rely on it.

  2. Email summary

    2. Turn the daily email into a short text

    This route works today without any connection. Forward the app's daily email to Poke, which its docs say can manage email, and ask for a summary of each match in two lines with the response date.

    Tell Poke to use only what the email says, and keep the official link next to every item.

  3. Deadline reminder

    3. Set a reminder before the response date

    Every opportunity comes with a deadline. Ask Poke for a reminder a week before it and another two days before. Poke's docs say it can set reminders.

    Confirm the date on the official SAM.gov notice before you rely on any reminder. The notice is the source, and dates can change.

  4. Ask anytime

    4. Ask a question in the same thread

    When a match looks interesting, reply and ask what is being bought and where. If the connection is on, Poke can also search the app, for example for construction contracts in Virginia, and show the open matches with deadlines and links.

    Treat the answer as a starting point and read the notice yourself.

On your phone

What the alerts look like.

Text alert

Figure 1

An example thread. The contract, place and dates are made up.

Example alerts. Every name, number and event shown is illustrative.

How to

How do I add GovContracts.Money to Poke?

  1. Step 1

    On the Connect AI page of [govcontracts.money](https://govcontracts.money), get your free API key and personal link. The MCP address for other MCP-compatible apps is https://govcontracts.money/mcp, used with your key.

  2. Step 2

    In Poke, open [poke.com/integrations/new](https://poke.com/integrations/new). Enter a Name, paste the address into MCP Server URL, add your key as the API Key, and click Create Integration.

  3. Step 3

    Or use Poke's command line: npx poke@latest mcp add https://govcontracts.money/mcp -n "GovContracts.Money" -k "<your key>".

  4. Step 4

    Text Poke what you want to see, such as new matches for your codes. No tool call? Forward the app's daily email to Poke and ask for a text summary.

Poke's MCP servers page describes these routes. Menus and plans can change, so follow that page. A daily text without asking is untested, so ask Poke and check that it arrives. Confirm every response date on SAM.gov. GovContracts.Money is not listed by Poke or built into it.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Is GovContracts.Money an official Poke integration?

No. There is no partnership or built-in integration. Poke lets you add an MCP server by its address, and you add the app's address yourself. The app is an AgentStructure.AI app.

Will Poke text me when a contract is posted?

That is untested. Poke's homepage calls it proactive, but whether it checks this app by itself has not been confirmed. The sure routes are asking Poke for an update or forwarding the app's daily email.

Does it tell me whether to bid?

No. It reports public opportunities from SAM.gov with a fit score and possible gaps. It is not legal advice, and it never submits a bid. You read the notice and decide.

What does it cost?

The apps are free during the beta. Poke's FAQ says most of its features are free and that paid tiers exist, so check its own pages for what you need.

Should I trust the response date in a text?

Treat it as a prompt. Confirm every date on the official SAM.gov notice, because notices can be amended.

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