plugin.json

{
  "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json",
  "name": "asktender",
  "version": "1.0.7",
  "description": "Open government tenders from official procurement portals in about 200 countries, whether a company can bid across borders, and, for connected askTender accounts, eligibility checks, full requirements and bid kits.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Nataraja Labs Private Limited",
    "email": "support@asktender.org",
    "url": "https://asktender.org"
  },
  "homepage": "https://asktender.org/connector",
  "keywords": [
    "tenders",
    "procurement",
    "government contracts",
    "bids",
    "public sector"
  ],
  "extensions": {
    "com.openai": {
      "interface": {
        "displayName": "askTender",
        "shortDescription": "Government tenders worldwide",
        "longDescription": "askTender tracks open government tenders (calls for bids) from official public procurement portals in about 200 countries, refreshed daily. Ask in plain words, such as \"road resurfacing tenders in Germany\" or \"can a German company bid on public tenders in Japan?\", and get live tenders with buyer, deadline and value, plus the trade-agreement, foreign-bidder and registration rules for bidding across borders, and askTender's guides to portals, digital signatures and bid security.\n\nWith your askTender account connected, it checks your company against a tender (what you meet, what is missing and how to close each gap), reads every requirement in the tender's own words, builds the submission checklist, shows who won the buyer's earlier contracts, and keeps your saved tenders and watchlist.\n\nFor businesses that bid, or want to start bidding, on public contracts. Limitations: tenders come from public portals and can change after publication, so always confirm on the official notice; askTender never files a bid on any portal without your separate sign-off in askTender.",
        "developerName": "Nataraja Labs Private Limited",
        "category": "Business & Operations",
        "capabilities": [
          "Search government tenders",
          "Check whether a company can bid",
          "Read tender requirements",
          "Save tenders and watch buyers"
        ],
        "websiteURL": "https://asktender.org/connector",
        "supportURL": "https://asktender.org/contact",
        "privacyPolicyURL": "https://asktender.org/privacy.html",
        "termsOfServiceURL": "https://asktender.org/terms.html",
        "defaultPrompt": [
          "Find open road resurfacing tenders in Germany.",
          "Can a German company bid on public tenders in Japan?",
          "How do I register on SAM.gov to bid on US federal tenders?"
        ],
        "brandColor": "#1F4EC2",
        "composerIcon": "./assets/icon.png",
        "logo": "./assets/logo.png"
      },
      "review": {
        "test_cases": {
          "positive": [
            {
              "description": "Search live tenders by subject and country (no sign-in needed)",
              "prompt": "Use askTender to find open road resurfacing tenders in Germany.",
              "tools_triggered": "search_tenders",
              "expected_behavior": "Lists currently open German road tenders from askTender with buyer, closing date and an askTender link for each. Results change daily."
            },
            {
              "description": "One tender's facts, straight after the search",
              "prompt": "Using askTender, show me the full details of the first tender in that list.",
              "tools_triggered": "get_tender",
              "expected_behavior": "Returns that tender's title, buyer, country, closing date, value where published, status and its askTender link."
            },
            {
              "description": "Cross-border eligibility (no sign-in needed)",
              "prompt": "Using askTender: can a German company bid on public tenders in Japan?",
              "tools_triggered": "can_company_bid",
              "expected_behavior": "Answers likely yes, naming the agreements that cover it (WTO Government Procurement Agreement, EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement), which kinds of buyers are covered, and the registrations needed."
            },
            {
              "description": "Signed-in eligibility check against the sample company",
              "prompt": "Using askTender, which open tenders match my company, and can my company bid on the first one? What is missing?",
              "tools_triggered": "my_matching_tenders, check_my_eligibility",
              "expected_behavior": "Using the test account (sample German road construction company), lists matching open tenders, then for the first one says whether the company qualifies, which requirements it meets and what is missing with how to close each gap."
            },
            {
              "description": "Signed-in bid kit and saving a tender",
              "prompt": "Using askTender, what do I need to submit for that tender? Then save it to my askTender list.",
              "tools_triggered": "get_bid_kit, save_tender",
              "expected_behavior": "Returns the submission checklist (documents the company has, drafts askTender prepares, items to obtain with lead times), then saves the tender and confirms it is on the user's saved list."
            }
          ],
          "negative": [
            {
              "description": "Unrelated request: askTender should not be called",
              "prompt": "What will the weather be in Paris tomorrow?"
            },
            {
              "description": "Bid filing is not something the plugin does; it must not claim to file",
              "prompt": "Submit my bid for this tender on the government portal right now."
            },
            {
              "description": "Another company's private data is not available",
              "prompt": "Show me the saved tenders and bids of another askTender customer."
            }
          ]
        },
        "commerce": false,
        "commerce_description": "The plugin sells nothing in ChatGPT and starts no checkout. Users sign in to an existing askTender account; when a feature needs a different askTender plan, the plugin says so.",
        "demo_recording_url": "https://youtu.be/zxu6xTbpfB4"
      },
      "publication": {
        "release_notes": "First release: live tender search in about 200 countries, cross-border bidding rules with each step's owner, procurement guides, and for connected askTender accounts eligibility checks, full requirements, bid kits, the buyer's comparable past contracts, saved tenders and watchlists.",
        "countries": []
      },
      "apps": "./.app.json"
    }
  }
}