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name: govtribe-capture-workflows
description: "Use to find and qualify government opportunities, make bid/no-bid decisions, research incumbents and competitors, identify teaming partners, and manage capture pipelines."
---

# GovTribe Capture Workflows

Before your first GovTribe search, read [Choose a search mode and write queries](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/choose-a-search-mode-and-write-queries), unless already in context. Alternatively, retrieve it with `Documentation` using `collections=["govtribe-for-agents"]` and `article_names=["Choose a search mode and write queries"]`.

## Research workflows

Choose references that match the request. For follow-ups, keep the active opportunity and company context. Tailor reports to their intended audience: internal capture teams, partners or government buyers.

- **Find opportunities for our company or pipeline:** [Relevant Opportunities](references/relevant-opportunities.md).
- **Analyze an opportunity or decide whether to bid:** [Bid / No-Bid Review](references/conduct-bid-no-bid-review.md).
- **Who is the incumbent?** [Find Incumbent](references/find-incumbent-for-federal-contract-opportunity.md) traces the performing contract or order.
- **Who might bid, and how do we compare?** [Likely Bidders](references/likely-bidders.md); [Black Hat Review](references/conduct-black-hat-review.md) for competitor strengths and countermoves.
- **Find or assess teaming partners:** Adapt [Likely Bidders](references/likely-bidders.md) discovery to complementary capabilities and buyer access; use [Past Performance Match](references/past-performance-match.md) to assess candidates against the workshare they would cover.
- **Which past performance fits this requirement?** [Past Performance Match](references/past-performance-match.md).
- **Expand into a federal buyer office:** [Federal Buyer Expansion Plan](references/federal-buyer-expansion-plan.md).
- **Create or manage pipelines and pursuits:** [Manage Pipelines and Pursuits](references/workspace-pipeline-operations.md).
- **Review pipeline progress and missing opportunities:** [Review My Pipeline](references/review-my-pipeline.md).

## Supporting references

- [Team On An Opportunity](references/team-on-an-opportunity.md): Use GovTribe teaming interests, match requests and team management.
- [Set Up Recurring Checks](references/relevant-opportunities.md#5-set-up-recurring-checks): Save useful searches or update existing monitors and their email cadence.
- [Price-to-Win Review](references/conduct-price-to-win-review.md): Apply pricing evidence from `govtribe-pricing-data` to pursuit decisions.
- [GAO Bid Protest Evidence](references/gao-bid-protest-evidence.md): Assess protest-related pursuit risk.
- **Existing company and proposal files:** [Search_User_Files](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/search-user-files-mcp-tool) for discovery; [Vector-store content retrieval](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/vector-store-content-retrieval) for supporting passages. Use native file tools for originals or unsupported formats.

Use `govtribe-file-templates` for template masters and revision checks, `govtribe-govcon-writing` for narrative, and the host’s native capabilities for file creation and editing. Use `govtribe-proposal-workflows` to prepare or revise a requested response, including RFIs and sources-sought responses.

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name: govtribe-docs
description: "Find GovTribe guides, MCP tool documentation, data definitions, and product instructions. Use for search syntax, filters, record fields, source files, saved searches, exports, and troubleshooting. Route search-syntax questions to 'Choose a search mode and write queries'."
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# GovTribe Docs

Read the matching bundled guide below. For a named tool, a current argument or response field, or a page outside this collection, use [Documentation](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/documentation-mcp-tool) with the exact article title or URL. Start in `govtribe-for-agents` for tool questions, `data-model` for record semantics, and `govtribe-user-guide` for product workflows and exports. Reuse guidance already in context.

Cite each guide or tool article you use in the final answer, using its canonical public URL supplied in the retrieved page or bundled reference.

If Documentation is disconnected, the bundled guides remain readable. Identify any current behavior you could not confirm. These are a curated offline collection; the full public documentation is available through Documentation or the linked website.

## Search and results

- Search syntax, modes, operators and identifiers: [Choose a search mode and write queries](references/govtribe-docs-choose-a-search-mode-and-write-queries.md). Name this exact guide when routing a search-syntax question, including route-only requests.
- Unexpected or missing results: [Troubleshoot search results](references/govtribe-docs-troubleshoot-search-results.md).
- Agency, vendor and parent-record filters: [Filter by related records and hierarchies](references/govtribe-docs-filter-by-related-records-and-hierarchies.md).
- Similar opportunities, awards or vendors: [Find similar records](references/govtribe-docs-find-similar-records.md).
- Returned fields and progressive retrieval: [Manage search context](references/govtribe-docs-manage-search-context.md).
- Date and location windows: [Date filtering](references/govtribe-docs-date-filtering.md) and [Location filtering](references/govtribe-docs-location-filtering.md).
- Counts, totals and rankings: [Aggregations and leaderboards](references/govtribe-docs-aggregations-and-leaderboards.md).

## Files, records and monitoring

- Document passages and source packages: [Vector-store content retrieval](references/govtribe-docs-vector-store-content-retrieval.md). For editing or spreadsheet analysis, use the original file with the host's file capabilities.
- IDs, names and source numbers: [Source identifiers and record matching](references/govtribe-docs-source-identifiers-and-record-matching.md).
- Obligations, ceilings and transaction periods: [Federal award values and transactions](references/govtribe-docs-federal-award-values-and-transactions.md).
- Recurring discovery: [Use saved searches](references/govtribe-docs-use-saved-searches.md) and [Favorites, saved searches, and pursuits](references/govtribe-docs-favorites-saved-searches-and-pursuits.md).

For customer UI instructions, exports, folders or a specific MCP tool, retrieve its exact page with Documentation. Match the instructions to tools and capabilities exposed in the current host.

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---
name: govtribe-file-templates
description: Use to select and adapt GovTribe templates for documents, workbooks and presentations, revise existing deliverables, and complete buyer-provided forms.
compatibility: Uses native document, spreadsheet and presentation capabilities. Template resolution uses Python 3.9+ or equivalent host file and checksum capabilities.
---

# GovTribe File Templates

## Template routes

Choose the guide matching the requested deliverable; continue a supplied form or selected working file without reselecting a library template.

- **Responses and buyer forms:** [RFI / Sources Sought](references/rfi-sources-sought-response.md), [RFQ Quotation](references/rfq-quotation-response.md), [Proposal Response](references/proposal-response.md), [Past Performance Narrative](references/past-performance-project-narrative.md), or [complete the buyer's original form](references/template-adaptation-and-revisions.md).
- **Compliance and response planning:** [Compliance Matrix](references/proposal-control-workbook.md) or [Annotated Proposal Outline](references/annotated-proposal-outline.md).
- **Capture decisions and briefings:** [Opportunity Brief](references/opportunity-capture-brief.md), [Bid / No-Bid Assessment](references/bid-no-bid-assessment.md), [Executive Capture Briefing](references/executive-capture-briefing.md), or [Teaming Partner Shortlist](references/teaming-partner-shortlist.md).
- **Company and market analysis:** [Company Profile / Due Diligence](references/company-profile.md), [Contract Awards and Spend Analysis](references/contract-awards-spend-analysis.md), or [System / Program Research](references/system-program-research.md).
- **Pricing and pipeline workbooks:** [Labor Pricing and Staffing](references/labor-pricing-staffing-model.md) or [Opportunity Pipeline Tracker](references/opportunity-pipeline-tracker.md).

Use `govtribe-govcon-writing` for narrative and capability statements; a company due-diligence report serves a different purpose.

## Select, adapt and check

1. **Select the starting file.** Required buyer forms take precedence. For a new library file, match the requested name, ID or deliverable in `assets/catalog.json`, then run `python3 scripts/resolve_template.py TEMPLATE_ID` from this skill's root. Verify the selected revision and copy its blank master; examples are illustrative. Exact-version selection and non-Python verification are covered in the supporting reference below.
2. **Adapt the selected file.** Read its completion guide and use the catalog's `domain_skill` for needed research, resolving resources from each skill's installed root. Reuse existing requirements, company evidence and accepted edits. Use native document, spreadsheet or presentation capabilities; preserve formulas and editable elements. Tailor content to the government buyer, internal capture team or prospective partner.
3. **Check the saved deliverable.** Reconcile sources, dates and calculations; recalculate workbook formulas and summary totals before rendering. Inspect the saved pages, affected sheets or slides using the adaptation checks below. Retain the editable source and matching exports. If native authoring is unavailable, provide useful Markdown, CSV or a slide outline and identify remaining file work.

## Supporting references

- [Template adaptation and revision checks](references/template-adaptation-and-revisions.md): exact template selection, existing drafts, buyer forms and saved-file checks.
- **Find supporting files:** [Search_User_Files](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/search-user-files-mcp-tool). Use [Vector-store content retrieval](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/vector-store-content-retrieval) for source passages and native file tools for originals, spreadsheets and images.

## OpenAI template files

Use the existing resolver with mounted files. If library files are not mounted, use [Template file access](references/openai-template-files.md) before adapting a new library template.

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name: govtribe-govcon-writing
description: Use to draft, tailor, shorten or review GovCon proposal narratives, capability statements, past performance, RFI answers and official correspondence.
---

# GovCon Writing

## Writing routes

Choose the references matching the requested work. Reuse the current buyer, evidence, selected draft and accepted wording. For revisions, change the requested passages and preserve the rest; for review-only requests, return findings.

- **Write a technical, management, staffing or quality-control approach:** [Proposal narratives](references/proposal-narratives.md).
- **Tailor a capability statement or turn project experience into persuasive past performance:** [Proposal narratives](references/proposal-narratives.md). Match the buyer and the company's actual role.
- **Answer an RFI, sources-sought notice or market-research questionnaire:** [RFI and sources-sought responses](references/rfi-and-sources-sought-responses.md).
- **Fit an answer into a survey field or shorten it without losing meaning:** [RFI and sources-sought responses](references/rfi-and-sources-sought-responses.md) for field limits; use the relevant narrative or correspondence guide for other revisions.
- **Draft a cover letter, submission email or contracting-officer question:** [Official correspondence](references/official-correspondence.md).

Produce the requested words from available context; a capability statement or email does not require a solicitation. For missing solicitation requirements, use `govtribe-proposal-workflows` reference `references/solicitation-intelligence-and-compliance-extraction.md` from its installed root. Reuse an existing requirement map.

## Supporting references

- [Source authority and claims](references/source-authority-and-claims.md): conflicting requirements, missing facts, performer attribution and proposed commitments.
- [State and local adaptation](references/state-and-local-adaptation.md): buyer-specific terminology, forms and addenda.
- [Research sources](references/research-sources.md): official guidance when a procedural rule needs verification.
- **Create or revise a complete file/package:** use the relevant response guide in `govtribe-file-templates`, plus its `references/template-adaptation-and-revisions.md` for selected-file preservation and native format checks. Keep factual gaps and remaining file work separate from external copy; inline requests need inline text.
- **Find supporting files:** [Search_User_Files](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/search-user-files-mcp-tool) and [Vector-store content retrieval](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/vector-store-content-retrieval). Before a GovTribe search, read [Choose a search mode and write queries](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/choose-a-search-mode-and-write-queries), unless already in context; alternatively retrieve that article by title through `Documentation` in `govtribe-for-agents`.

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name: govtribe-market-intelligence
description: "Use for government market research and deep dives on companies, buyers, opportunities, awards, vehicles, grants and programs, including spending patterns, future demand and recompetes."
---

# GovTribe Market Intelligence

Before your first GovTribe search, read [Choose a search mode and write queries](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/choose-a-search-mode-and-write-queries), unless already in context. Alternatively, retrieve it with `Documentation` using `collections=["govtribe-for-agents"]` and `article_names=["Choose a search mode and write queries"]`.

## Research workflows

For **“deep dive this record”**, reuse the selected page, record ID or supplied URL and choose the matching reference below. Keep the requested audience and question in view; combine references when related records help answer it.

Different awards can share vendors; keep unverified roles and eligibility unresolved. Analog vendors can remain leads without predecessor proof.

- **Company deep dive:** [Company Profiles and Diligence](references/company-profiles-and-diligence.md) covers identity, ownership, capabilities, customers and government-business relationships.
- **Federal buyer or contact deep dive, spending patterns and market size:** [Federal Buying Pattern Analysis](references/federal-buying-pattern-analysis.md) covers agencies, offices, contracting contacts, contracts, grants, subawards and purchasing channels.
- **State or local buyer deep dive:** [State and Local Buying Pattern Analysis](references/state-local-buying-pattern-analysis.md) covers statewide activity and individual jurisdictions.
- **Federal opportunity or forecast deep dive:** [Federal Procurement Status and History](references/federal-procurement-status-and-history.md) traces notices, amendments, award outcomes and forecast progression.
- **Federal award, order, IDV or vehicle deep dive:** [Federal Contract and Vehicle Research](references/federal-contract-and-vehicle-research.md) explains contract history, holders, ordering terms and actual usage.
- **Grant opportunity, award or program deep dive:** [Grant Funding Research](references/grant-funding-research.md) covers funding terms, eligibility, recipients and program relationships.
- **State/local procurement deep dive:** [State and Local Procurement Research](references/state-and-local-procurement-research.md) follows opportunities, awards, IDVs and vehicles through original sources and related records.
- **Defense program deep dive:** [Defense Program and Supplier Research](references/defense-program-and-supplier-research.md) maps program activity, contracts and supported supplier relationships.
- **Upcoming federal demand:** [Early Federal Procurement Signals](references/find-early-federal-procurement-signals.md) covers expiring contracts, forecasts, contract and grant opportunities, and funding signals.
- **Future federal contract spending:** [Spending Forecast](references/spending-forecast.md) estimates obligations and timing from historical spending and known procurement changes.
- **Follow-on work for an existing opportunity, award, IDV or vehicle:** [Find Federal Recompete Opportunities](references/find-federal-recompete-opportunities.md) finds successor forecasts, contract opportunities or grant competitions.
- **Acquisition targets:** [Acquisition Target Scan](references/acquisition-target-scan.md) builds a vendor universe from government-market evidence.
- **Work held by firms nearing certification expiration:** [SBA Certification Expiration Analysis](references/sba-certification-graduation-dashboard.md) finds incumbent contracts and potential follow-on pursuits.

Use `govtribe-capture-workflows` for opportunity shortlists, company fit and pursuit decisions; `govtribe-pricing-data` for price/cost research; and `govtribe-proposal-workflows` for response preparation. Carry the resolved target and useful findings into those workflows.

## Supporting references

- [Federal Budget Data](references/federal-budget-data.md): Analyze funding changes using official OMB and DoD tables, agency appendices and detailed justifications, downloaded as needed.
- [Saved searches](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/use-saved-searches): Reuse searches and set up email alerts. For recurring market reports, compare with the previous run; the first run establishes the baseline. Schedule recurring analysis through the host when requested.
- For a requested document, use `govtribe-file-templates` when a suitable master exists, `govtribe-govcon-writing` for narrative and the host's native format capabilities.

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name: govtribe-pricing-data
description: "Use for government-contract pricing and staffing: estimate FTEs and labor costs, compare BLS wages, GSA ceilings or SCI rates, evaluate proposed bill rates, and build or revise pricing models."
---

# GovTribe Pricing Data

Before your first GovTribe search, read [Choose a search mode and write queries](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/choose-a-search-mode-and-write-queries), unless already in context. Alternatively, retrieve it with `Documentation` using `collections=["govtribe-for-agents"]` and `article_names=["Choose a search mode and write queries"]`.

## Research workflows

Read the matching workflow references below before relevant calculations or price judgments, including when all inputs are supplied. For combined labor and price questions, read **Staffing and Labor Costs** and **Comparable Prices and Cost Drivers**; when judging a proposed bid, carry their findings through **Price-to-Win Research and Modeling**. Reuse the active opportunity, files, proposed price and assumptions, including for terse follow-ups such as `ptw`.

- **What should we bid, or is our proposed price defensible?** [Price-to-Win Research and Modeling](references/price-to-win-analysis.md).
- **What staffing and labor costs are reasonable?** [Staffing and Labor Costs](references/staffing-wage-and-labor-category-workflow.md) covers workload, FTEs, salaries, loaded rates and wrap assumptions.
- **What have buyers paid for comparable work?** [Comparable Prices and Cost Drivers](references/comparable-prices-and-cost-drivers.md) selects price evidence, units and scope adjustments for labor, products, subscriptions, construction and other services.
- **Build, review or revise a pricing workbook:** [Build, Review and Revise a Pricing Model](references/pricing-model-workflow.md) covers labor and nonlabor economics, formulas, fee bases, sensitivity checks and selected revisions.

## Supporting references

- **Pricing sources:** [BLS wages](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/bls-occupational-wage-data-mcp-tool), [GSA labor ceilings](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/search-gsa-labor-rates-mcp-tool), [Service Contract Inventory](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/search-service-contract-inventory-mcp-tool) and [awarded line items](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/search-line-items-mcp-tool).
- **Existing pricing files:** [Search_User_Files](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/search-user-files-mcp-tool) locates requested prior work; [source-content retrieval](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/vector-store-content-retrieval) retrieves passages. Use native file tools for originals and formulas.

Use `govtribe-file-templates` for template masters and revision checks, and `govtribe-govcon-writing` for pricing narrative. Use `govtribe-capture-workflows` for bid/no-bid and pursuit decisions, and `govtribe-proposal-workflows` for buyer submission requirements.

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name: govtribe-proposal-workflows
description: "Use to interpret solicitations and amendments, build compliance matrices or proposal outlines, and draft or revise government responses and buyer forms."
---

# GovTribe Proposal Workflows

Before your first GovTribe search, read [Choose a search mode and write queries](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/choose-a-search-mode-and-write-queries), unless already in context. Alternatively, retrieve it with `Documentation` using `collections=["govtribe-for-agents"]` and `article_names=["Choose a search mode and write queries"]`.

## Proposal workflows

Choose references that match the request. Reuse the active opportunity, source files, requirement IDs, company evidence and selected draft. For amendments and follow-ups, update that work rather than restarting it.

- **What must we submit, and what changed?** [Solicitation Requirements and Amendments](references/solicitation-intelligence-and-compliance-extraction.md): identify instructions, evaluation factors, deadlines, forms and changes.
- **Build or update a compliance matrix, spreadsheet checklist or proposal tracker:** [Build or Update a Compliance Matrix](references/build-proposal-control-workbook.md).
- **Organize the technical response for our writers:** use **Annotated Proposal Outline** (`annotated-proposal-outline`) in `govtribe-file-templates` reference `references/annotated-proposal-outline.md` from its installed root.

## Response templates

Use the following guides from the installed File Templates root; retain a selected draft or required buyer form.

- **Answer an RFI or sources-sought notice:** `govtribe-file-templates` reference `references/rfi-sources-sought-response.md`.
- **Prepare an RFQ quotation:** `govtribe-file-templates` reference `references/rfq-quotation-response.md`.
- **Draft or revise a proposal response:** `govtribe-file-templates` reference `references/proposal-response.md`.
- **Complete a buyer's questionnaire, survey or form:** `govtribe-file-templates` reference `references/template-adaptation-and-revisions.md`.

## Supporting references

- **Find supporting company files:** [Search_User_Files](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/tools/search-user-files-mcp-tool); use [Vector-store content retrieval](https://govtribe.com/docs/govtribe-for-agents/guides/vector-store-content-retrieval) for passages and native file tools for originals or unsupported formats.

Use `govtribe-govcon-writing` for narrative and `govtribe-pricing-data` for price or staffing research. `govtribe-capture-workflows` owns pursuit decisions and past-performance selection; preparing a requested response does not require a prior bid/no-bid review.

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