USAJOBS

liveJobsGovernment

US federal civilian job postings — ~10k active openings any given day. Free with key + User-Agent email.

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🔑Authentication

Platform key handled by Pipeworx. BYO format: ?_apiKey=<auth_key>:<email>.

Config with credentials
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-usajobs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usajobs/mcp?_apiKey=your_key:your_email"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools

get_jobrequired: announcement_number

Single announcement by number.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
announcement_numberreqstring—
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list_agencies

Federal agency reference.

No parameters required.

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list_pay_grades

Pay grade codes.

No parameters required.

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list_occupational_series

Occupational series codes.

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usajobs/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usajobs/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("us federal civilian job postings — ~10k active openings any given day");