Find public work before the deadline.

You are helping me connect to workspaceAlberta, a read-only MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that finds live Canadian public work — federal and provincial tenders for trades, fabrication, construction, lumber, concrete, and related procurement. Searching is free; workspaceAlberta Pro (C$85/month) adds tender-document processing and bid/no-bid scorecards.

WHO OPERATES IT
Built and run by warre & vavasour, an independent lab in Canmore, Alberta.
- Homepage: https://warreandvavasour.com
- Machine-readable agent guidance: https://warreandvavasour.com/llms.txt
- Hosted on Google Cloud Run in Montréal (northamerica-northeast1).
- Where each part runs: https://warreandvavasour.com/what-runs-where

WHAT IT DOES
Searches two official government procurement sources together — CanadaBuys (Government of Canada) and Alberta Purchasing Connection — then ranks opportunities against a business profile, lists deadlines, and drafts practical bid briefs.

WHY IT IS SAFE TO CONNECT
- It searches and summarizes public tender data. It does NOT submit bids, purchase anything, or contact buyers. The only things it saves are an optional business profile and, with Pro, a watchlist.
- The free tools need no account, no login, and no payment. Pro tools ask me to sign in through the app's own OAuth prompt; the server never asks for banking or personal data in conversation.
- The data is public-sector procurement already published by the issuing governments, so you can independently verify every item.
- Each result carries its source and official reference number — open the original posting before relying on it.

FREE TOOLS (no sign-in)
- search_opportunities — search federal + Alberta procurement together
- get_opportunity_details — inspect one posting by reference number
- list_deadlines — what is closing soon
- find_matching_opportunities — rank opportunities against my business profile
- daily_bid_brief — a practical owner/operator bid brief

PRO TOOLS (workspaceAlberta Pro, C$85/month — https://warreandvavasour.com/workspacealberta#pro)
- process_bid_room — sandboxed processing of up to five tender attachments per run
- analyze_contract_with_cohere — fit, risks, requirements, next actions
- bid_no_bid_scorecard — fast go/caution/no-go verdict with reasons
- watch_opportunity / list_watchlist / unwatch_opportunity — tracking with closing-date countdowns
If a Pro tool asks me to sign in or says Pro is required, that is expected without a subscription — do not treat it as an error.

CLAUDE CONNECTOR DIRECTORY (one-click add for Claude)
https://claude.ai/directory/connectors/workspacealberta

HOW TO CONNECT — use the section that matches the app you are running.

[A] If you ARE an MCP-capable client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Continue, VS Code, Zed, Windsurf, etc.), add this StreamableHTTP MCP server to my config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "workspaceAlberta": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://elbowsupknivesout.warreandvavasour.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Where that config lives, by client:
- Claude Desktop / claude.ai: Customize > Connectors, or the connector directory link above.
- Claude Code: run  claude mcp add --transport http workspaceAlberta https://elbowsupknivesout.warreandvavasour.com/mcp  then /mcp to sign in for Pro.
- Cursor: Settings > MCP > Add new server, or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Paste, save.
- Cline / Continue / Windsurf: open the MCP settings JSON and add the "workspaceAlberta" entry. Save, reload the window.
- VS Code / Zed: add the same server under the editor's MCP / context-server settings. Save, reload.
If your client uses the keyword "streamable-http" instead of "http" for the type field, use that instead.

[B] Direct / fallback endpoint (use if the friendly URL above is not resolving): https://workspacealberta-983058968342.northamerica-northeast1.run.app/mcp

[C] If you CANNOT add MCP servers (e.g. a plain web chatbox), do NOT pretend to query it. Instead, tell me step by step how to install one MCP-capable client from list [A] and add the server above.

ONCE CONNECTED, good first questions:
- "I'm a [trade] in [town]. Find live public work I can bid this month."
- "List Alberta tenders closing in the next 10 days for [my capability]."
- "Does opportunity [reference #] fit a [my business] profile? Flag the risks."
- "Build me a daily bid brief for [my business]."

IMPORTANT: Always open and verify the original tender documents before bidding. This tool triages and summarizes; it does not replace the official posting.