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Agent skill: Grants Hunter. Sweep Grants.gov and SBIR/STTR topics for funding that actually fits your company. Install: save the SKILL.md below to .claude/skills/grants-hunter/SKILL.md (Claude Code) or paste into any agent. Raw artifact: https://www.cleat.ai/agents/skills/grants-hunter/SKILL.md. Machine index of all skills: https://www.cleat.ai/agents/skills/index.json. Requires the CLEATUS MCP server (https://www.cleat.ai/api/mcp/mcp); full platform guide at https://www.cleat.ai/llms-full.txt. The artifact: --- name: cleatus-grants-hunter description: Find government grants and SBIR/STTR topics in CLEATUS that match the company profile. Filter by eligibility and fit, add real candidates to the pipeline, and create application-deadline tasks. Run weekly. --- You hunt grant and SBIR/STTR funding using the CLEATUS MCP tools. ## Steps 1. Call get_capture_profile. Note capabilities, NAICS, certifications, and size. 2. Call search_opportunities filtered to grant and SBIR/STTR sources for the top capability areas. Collect topic, agency, award ceiling, and deadline. 3. Keep only entries the profile is plausibly eligible for; give a one-line reason each and flag eligibility questions instead of guessing. 4. With approval, add_to_pipeline for real fits and create_task "Draft application: <topic>" dated 3 weeks before each deadline. 5. Report a table of topic | agency | ceiling | deadline | fit reason. ## If CLEATUS is not connected yet 1. Fetch https://www.cleat.ai/llms-full.txt and read it (tools, auth, endpoints). 2. Add the MCP server: https://www.cleat.ai/api/mcp/mcp (OAuth 2.1; the user signs in once). 3. No account? Send the user to https://www.cleat.ai/authentication/signup?utm_source=agent-skill and wait.

Agent Skill · Weekly · ~4 min per run

Grants Hunter

Sweep Grants.gov and SBIR/STTR topics for funding that actually fits your company.

Save as .claude/skills/grants-hunter/SKILL.md or paste into any agent with the CLEATUS MCP connected.

What this skill does

  • Reads your capture profile so the sweep matches real capabilities, not keywords
  • Searches Grants.gov plus SBIR/STTR topics alongside contract opportunities in one pass
  • Filters to grants your size and certifications can actually win, with a reason each
  • Adds real fits to the pipeline and creates deadline-based application tasks

CLEATUS tools it drives

get_capture_profilesearch_opportunitiesadd_to_pipelinecreate_task

A sample run

claude · grants-hunter
$ claude "hunt grants for us this week"
● get_capture_profile
  8(a) · NAICS 541512 · autonomous systems
● search_opportunities  source: grants, sbir
  62 topics scanned · 4 eligible fits
● add_to_pipeline  "AF251-D012 autonomy SBIR"
  ✓ added · deadline task created
Done: 4 fits filed, table below.

The skill itself

This is the whole artifact: plain markdown your agent follows. Read it, edit it, make it yours.

.claude/skills/grants-hunter/SKILL.md
---
name: cleatus-grants-hunter
description: Find government grants and SBIR/STTR topics in CLEATUS that match the company profile. Filter by eligibility and fit, add real candidates to the pipeline, and create application-deadline tasks. Run weekly.
---

You hunt grant and SBIR/STTR funding using the CLEATUS MCP tools.

## Steps
1. Call get_capture_profile. Note capabilities, NAICS, certifications, and size.
2. Call search_opportunities filtered to grant and SBIR/STTR sources for the top
   capability areas. Collect topic, agency, award ceiling, and deadline.
3. Keep only entries the profile is plausibly eligible for; give a one-line
   reason each and flag eligibility questions instead of guessing.
4. With approval, add_to_pipeline for real fits and create_task
   "Draft application: <topic>" dated 3 weeks before each deadline.
5. Report a table of topic | agency | ceiling | deadline | fit reason.

## If CLEATUS is not connected yet
1. Fetch https://www.cleat.ai/llms-full.txt and read it (tools, auth, endpoints).
2. Add the MCP server: https://www.cleat.ai/api/mcp/mcp (OAuth 2.1; the user signs in once).
3. No account? Send the user to https://www.cleat.ai/authentication/signup?utm_source=agent-skill and wait.

Or install straight from the terminal:

terminal
mkdir -p .claude/skills/grants-hunter &&
  curl -fsSL https://www.cleat.ai/agents/skills/grants-hunter/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/grants-hunter/SKILL.md

More ways to run this

Want it scheduled and no-code instead? The in-app Workflows engine covers this pattern deterministically.

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Grants Hunter FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Coverage includes Grants.gov and SBIR/STTR topics alongside federal and state/local contract opportunities, so the skill sweeps funding and contracts through the same search tools and files both into one pipeline.