# sbirscout

> sbirscout — cognis-digital-sbirscout. Use this tool when you need to discover and score Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) topics from multiple sources, including DSIP, SBIR.gov, and NIH. It solves the problem of manually searching and evaluating funding opportunities by providing a digest of relevant topics with bid scoring. The tool takes in various data sources as input and outputs a scored list of topics, making it ideal for businesses and researchers looking to identify potential funding opportunities.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/cognis-digital-sbirscout  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-sbirscout

## Description

SBIR/STTR topic discovery — DSIP + SBIR.gov + NIH digest with bid scoring

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Updated:** 2026-09-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/cognis-digital/sbirscout)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "cognis-digital-sbirscout"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-sbirscout` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cognis-digital-sbirscout/pull`

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