Search Contacts

Search_Contacts returns GovTribe contact profiles with communication fields, organizational context, and contact-reference signals derived from opportunities, awards, and files.

When To Use

Typical questions this tool answers well:

• Which GovTribe contacts match a specific person, email fragment, or topical role?

• Which contacts are associated with a known federal agency or vendor?

• Which contacts were referenced from specific opportunities, awards, or files?

• Which contact reference types (opportunity POC, award POC, in-description, in-government-file) are present in a result set?

• Where are contact records concentrated by top agencies, states, jurisdictions, or vendors?

Required Reading

1. Search_Query_Guide: Required before setting free-text query strings when search_mode is used.

2. Search_Mode_Guide: Required before choosing keyword vs semantic retrieval.

Input Contract

• query: Free-text query string. See Required Reading: Search_Query_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• page: 1-based page index.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 1

• per_page: Rows per page.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 10

• search_mode: Query interpretation mode. See Required Reading: Search_Mode_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: keyword

  • options: keyword, semantic

• federal_agency_ids: Filter by federal agencies. Use GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• federal_agency_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Federal Agency GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• reference_types: Filter contacts by how they were referenced (for example opportunity POC, award POC, seen in description, or government file).

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: externalFile, description, transactionContact, pointOfContact

• reference_types_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Reference Types.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• vendor_ids: Filter by vendors. Use GovTribe IDs or vendor UEIs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• vendor_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Vendor IDs (GovTribe or UEI).

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• referenced_govtribe_ids: Filter contacts by referencing records. Use GovTribe IDs of the referencing records.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• referenced_govtribe_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Referenced Record GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• similar_filter: Find similar to the provided govtribe_type + govtribe_id.

  • type: null|object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { govtribe_type: string, govtribe_id: string }

• contact_ids: Include or exclude results by GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• contact_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• aggregations: Aggregation keys to compute.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: top_federal_agencies_by_doc_count, top_jurisdictions_by_doc_count, top_states_by_doc_count, top_vendors_by_doc_count

• fields_to_return: Optional field list for row payloads. If omitted and per_page > 0, rows default to govtribe_id. For per_page: 0 aggregation/meta calls, this field may be omitted. Specify fields_to_return whenever the user asks for fields beyond govtribe_id, and prefer omitting it in pure aggregation workflows.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: govtribe_id, govtribe_ai_summary, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, types, name, email, phone, title, role, organization, updated_at, parent_organization_details

Output Contract

• Top-level keys:

  • current_page: Current page number when per_page > 0.

  • data: Array of result rows when per_page > 0.

  • from: First row position in the current page.

  • last_page: Last page number for current filters.

  • path: GovTribe search URL for this result set.

  • per_page: Applied page size.

  • to: Last row position in the current page.

  • total: Total matched row count for current query filters.

  • contains: Dataset label for the returned result set.

  • search_results_id_can_generate_saved_search: Saved-search eligibility flag.

  • search_results_id: Server-side search result identifier.

  • view_search_results_url: URL to open this exact result set.

  • aggregations: Aggregation payload keyed by requested aggregation names when requested.

  • per_page: 0 behavior: response omits row pagination keys and returns metadata keys above plus aggregations when requested.

• Row keys:

  • govtribe_id

  • govtribe_ai_summary

  • govtribe_type

  • govtribe_url

  • types

  • name

  • email

  • phone

  • title

  • role

  • organization

  • updated_at

  • parent_organization_details

• Relationship retrieval map:

  • parent_organization_details

    • resource_type: federal_agency

    • tool: Search_Federal_Agencies

    • filter: federal_agency_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

    • resource_type: jurisdiction

    • tool: Search_Jurisdictions

    • filter: jurisdiction_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

    • resource_type: state

    • tool: Search_States

    • filter: state_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

    • resource_type: vendor

    • tool: Search_Vendors

    • filter: vendor_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, name, uei, govtribe_url

Usage Patterns

Pattern A: Resolve contacts for a known federal agency (after resolving the agency ID with Search_Federal_Agencies). Tool: Search_Contacts

{
  "federal_agency_ids": [
    "9700|1700-A"
  ],
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 25
}

Pattern B: Find contacts referenced in known records and limit to public POC-type signals. Tool: Search_Contacts

{
  "query": "",
  "reference_types": [
    "pointOfContact",
    "transactionContact"
  ],
  "referenced_govtribe_ids": [
    "<RECORD_GOVTRIBE_ID>"
  ],
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 20
}

Pattern C: Run conceptual contact discovery while excluding known contacts. Tool: Search_Contacts

{
  "query": "engineering and cybersecurity acquisition contacts",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 20,
  "contact_ids": [
    "<CONTACT_ID_TO_EXCLUDE_1>",
    "<CONTACT_ID_TO_EXCLUDE_2>"
  ],
  "contact_ids_operator": "not_in"
}

Pattern D: Aggregation-only concentration view by agency, state, jurisdiction, and vendor. Tool: Search_Contacts

{
  "aggregations": [
    "top_federal_agencies_by_doc_count",
    "top_states_by_doc_count",
    "top_jurisdictions_by_doc_count",
    "top_vendors_by_doc_count"
  ],
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "per_page": 0
}

Pattern E: Find contacts similar to an existing anchor record. Tool: Search_Contacts

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "similar_filter": {
    "govtribe_type": "contact",
    "govtribe_id": "<CONTACT_ID>"
  },
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 20
}