Search open US federal government job postings from the official USAJOBS API. Filter by keyword (title/skills), location (e.g. "Austin, Texas" or a state), and/or hiring organization; at least one is required. Returns the total matching count plus current openings with title, agency and department, location(s), salary range (USD) and pay interval, GS pay grade, work schedule, posting/close dates, and the official apply link. Keyless to the caller, public-domain (OPM). Live federal hiring data an LLM cannot recall — for job search, labor-market and workforce research.
/api/gov/usajobsPAYMENT-SIGNATURE.The usajobs API is a pay-per-call gov endpoint built for AI agents and autonomous software. Search open US federal government job postings from the official USAJOBS API.
There is no signup and no API key. An agent (or any HTTP client) hits the endpoint, receives an x402 "402 Payment Required" challenge, signs a sub-cent USDC payment on Base or Solana, and retries — the data comes back on the paid request. That makes it a drop-in usajobs data source for an agent tool-use loop, an MCP host, or a backend that needs gov data on demand without onboarding to yet another vendor portal.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
keyword | string | min 1 chars · max 120 chars |
location | string | min 1 chars · max 80 chars |
organization | string | min 1 chars · max 80 chars |
limit | integer | min 1 · max 50 |
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/gov/usajobs?keyword=example&location=example&organization=example&limit=1' # 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/gov/usajobs?keyword=example&location=example&organization=example&limit=1' \ -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>' # Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry): # EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \ # --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \ # 'https://2s.io/api/gov/usajobs?keyword=example&location=example&organization=example&limit=1'
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'
const client = new TwoS({
privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})
const result = await client.gov.usajobs({
"keyword": "example",
"location": "example",
"organization": "example",
"limit": 1
})
console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)import os
from twosio import TwoS
client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])
result = client.gov.usajobs(keyword="example", location="example", organization="example", limit=1)
print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
// EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.
// claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"2sio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
"env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
}
}
}
// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "gov.usajobs",
"arguments": {
"keyword": "example",
"location": "example",
"organization": "example",
"limit": 1
}
}
}| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ok | boolean | one of: true |
items | array | |
total | integer | Total matching rows upstream; null when unknown. |
source | object |
{
"ok": true,
"items": [
{
"positionId": "example",
"title": "example",
"organization": "example",
"department": "example",
"locations": [
"example"
],
"salaryMinUSD": 1,
"salaryMaxUSD": 1,
"salaryInterval": "example",
"payGrade": "example",
"schedule": "example",
"postedDate": "example",
"closeDate": "example",
"applyUri": "example"
}
],
"total": 1,
"source": {
"provider": "example",
"url": "example",
"license": "example"
}
}