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Assess Applicant Eligibility Before You Apply

Check whether your organization qualifies for a specific grant by matching your profile against the full opportunity details.

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Starting a grant application only to discover you are ineligible halfway through is a common and costly mistake. Eligibility criteria are often buried in lengthy documents and easy to misread.

Grants Finder lets you pull the complete details for any opportunity and then score your applicant profile against those requirements. The result is a clear pass-or-flag assessment that tells you whether to proceed, what gaps exist, and whether those gaps are hard blockers or addressable concerns.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter in Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Identify the specific grant opportunity you want to assess and describe your organization profile in detail.
  3. Use `grants-finder` with `opportunity_details` to pull the full eligibility criteria, requirements, and constraints.
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ChatGPT

  1. Connect ToolRouter in ChatGPT: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Name the grant opportunity and describe your organization profile with type, geography, sector, size, and relevant experience.
  3. Use `grants-finder` with `opportunity_details` to pull the full eligibility criteria.
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Copilot

  1. Connect ToolRouter in Copilot: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Specify the grant opportunity and your organization profile with all relevant details.
  3. Use `grants-finder` with `opportunity_details` to pull the full eligibility criteria and requirements.
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter in OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Define the list of opportunities and applicant profiles you want to assess.
  3. Use `grants-finder` with `opportunity_details` to pull requirements for each opportunity.
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