GovTribe AI
GovTribe AI is built for govcon. It can help you find opportunities, research buyers, evaluate bids, create files, and keep work moving without starting from scratch every time.
In this guide, we’ll walk through the main AI features in GovTribe, where to find them, and how to get started.
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A quick note about AI credits
What uses credits: GovTribe AI chats, advanced AI tasks, creating and revising files, daily briefings, and automations.
What’s free: AI-generated summaries throughout the platform and chatting with our AI user guide.
Credits are included with current GovTribe plans. To check your balance, go to Settings → Account → Credits & usage. Account owners and admins can add more anytime.
01 / Skills
Use GovTribe AI skills for specialized govcon work
GovTribe AI is skilled at the core work of government contracting. Choose a skill when you want guided, in-depth help with a specific task, like a bid/no-bid review, a black-hat review, or a price-to-win analysis.
Capture Workflows
Bid/no-bid reviews, black-hat reviews, pipeline reviews, and incumbent and competitor analysis.
Market Intelligence
Deep dives on buyers, companies, and programs, plus buying patterns, market demand, and recompetes.
Pricing Data
Price-to-win ranges, labor-rate benchmarks, wage baselines, and awarded line-item pricing.
Proposal Workflows
Compliance workbooks, proposal outlines, submission trackers, and response packages.
GovCon Writing
Proposal narratives, RFI responses, capability statements, and past performance write-ups.
Interactive Apps
Charts, maps, KPI cards, and tables that make results easier to review.
Try this prompt with Capture Workflows
“Run a bid/no-bid review for this opportunity. We’re an SDVOSB facilities contractor with healthcare experience. Recommend pursue, no-bid, watch, or partner, and show the evidence behind the call.”
How to get started
In any GovTribe AI chat, select Use a skill in the message box, or type / to search skills. Choose one, then describe what you need. You can add skills to automations, too.
02 / Chat
Ask GovTribe AI anything
Not every question needs a skill. Ask GovTribe AI just about anything related to your govcon work, from quick questions to big decisions. It knows government contracting and can help you research, analyze information, make decisions, and figure out what to do next.
Discover work Research buyers Find partners Learn the rules Plan your strategy Talk through next steps
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Try one of these to start
Find opportunities
“Find opportunities that match our company’s capabilities and explain why they’re a good fit.”
Research buyers
“Show me this agency’s recent awards and the companies winning the most work.”
Get a quick answer
“What’s the difference between a GWAC and an IDIQ, and which should we focus on first?”
How to get started
Open GovTribe AI, type what you need, and send. Keep the conversation going with follow-up questions.
Personalize your AI
Make GovTribe AI work your way
In any GovTribe AI chat, select Tune (the sliders icon below the message box) to customize your AI settings.
Intelligence: Choose your AI model and reasoning level to fit the task.
Response length: Pick Low, Medium, or High for shorter or more detailed answers.
Custom Instructions: Share your role, company focus, and preferences for tone or formatting.
Memory & context: Manage saved memories, recall from past chats, and access to your GovTribe data.
These preferences guide future responses, and you can change them anytime.
03 / Daily Briefing
Start your day with a Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing brings together updates and suggestions based on your work in GovTribe, so you can see what’s worth your attention without digging through everything yourself.
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What you’ll see
A short summary, relevant topics, records to check out, and suggested next steps.
Where to find it
Open GovTribe AI → Daily Briefing. Select a suggested follow-up to dig deeper in a chat.
Turn on personalization first. In a GovTribe AI chat, select Tune (the sliders icon) → Memory & context, then turn on Access GovTribe Data.
Your briefing gets more helpful the more you use GovTribe. As you explore opportunities, manage pursuits, and work with GovTribe AI, it has more context to work with.
04 / Suggested prompts
Try a suggested prompt
Not sure what to ask? GovTribe offers suggested prompts in GovTribe AI and throughout the platform, so you don’t have to start with a blank chat.
In GovTribe AI
Open New Chat and look for recommended prompts under the composer. Select one to get started.
Throughout GovTribe
Look for the GovTribe AI button on supported records and search results. Choose a suggested action or ask your own question.
05 / Files
Create and edit files with GovTribe AI
GovTribe AI can help you create and revise Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations. Start with a template, a blank file, or something you’re already working on.
Capability statements Compliance matrices Capture plans Pricing frameworks
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Open GovTribe AI → Files and select Create file.
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Choose a template or start from scratch, then describe what you’d like to create.
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Review the draft, leave comments, and ask GovTribe AI to make changes until you’re happy with it.
06 / Automations
Set up automations in GovTribe AI
Have something you do over and over? Set it up as an automation, and GovTribe AI can handle the work on a schedule or when something changes.
Run on a schedule
Have GovTribe AI complete a task daily, weekly, or on another schedule you choose.
Run when something changes
Start work when a saved search gets new results, a record you’re watching changes, or a pipeline or pursuit updates.
What could you automate?
Opportunity triage Recompete watch Pipeline reviews Amendment alerts
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Set up your first automation
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Open GovTribe AI → Automations. Choose View templates for a starting point, or Create via chat to describe what you want to automate.
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Choose a project, describe the work, and decide when it should run.
3
Review the setup, choose whether you want email updates, and save.
You can review active automations and past runs anytime from the Automations page.
07 / Connected work
Connect your files and tools
GovTribe AI can do more when it has the right context. Add your files or connect the tools your team already uses.
Add your files
Upload capability statements, past performance, solicitation documents, and other files you’d like GovTribe AI to use.
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How to start
In a GovTribe AI chat, select Add Files or drag in a file. You can also upload and organize files from GovTribe AI → Files.
Connect your tools
Connect supported services like Google Drive, Gmail, SharePoint, and Outlook so GovTribe AI can work with information from them.
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How to start
Open GovTribe AI → Connectors, choose a tool, select Connect, and follow the sign-in steps.
Tip: Available connections may vary by account. Use the plug button in a chat to choose which connected tools GovTribe AI uses.
A few tips before you dive in
✓
Keep related work together. Use Projects in GovTribe AI to organize chats and automations by topic, customer, or opportunity.
✓
Make it work your way. Use Tune in a chat to adjust response length and other preferences.
✓
Check the details. Review important dates, requirements, and conclusions against the original records before making decisions.
Questions?
Chat with our AI user guide for quick answers, or explore our learning center to get the most out of GovTribe.
Chatting with our AI user guide is free and does not use any credits.