Getting started
Welcome to GovTribe! Whether you’re here to find opportunities, research your market, team with other contractors, or try GovTribe AI, you’re in the right place.
There’s a lot you can do in GovTribe, but you don’t need to learn it all at once. This guide shows you around, helps you set up your account and connect your tools, and walks you through your first search. From there, you can pick what to explore next.
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Where to start
Take a quick look around, set up your profile, connect the tools you use, and run one search for the kind of work you do. That’s all it takes to start seeing what GovTribe can do for you.
01 / Look around
When you log in, you’ll see a menu on the left side of the screen. That’s where everything lives. It may look like a lot at first, but it all comes down to three things.
Find work
Opportunities worth your time
Explore
Opportunities picked for you, plus what’s popular
Opportunities
Contracts, grants, and forecasts
Awards
Who won what, and for how much
Files
Solicitation documents and other files, all searchable
Get work done
Tools to help you win
GovTribe AI
Your govcon assistant for research, files, and more
Capture
Your pipeline of pursuits and tasks
Teaming
Primes and subs looking for partners
Beacon
The people to contact at agencies and companies
Know your market
Who’s buying, who’s winning
Reports
Spending trends at a glance
Participants
Agencies, buyers, and vendors
Categories
NAICS and PSC codes, and the work behind them
Programs
Defense and grant programs, and their awards
What you see can vary by plan.
A few tools stay in the same place on every page, so you can use them wherever you are in GovTribe.
Search bar Top of the page
Search all of GovTribe from any page, including opportunities, awards, agencies, vendors, contacts, and files. Use keywords for exact matches, or Semantic Search to find records that match what you mean.
GovTribe AI Top of the menu
Chat with GovTribe AI, check your Daily Briefing, create files, and set up automations.
Notification Center Bell icon
See your updates in one place, like teaming requests, finished exports, and activity on your work.
Help Life-ring icon
Get help and support whenever you need it.
Your user menu Your initials, top right
Open Settings, your profile, Integrations, and Credits & usage.
Good to know: everything is connected. Open any record, like an agency or opportunity, to see its related awards, contacts, files, and more. On records and search results, look for the GovTribe AI button to ask questions about what you’re viewing.
02 / Set up your account
A few quick settings make GovTribe work better for you. Open the user menu in the upper-right corner and select Settings.
Check your profile. Under Personal → My profile, confirm your name and contact info, and add a photo if you’d like. While you’re there, turn on two-factor authentication for extra security.
Choose your notifications. Under Personal → Notifications, pick the updates you want, like recommended opportunities and teaming matches.
Tell GovTribe who you are. Under Personal → Capture profile, select the company you work for and whether you usually lead bids or join teams. GovTribe uses this to recommend opportunities and partners.
Claim your company’s profile. Search for your company under Participants → Vendors, then select Claim this Vendor to add your details and capabilities, so buyers and partners see you at your best.
03 / Connect your tools
GovTribe works best when it’s connected to the rest of your work. You don’t need all of these, so set up the ones that fit how your team works.
Contract vehicles
Bring in your vehicle opportunities
Hold a GSA Schedule or another vehicle? Connect your eBuy access to see those opportunities right alongside everything else. Available on GovTribe Pro.
How: Open the user menu, select Integrations, and follow the steps to connect eBuy.
Other apps
Send GovTribe updates where you work
Use Zapier to send new opportunities or pursuits to your CRM, spreadsheets, or team chat. You can also connect Slack and Unanet CRM.
How: Open the user menu, select Integrations, then Connect to Zapier.
Files and email
Give GovTribe AI your context
Connect Google Drive, Gmail, SharePoint, or Outlook so GovTribe AI can use your capability statements, past performance, and more.
How: Open GovTribe AI → Connectors, choose a tool, and sign in.
Your AI tools
Use GovTribe in ChatGPT, Claude, and more
Already work in another AI tool? GovTribe MCP lets it search GovTribe data and update your workspace.
How: Find GovTribe in your AI tool’s app or connector directory, then sign in to GovTribe.
Some connections depend on your plan or permissions, and GovTribe AI and MCP use credits.
04 / Your first search
The best way to learn GovTribe is to use it. Here’s a simple first win.
Search for what you do. Type a few words about your work in the search bar at the top, like “cybersecurity services” or “janitorial services Virginia.”
Narrow it down. Use filters to focus on what matters to you, like an agency, set-aside, or due date.
Save your search. Save it, and GovTribe will let you know when new opportunities match, so you don’t have to check back every day.
Track what you like. Found a good fit? Select Add Pursuit to add it to your pipeline and keep track of it.
Not sure where to start? Open GovTribe AI from the menu and ask in plain language. It searches GovTribe for you and explains what it finds.
Try this prompt
“We provide [what you do]. Find open opportunities that could be a good fit for us, and explain why.”
GovTribe AI uses credits, and free trials include 2,000 to get you started.
05 / What’s next
There’s no single right way to use GovTribe. Start with whatever matters most to you right now.