Winquill

by eshmere.ai · ai.eshmere/tenda

Public tenders and contract awards in the UK, US, Canada and EU, and help preparing bids.

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44 reported
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Online

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http tenda https://mcp.tenda.eshmere.ai/mcp

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://mcp.tenda.eshmere.ai/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tenda": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tenda.eshmere.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools it offers

44 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

  • search_tendersUse this to find public sector contracts to bid for in the UK, Canada, the United States, Germany, France and the rest of the EU: open tenders, frameworks and upcoming notices from any public buyer. Searches the user's o
  • get_tender_detailsUse this when the user asks about one tender, framework or standing offer, by notice ID, buyer reference or from earlier results: the deadline, the portal to submit through, lots, value, conditions, award criteria and wh
  • search_contract_awardsUse this to find who won public contracts in the UK, Canada, the United States, Germany, France and the rest of the EU, what a buyer paid last time, and which contracts end soon and may be re-tendered. Searches the user'
  • assess_tender_fitUse this when the user asks whether their business should bid for a public contract, or which open tenders suit them best. Compares the tender's conditions of participation (turnover, insurance levels, experience and cer
  • check_bid_readinessUse this when the user wants to know what they're missing before bidding, for one tender or in general: registrations, certifications, insurance, policies and each country's own documents, such as Cyber Essentials in the
  • draft_bid_responseUse this when the user wants help writing part of a response to a public tender: a quality question answer, social value response, method statement, case study, company overview, cover letter or clarification question. R
  • review_bid_draftUse this when the user has a draft answer for a public tender and wants it checked before submission, the way an evaluator would: word limit, every part of the question answered, specific evidence, firm commitments, no u
  • watch_tendersUse this when the user wants alerts for new tenders or upcoming notices that match a search, or for changes to one tender they follow (clarifications, new deadlines, the award). Saves a watch and gives its watchId: match
  • list_watchesUse this when the user asks which Winquill watches they have, or to find the one to stop: each watch with its ID, what it watches for, its countries and whether it posts to Slack or Teams. Needs a Winquill account. Do no
  • stop_watchUse this when the user wants to stop one of their Winquill watches, by the watchId that watch_tenders or list_watches gave. It finds nothing new after that; what it already found still shows in get_tender_updates. Needs
  • get_tender_updatesUse this when the user asks what's new from their Winquill watches: new matching tenders, pipeline notices, deadline changes, clarifications, cancellations and awards. Without since, it gives the updates not shown before
  • add_tender_documentsUse this when the user shares text from a tender's documents, or wants Winquill to read the files the buyer published with the notice (read_published, signed in). Returns a checklist of everything the bid must include, e
  • save_company_profileUse this when the user wants Winquill to remember their business for searches, fit and readiness checks and drafting. Fill in only company facts the user has told you, leaving out anything unsure and any personal details
  • get_pipeline_statusUse this when the user asks how their team's bids are going, for a status report, or what is due: how many tenders are in each stage of their Winquill pipeline, which bids are running with their next step and due date, w
  • add_to_pipelineUse this when the user wants to save a tender to their team's pipeline to consider bidding, e.g. "add this to our pipeline" or "let's track the Falkirk cleaning framework". Adds it in Watching, ready for the bid or no-bi
  • record_portal_accountUse this when the user says whether their company has an account on the e-tendering portal a tender is run on, where suppliers get the tender pack and bid, often after Winquill asked as a tender joined the pipeline: "yes
  • record_bid_callUse this when the user's team has decided whether to bid: records the bid or no-bid call, the team's answers to Winquill's five questions and the reason. A bid moves the tender to Bidding and plans a six-step sprint back
  • update_bid_sprintUse this when the user says a step of a bid their team is running is done, or not done after all: decode the pack, assign questions, draft answers, review and score, final checks or submit. Ticks it off with who did it a
  • assign_taskUse this when the user gives work on a team bid to someone, or takes it on: "give the Bristol bid call to Sam". The work is the bid call while a tender waits in Watching or Qualifying, or a sprint step, the next one unle
  • move_in_pipelineUse this when the user wants to change where a tender stands in their team's Winquill pipeline: to Qualifying while they look into it, back to Watching, to Submitted, or to Won or Lost when the buyer announces the result
  • remove_from_pipelineUse this when the user wants a tender taken off their team's Winquill pipeline, for good or until a change brings it back: "remove it until it gets a value". It deletes the tender's bid call, sprint and the files the tea
  • choose_alertsUse this when the user wants to change which Slack and Teams channels get Winquill's alerts, or asks where they go: "stop the morning summary in Slack". Change only what the user asked for; with neither send nor stop it
  • start_bid_draftUse this when the user wants Winquill to write a whole bid for their team: it asks a few questions, drafts every answer from the company's evidence, then marks and revises them. Relay Winquill's questions as they are. A
  • continue_bid_draftUse this to carry on a bid draft Winquill started with start_bid_draft: give it the buyer's questions it asked for, the team's answers to the questions Winquill asked, or the go-ahead to draft now with what it has (Winqu
  • get_bid_draftUse this when the user asks how a bid Winquill is drafting is going, or wants to read it: its progress in steps and answers written, each question with its word count and Winquill's mark out of 5, what's left for the tea
  • rewrite_bid_answerUse this when the user wants Winquill to rewrite one answer in a bid it drafted, e.g. "make Q3 shorter" or "use the Glasgow contract as the example in 2.1". Winquill rewrites it in the background, marks it again and says
  • add_winning_bidUse this when the user shares a bid their company won, for Winquill to learn from, e.g. after Winquill offers to learn from winning bids. Winquill keeps it in the workspace's Library and learns what worked in it (structu
  • list_automationsUse this when the user asks what Winquill does on its own for their team: the workspace's automations, each with its rules as sentences, whether it's on and what it last did, and the ones Winquill suggests. Needs a Winqu
  • get_automation_libraryUse this when the user wants to know which automations Winquill can run for them, before making one with add_automation. Returns each one in Winquill's library, what it does and whether the workspace has it already. Need
  • add_automationUse this when the user wants Winquill to do something on its own, again and again: add strong fits to the pipeline, remind people of sprint steps, check a bid before it closes, say what a buyer changed, or send a morning
  • turn_on_automationUse this only after you have read an automation's rules back to the user in plain words and they said yes to turning it on. From then on it runs as the user, outside quiet hours, and acts on the team's pipeline as its ru
  • turn_off_automationUse this when the user wants one of the workspace's automations to stop. It stops running and keeps its rules and history, so it can be turned on again. Needs a Winquill account; owners, admins and bid leads turn them of
  • get_automation_historyUse this when the user asks what Winquill's automations did lately: the last 10 things they did, newest first, for one automation or all of them. Needs a Winquill account and workspace.
  • share_tenderUse this when the user wants to share a tender or send someone its link. Returns a link anyone can open without signing in: it shows what the public notice says, and chat apps preview it with the tender's name, value and
  • get_coverageUse this to know where Winquill looks: the countries and sources it reads, how many open, upcoming and awarded notices each holds, and when each was last read. Use it before telling the user a tender isn't published anyw
  • open_tendaOpens Winquill's own app from ChatGPT's sidebar: Today, the team's board, Find and each tender, with the bid call. The app moves between its pages itself.
  • open_bid_panelOpens the team's live bids beside a chat: each bid's steps and questions, what scores, and a way to work on one in the chat.
  • tenda_changesSays when the team's work in a workspace last changed, for Winquill's app to keep its page up to date.
  • search_mentionsFinds the team's tenders and people by name, for @ mentions in ChatGPT.
  • get_tenda_settingsUse this when the user asks which Winquill workspace ChatGPT uses, or which countries' tenders it shows: returns Winquill's settings in ChatGPT, the workspace (for someone in more than one) and the workspace's countries.

Questions

What is the Winquill MCP server?

Public tenders and contract awards in the UK, US, Canada and EU, and help preparing bids. It is made by eshmere.ai and listed in the official MCP Registry as ai.eshmere/tenda. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard that lets AI apps like Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor use outside tools.

How do I add Winquill to Claude?

In the Claude app or claude.ai, open Settings, then Connectors, choose "Add custom connector" and paste https://mcp.tenda.eshmere.ai/mcp. In Claude Code, run: claude mcp add --transport http tenda https://mcp.tenda.eshmere.ai/mcp

How do I add Winquill to ChatGPT?

ChatGPT can use remote MCP servers as connectors. In ChatGPT settings, under Apps and Connectors, turn on developer mode if asked, create a new connector and paste https://mcp.tenda.eshmere.ai/mcp.

How do I add Winquill to Cursor?

Open Cursor settings, go to MCP, choose "Add new MCP server" (or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json) and add: { "mcpServers": { "tenda": { "url": "https://mcp.tenda.eshmere.ai/mcp" } } }

Does Winquill work right now?

Yes. It responded when we last checked on 31 Oct 2026. We check remote MCP servers every day.

What can Winquill do?

It gives your AI 44 tools, including search_tenders, get_tender_details, search_contract_awards, assess_tender_fit, check_bid_readiness. The full list is on this page.

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