DARPA Operations Skill

DARPA Operations Skill

Query DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) for:

• Programs - Active and completed research programs
• Opportunities - BAAs (Broad Agency Announcements) and funding
• Federal Grants - Via Grants.gov API for DOD/​DARPA opportunities

Data Sources

DARPA Technical Offices

Quick Start

# List recent DARPA programs
./​run.sh programs

# Filter by office
./​run.sh programs --office I2O

# Search opportunities (BAAs)
./​run.sh opportunities --keyword "artificial intelligence"

# Search Grants.gov for DARPA funding
./​run.sh grants --keyword "cybersecurity"

# Get program details
./​run.sh program "AI Cyber Challenge"

Commands

programs - List DARPA Programs

List active and recent DARPA research programs.

# All recent programs
./​run.sh programs

# Filter by technical office
./​run.sh programs --office I2O
./​run.sh programs --office MTO
./​run.sh programs --office DSO

# Search by keyword
./​run.sh programs --keyword "quantum"

# Include completed programs
./​run.sh programs --include-completed

# Output as JSON
./​run.sh programs --json

opportunities - DARPA BAAs and Opportunities

Search DARPA funding opportunities from RSS feed.

# Recent opportunities
./​run.sh opportunities

# Filter by office
./​run.sh opportunities --office I2O

# Search by keyword
./​run.sh opportunities --keyword "machine learning"

# Output as JSON
./​run.sh opportunities --json

grants - Search Grants.gov

Search federal grant opportunities via Grants.gov API.

# Search DARPA grants
./​run.sh grants --keyword "AI"

# Filter by status
./​run.sh grants --keyword "cyber" --status forecasted
./​run.sh grants --keyword "cyber" --status posted

# Search all DOD (includes DARPA)
./​run.sh grants --keyword "robotics" --agency DOD

# Limit results
./​run.sh grants --keyword "quantum" --limit 20

# Output as JSON
./​run.sh grants --keyword "5G" --json

Grant statuses:

• forecasted - Upcoming opportunities
• posted - Currently accepting applications
• closed - No longer accepting
• archived - Historical

baas - Office-Wide BAAs

List the standing office-wide BAAs (always open for revolutionary ideas).

# List all office-wide BAAs
./​run.sh baas

# Get specific office BAA
./​run.sh baas --office I2O

feed - Raw RSS Feed

Get raw RSS feed data for custom processing.

# Programs feed
./​run.sh feed programs

# Opportunities feed
./​run.sh feed opportunities

# Output as JSON
./​run.sh feed programs --json

Use Cases

Research Intelligence

# What is DARPA funding in AI?
./​run.sh programs --keyword "artificial intelligence"
./​run.sh grants --keyword "AI" --status posted

# Track I2O cybersecurity programs
./​run.sh programs --office I2O --keyword "cyber"

Funding Opportunities

# Find open BAAs for my research area
./​run.sh opportunities --keyword "quantum computing"
./​run.sh grants --keyword "quantum" --status forecasted

Competitive Intelligence

# What's DARPA investing in for 2025-2026?
./​run.sh programs --include-completed false
./​run.sh grants --status forecasted

Technology Scouting

# Find programs related to specific tech
./​run.sh programs --keyword "5G security"
./​run.sh programs --keyword "autonomous systems"

Integration with Dogpile

DARPA sources are available in dogpile research:

# Security research with DARPA context
dogpile search "AI cybersecurity" --preset bleeding_edge

# The preset includes DARPA RSS in sources

RSS Feed URLs

For direct access:

• Programs/​News: https://www.darpa.mil/​rss.xml
• Opportunities: https://www.darpa.mil/​rss/​opportunities.xml

Grants.gov API

The skill uses the public Grants.gov Search2 API:

• Endpoint: https://api.grants.gov/​v1/​api/​search2
• Method: POST with JSON body
• Auth: None required for search

Related Resources

• DARPA Programs
• DARPA Opportunities
• Office-Wide BAAs
• Grants.gov
• SAM.gov Opportunities (use sam-gov-ops skill)