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Add the Growing Regions Program Guide to your AI assistant as a connector (an MCP server) and ask it about Round 3, funded projects and the eligibility rules. It is read-only, needs no sign-in, and every answer links back to its sources. The server address is https://growingregions.com.au/mcp.

https://growingregions.com.au/mcp

Server address: https://growingregions.com.au/mcp

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What can your AI do with it?

Once connected, your assistant can call six read-only tools. Each answer carries links to the official sources and our disclaimer.

Tool	What it does
Search funded projects	Searches the projects funded in Rounds 1 and 2 by state, type, round, grant size or keyword.
Get a funded project	One funded project in detail: applicant, location, grant, the department's description and similar projects.
Round 3 status	What is confirmed about Round 3, including that the funding pool is shared with Thriving Suburbs and the split is not yet announced.
Check eligibility gates	Checks a project idea against the hard eligibility rules used in Rounds 1 and 2, including the Round 2 out-of-scope list, with citations for each rule.
Get a guide section	Reads any page of this guide, such as eligibility, how to prepare or the FAQ.
Free Support Package	What the free Support Package includes and the link to register.

It cannot apply for a grant, register you or send anything. To get the full guide and an advisor call, register for the free Support Package.

ChatGPT

In ChatGPT, open Plugins and select the + button, then Add custom MCP server.
Name it Growing Regions Program Guide and add a short description if you like.
Under Connection, enter https://growingregions.com.au/mcp.
Set Authentication to No authentication.
Tick I understand and want to continue, then select Create as a plugin.
Review the tools and install it. In a chat, type @ and pick Growing Regions Program Guide.

On a Business, Enterprise or Edu workspace, an admin may need to allow custom MCP servers first.

Claude

In Claude, go to Customize and then Connectors.
Select Add, hover over Custom, then select Web.
Name it Growing Regions Program Guide, enter https://growingregions.com.au/mcp, then select Continue.
When asked about authentication, choose No sign in, then select Add.
In a chat, open the + menu, then Connectors, and switch Growing Regions Program Guide on.

On Team and Enterprise plans, an organisation Owner adds custom connectors under Organization settings and then Connectors. Free plans can add one custom connector.

Cursor

Add the server to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or to ~/.cursor/mcp.json to use it everywhere:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "growing-regions": {
      "url": "https://growingregions.com.au/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor lists the tools in its MCP settings. The agent asks before each tool call unless you approve it to run automatically.

VS Code

Open the Command Palette and run MCP: Add Server.
Choose HTTP, enter https://growingregions.com.au/mcp, then give it a name.
Choose whether to add it to your user profile or this workspace.

Or add it to your MCP configuration file yourself:

{
  "servers": {
    "growing-regions": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://growingregions.com.au/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Then use it from Chat in agent mode.

Any other MCP client

Transport: Streamable HTTP. Send JSON-RPC as POST to https://growingregions.com.au/mcp.
Authentication: none.
Protocol versions: 2026-07-28, plus 2025-11-25, 2025-06-18, 2025-03-26 and 2024-11-05 for older clients.
Server card: https://growingregions.com.au/mcp/server-card, listed in https://growingregions.com.au/.well-known/ai-catalog.json.
Plain-text index: llms.txt lists every page as markdown.

Prompts to try

"What do we know about Growing Regions Round 3, and when will it open?"
"Show me pool and aquatic projects funded in Western Australia, with links."
"We are a shire council in regional Queensland planning a new community hall, worth around two million dollars, construction not started. Check it against the eligibility gates and tell me what is unknown."
"Which out-of-scope categories applied in Round 2?"
"Summarise the guide's advice on how to prepare, then tell me how to get the free Support Package."

Good to know

Answers come only from this guide and the official documents it cites. Always confirm against the published guidelines before you apply.
Round 3 guidelines are not yet published, so eligibility checks use the Round 1 and 2 rules as precedent. A check is not an eligibility determination.
Nothing you type into your AI is sent to us by this connector, apart from the tool request itself. We keep standard server logs; see our privacy policy.

Last updated 31 October 2026. Markdown version