How to Build Your Pipeline
Your pipeline is the short list of federal contracts you actually care about. Track the ones worth watching, see them in one place, and let the AI assistant you connected work from your real book of business instead of the whole firehose. Here is how, in about a minute.
What your pipeline is
Mission Meets Tech tracks a lot of federal health IT contracts. Most of them are not yours to chase. Your pipeline is the handful you have decided to keep an eye on: a recompete you are positioning for, a vehicle you want on, a program you are teaming around.
You build it by tracking contracts one at a time. Once something is in your pipeline it shows up on your own My Pipeline page, and your connected AI assistant can read it when you ask about your opportunities. This is a premium feature.
How to track a contract
Open the Contract Tracker
Go to the Contract Tracker, or open any individual contract's detail page. Make sure you are signed in as a premium member, since the Track button is a premium feature.
Click Track
On each contract card you will see a ☆ Track button. Click it. The star fills in and the label changes to ★ Tracking, which means it is saved to your pipeline. On a contract's detail page the same button reads Track this contract.
Untrack anytime
Changed your mind? Click the button again and it drops off your pipeline. You can also remove items from the My Pipeline page itself.
Not seeing a Track button? It only appears for signed-in premium members. If you are on the free list, the button stays hidden. You can add premium (which unlocks tracking and the AI pipeline) from the pricing page.
Where to see your pipeline
Two places, both premium:
- The My Pipeline page. Open My Pipeline (it is also in your dashboard sidebar under Pursuit Tools). Every contract you have tracked is listed there, newest first, each linking back to its intelligence page. Remove any of them with one click.
- Your dashboard. The premium dashboard has a My Pipeline card near the top that takes you straight there.
How your AI reads it
This is the same list your AI assistant sees.
If you have connected an assistant with Agent Access, the contracts you track here are exactly what it reads when you ask about your pipeline. Track a few contracts, then ask your assistant "summarize everything in my pipeline" or "which of my tracked contracts has the nearest deadline," and it answers from this list, with sourcing.
In other words: an empty pipeline means your AI has nothing to summarize. Tracking a handful of contracts is what makes that feature useful.
Pipeline vs. keyword alerts
These are two different tools, and it is worth knowing which is which:
- Your pipeline (this guide) is specific contracts you tracked. You see them on the My Pipeline page, and your AI reads them.
- Keyword alerts live in Settings, under Watchlist. There you type terms like "T4NG2" or "CCN Next Gen," and when something new matching that term shows up, it gets called out in your daily digest email. That is about getting notified, not about building a tracked list.
Use both: track the contracts you are working, and set keyword alerts for the topics you want to hear about the moment they move.
Tips
- Keep it tight. A pipeline of five to fifteen contracts you are truly working beats a list of fifty. It keeps your My Pipeline page and your AI answers sharp.
- Track from wherever you are. The button is on both the Contract Tracker cards and each contract's detail page, so you can add one the moment you decide it is worth watching.
- Revisit it. When a pursuit closes or you decide to pass, untrack it so your pipeline reflects what is actually live.
Get help
Questions about tracking or your pipeline? Email support@missionmeetstech.com. To connect your AI assistant so it can read your pipeline, see the Agent Access setup guide.