--- title: "Connect Accredible Certificates to USAspending.gov - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Credential Published\" fires in Accredible Certificates, your agent runs \"Download award data\" in USAspending.gov." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/accredible-certificates-to-usaspending-gov" --- # Connect Accredible Certificates to USAspending.gov When **New Credential Published** fires in [Accredible Certificates](https://apiant.ai/connections/accredible-certificates), your agent runs **Download award data** in [USAspending.gov](https://apiant.ai/connections/usaspending-gov). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Accredible Certificates **1** trigger Accredible Certificates **10** actions USAspending.gov **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Accredible Certificates and USAspending.gov to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Accredible Certificates can start in USAspending.gov - When **New Credential Published** in Accredible Certificates then **Download award data** in USAspending.gov - When **New Credential Published** in Accredible Certificates then **Find awards** in USAspending.gov Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Accredible Certificates and USAspending.gov ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 22 actions - Trigger **New Credential Published** Triggers when a credential (certificate or badge) is published in Accredible, optionally limited to one group or recipient. - Action **Add evidence item** Adds an evidence item (a file, link, video, grade or transcript) to an existing credential so it is shown on the recipient's certificate or badge page. - Action **Add reference** Adds a reference (a testimonial from a teacher, manager, mentor or colleague) to an existing credential. - Action **Create Evidence - Transcript** Adds a transcript to a credential as an evidence item, shown on the recipient's certificate or badge. - Action **Delete Credential** Deletes a credential (certificate or badge) from your Accredible account and returns the record that was removed. - Action **Delete group** Deletes a group (a course or achievement) from your Accredible account and returns the deleted group. - Action **Find Credentials** Returns the credentials that match the criteria you supply, such as recipient email, recipient name, group, or issue date range. - Action **Generate credential PDF** Generates a PDF of a published credential and returns a link to download it. - Action **Get credential** Returns one credential by its id, including its recipient, group, custom attributes, evidence, references, skills and image links. - Action **Get group** Returns a group (a course or achievement) with its course details, design, collections, earning criteria and skills. - Action **List credentials** Returns every credential in your Accredible account, oldest first, optionally narrowed to one group, a publish state, a recipient or a date range. - Action **Download award data** Request a bulk data extract (CSV) of awards matching a set of search filters. - Action **Find awards** Search federal contract, grant, and loan awards by filters such as agency, recipient, keyword, time period, and award type. - Action **Find recipients by name** Autocomplete search for award recipients by partial name match. - Action **Find spending by category** Summarize award spending grouped by a category such as awarding agency, recipient, NAICS code, or PSC code. - Action **Find spending over time** Summarize award spending trends across a specified time period. - Action **Find transactions** Returns the individual transactions (modifications) recorded against a single federal award. - Action **Get agency** Retrieve overview information for a federal agency, including award and budget summaries. - Action **Get award** Retrieve full details for a single federal award by its award ID. - Action **Get recipient** Retrieve profile and award-summary details for a single award recipient. - Action **List agencies** List all top-tier federal agencies that have made awards. - Action **List recipients** List award recipients with summary spending totals. - Action **List spending by geography** Summarize award spending grouped by state, county, or congressional district. ## Each app on its own - [ **Accredible Certificates** Easily create and manage digital certificates & open badges for your events or courses.](https://apiant.ai/connections/accredible-certificates) - [ **USAspending.gov** USAspending.gov is the official open data source for United States federal government spending, covering...](https://apiant.ai/connections/usaspending-gov) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Accredible Certificates - [ **Accredible Certificates to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/accredible-certificates-to-hubspot) - [ **Accredible Certificates to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/accredible-certificates-to-salesforce) - [ **Accredible Certificates to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in USAspending.gov when something happens in Accredible Certificates? Any of USAspending.gov's 12 actions, including Download award data, Find awards, Find recipients by name and Find spending by category. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from USAspending.gov to Accredible Certificates? USAspending.gov has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Accredible Certificates. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads USAspending.gov's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Accredible Certificates or USAspending.gov? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Accredible Certificates and USAspending.gov without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.