--- title: "Connect Amazon Secrets Manager and HigherGov - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Secret\" fires in Amazon Secrets Manager, your agent runs \"Find Agencies\" in HigherGov." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-highergov" --- # Connect Amazon Secrets Manager and HigherGov When **New Secret** fires in [Amazon Secrets Manager](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-secrets-manager), your agent runs **Find Agencies** in [HigherGov](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov), or **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov to **Create Secret** in Amazon Secrets Manager. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Amazon Secrets Manager **1** trigger Amazon Secrets Manager **5** actions HigherGov **1** trigger HigherGov **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Amazon Secrets Manager and HigherGov to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Amazon Secrets Manager and HigherGov can do together ### From Amazon Secrets Manager to HigherGov - When **New Secret** in Amazon Secrets Manager then **Find Agencies** in HigherGov - When **New Secret** in Amazon Secrets Manager then **Find Awardees** in HigherGov ### From HigherGov to Amazon Secrets Manager - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Create Secret** in Amazon Secrets Manager - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Update Secret Value** in Amazon Secrets Manager 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 Amazon Secrets Manager and HigherGov ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 15 actions - Trigger **New Secret** Triggers when a new secret is created in the account. - Action **Create Secret** Creates a new secret holding a text value, such as an API key or password. - Action **Delete Secret** Deletes a secret, either after a recovery window or immediately. - Action **Find Secrets** Returns the secrets in the account, optionally filtered by name, without their values. - Action **Get Secret Value** Returns the current value of a secret by its name or ARN. - Action **Update Secret Value** Stores a new value for an existing secret; the new value becomes the current version. - Trigger **Pursuit Added** Triggered when a new pursuit is added to your HigherGov pipeline. - Action **Find Agencies** Returns U.S. government agencies from HigherGov, with each agency's ID, name, abbreviation, type and place in the agency hierarchy. Supply an agency ID to look up a single one. - Action **Find Awardees** Returns companies that hold U.S. government awards, with each company's name, Unique Entity ID, CAGE code, address, contacts, industry codes and SAM registration dates. Filter by Unique Entity ID, CAGE code, parent company or industry code. - Action **Find Contract Vehicles** Returns U.S. government contract vehicles, each with its name, description, type, status, award date and the awarding and funding agencies. - Action **Find Federal Contracts** Returns U.S. federal contract awards, each with its Award ID, winning company, awarding and funding agencies, dollar values, performance dates, industry codes and place of performance. Filter by company, agency, industry code, contract vehicle or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find Federal Grants** Returns U.S. federal grant awards, each with its Award ID, recipient organization, awarding and funding agencies, grant program number, dollar amounts and dates. Filter by recipient, agency, program number or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find Opportunities** Returns open U.S. government contract and grant opportunities, each with its title, description, posting agency, source, posted and due dates. Filter by agency, source, posted date or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find People** Returns federal, state and local government contacts, each with their name, title, email, phone and agency. Supply an email address to look up one specific person. - Action **Find Pursuits** Returns the pursuits your team is tracking in HigherGov, each with its keys, name, stage and related opportunity details. Filter to a single pursuit by its key or your own reference ID. - Action **Find State and Local Contracts** Returns U.S. state and local government contract awards, each with its buyer, supplier, award amount and start and end dates. Filter by date range or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Get Opportunity Documents** Returns the documents attached to a government opportunity, each with its file name, type, size, posted date, download link and extracted text. ## Each app on its own - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager** Cloud service that stores, encrypts, and automatically rotates API keys, passwords, and other secrets.](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-secrets-manager) - [ **HigherGov** HigherGov is a market intelligence platform for federal, state, and local government contractors and grant...](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Amazon Secrets Manager - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-hubspot) - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-salesforce) - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Amazon Secrets Manager's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Secret. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in HigherGov when something happens in Amazon Secrets Manager? Any of HigherGov's 10 actions, including Find Agencies, Find Awardees, Find Contract Vehicles and Find Federal Contracts. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from HigherGov to Amazon Secrets Manager? Yes. When something happens in HigherGov, your agent can act in Amazon Secrets Manager too. This page covers both directions: HigherGov's triggers and Amazon Secrets Manager's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Amazon Secrets Manager or HigherGov? 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 Amazon Secrets Manager and HigherGov 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.