--- title: "Connect Bread & Butter to US Federal Election Commission - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Authentication\" fires in Bread & Butter, your agent runs \"Find candidates by name\" in US Federal Election Commission." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bread-butter-to-us-federal-election-commission" --- # Connect Bread & Butter to US Federal Election Commission When **New Authentication** fires in [Bread & Butter](https://apiant.ai/connections/bread-butter), your agent runs **Find candidates by name** in [US Federal Election Commission](https://apiant.ai/connections/us-federal-election-commission). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Bread & Butter **6** triggers Bread & Butter **24** actions US Federal Election Commission **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 Bread & Butter and US Federal Election Commission 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Bread & Butter can start in US Federal Election Commission - When **New Authentication** in Bread & Butter then **Find candidates by name** in US Federal Election Commission - When **New Contact Us Submission** in Bread & Butter then **Get candidate** in US Federal Election Commission 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 Bread & Butter and US Federal Election Commission ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 34 actions - Trigger **New Authentication** Triggers every time a user signs in. - Trigger **New Contact Us Submission** Triggers when a user submits the Contact Us tool. - Trigger **New Custom Fields** Triggers when a user submits the Custom Fields for Registration. - Trigger **New Custom User Event** Triggers when a user subscribes to custom events, selected in the triggers section below. - Trigger **New Email Captured** Triggers when a user enters their email address, or signs in with SSO for the first time. - Trigger **New Profile Verified** Triggers when a user signs in for the first time. - Action **Add contact us submission** Records a Contact Us submission from a visitor's device in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add event** Records an event (such as a page view or custom event code) for a device in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add form submission** Records a form submission from a visitor's device in a Bread & Butter app, capturing their email, name and any extra form fields. - Action **Add lead list** Creates a lead list in a Bread & Butter app from a set of leads, returning the new list with its lead count and credit quote. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add user custom values** Saves custom field values (key/value pairs) for a visitor in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Create custom event definition** Creates a custom event definition in a Bread & Butter app, which users can then trigger and which can be subscribed to. - Action **Create webhook** Subscribes a webhook URL to a Bread & Butter event so Bread & Butter posts each new occurrence to it. Returns the id of the new subscription. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag from a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Get credit balance** Returns the credit balance for a Bread & Butter app, including credits used this period, the monthly allowance and pending enrichments. - Action **Get device profile** Returns the sign-in options and the visitor's profile state for one registered device. - Action **Get lead list** Returns a Bread & Butter lead list by its ID, including its processing status, lead counts and credit usage. - Action **Identify user** Identifies an anonymous visitor's device as a known person in a Bread & Butter app by attaching their email address and name. - Action **List app triggers** Returns the triggers set up in a Bread & Butter app, including webhook subscriptions, with their kind, filters and activity state. - Action **List custom event definitions** Returns the event definitions configured in a Bread & Butter app, optionally filtered to enabled or disabled ones. - Action **List Events** Returns the events recorded in a Bread & Butter app — sign-ins, page views, custom events, form submissions and more — optionally narrowed to one user or a date range. - Action **List lead lists** Returns all lead lists in a Bread & Butter app, including each list's status, lead counts and credit usage. - Action **List tags** Returns every tag defined in a Bread & Butter app, with each tag's id and name. - Action **List user events** Returns the page views and events (sign-ins, custom events, form submissions and more) a user recorded during one of their sessions in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **List users** Returns the users (visitors and leads) recorded in a Bread & Butter app, optionally narrowed to one email address or user state. - Action **List user sessions** Lists the sessions of one Bread & Butter user, newest first, with each session's ID, start time, location, device and page view count. - Action **Record external authentication** Records that a visitor signed in through your own login system, linking their device to the user with that email address. - Action **Register device** Registers a new visitor device in a Bread & Butter app and returns its device ID. - Action **Update user lead status** Updates a user's lead status in a Bread & Butter app by setting their lead status rank. - Action **Find candidates by name** Searches FEC candidates by name and returns matching candidates with their candidate ID and office sought. - Action **Get candidate** Returns the most recent details for one FEC candidate by candidate ID: name, office, party, state, district, status, address and election years. - Action **Get candidate totals** Returns a candidate's financial totals (receipts, disbursements, cash on hand, debts) aggregated by two-year election cycle. - Action **Get committee** Returns the most recent registration details for an FEC committee or filer, including its name, type, designation, party, treasurer and address. - Action **List candidates** Returns FEC-registered candidates, optionally filtered by name, office, state, party, district, election year and status. - Action **List committees** Returns FEC-registered committees and filers, filtered by name, type, designation, party, state, cycle, candidate and filing dates. - Action **List disbursements** Returns itemized disbursements (Schedule B) showing how FEC committees spend their money, filterable by committee, recipient, amount, date and purpose. - Action **List election dates** Returns FEC election dates since 1995, filterable by state, district, party, office, election type, year and date ranges. - Action **List filings** Returns official FEC filings (reports, statements and notices), filtered by committee, candidate, form, report type, dates and more. - Action **List individual contributions** Returns itemized receipts (Schedule A), including contributions from individuals to FEC-registered committees, filtered by committee, contributor, amount, date and cycle. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bread & Butter** Augment your lead funnel with first-party data.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bread-butter) - [ **US Federal Election Commission** REST API providing US federal campaign finance data, including contributions, spending, filings, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/us-federal-election-commission) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bread & Butter - [ **Bread & Butter to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bread-butter-to-hubspot) - [ **Bread & Butter to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bread-butter-to-salesforce) - [ **Bread & Butter to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Bread & Butter's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Authentication, New Contact Us Submission, New Custom Fields and New Custom User Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in US Federal Election Commission when something happens in Bread & Butter? Any of US Federal Election Commission's 10 actions, including Find candidates by name, Get candidate, Get candidate totals and Get committee. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from US Federal Election Commission to Bread & Butter? US Federal Election Commission has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Bread & Butter. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads US Federal Election Commission's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bread & Butter or US Federal Election Commission? 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 Bread & Butter and US Federal Election Commission 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.