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title: "Connect Cursor to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Agent Pull Request Created\" fires in Cursor, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-ngp-van"
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# Connect Cursor to NGP VAN

When **Agent Pull Request Created** fires in [Cursor](https://apiant.ai/connections/cursor), your agent runs **Add Contact History** in [NGP VAN](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Cursor **3** triggers Cursor **11** actions NGP VAN **20** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Cursor and NGP VAN 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 Cursor can start in NGP VAN

- When **Agent Pull Request Created** in Cursor then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN
- When **New Agent** in Cursor then **Add Note to Contact** in NGP VAN

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 Cursor and NGP VAN

## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 31 actions

- Trigger

**Agent Pull Request Created**

Triggers when the selected Cursor cloud agent opens a new GitHub pull request.

- Trigger

**Agent Status Equals**

Triggers when a run on the chosen Cursor agent reaches the status you select, such as Finished or Error.

- Trigger

**New Agent**

Triggered when a new Cursor cloud agent is created.

- Action

**Add Followup Instruction to Agent**

Sends a follow-up instruction to an existing Cursor cloud agent, either starting a new run or steering the run in progress. Returns the new run or how the steer was delivered.

- Action

**Cancel run**

Cancels the active run of a Cursor cloud agent. The run ends in the Cancelled state; start a new run to continue the conversation.

- Action

**Delete Agent**

Permanently deletes a Cursor cloud agent. This cannot be undone. Returns the ID of the deleted agent.

- Action

**Find Agent Status**

Looks up a Cursor cloud agent by its ID and returns its status, name, repositories, latest run and link.

- Action

**Get run**

Returns the status, timestamps, duration, final reply and pushed branches for one run of a Cursor cloud agent.

- Action

**Launch Agent**

Creates a Cursor cloud agent and immediately starts its first run on the task you describe. Returns the new agent and its run.

- Action

**List agents**

Returns the Cursor cloud agents for the connected user, newest first, optionally filtered by pull request URL.

- Action

**List artifacts**

Returns the files a Cursor cloud agent has produced, with each file's path, size and last modified time. Returns at most 100 artifacts.

- Action

**List models**

Returns the recommended Cursor models you can choose from when creating an agent, including their names, aliases, parameters and variants.

- Action

**List repositories**

Returns the GitHub repositories the connected Cursor user can access through Cursor's GitHub App installation.

- Action

**List runs**

Returns the runs of a Cursor cloud agent, newest first, including each run's status, duration, and final reply.

- Action

**Add a Contribution**

Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation.

- Action

**Add Activist Codes**

Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN.

- Action

**Add Canvass Responses**

Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities.

- Action

**Add Contact History**

Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone.

- Action

**Add Note to Contact**

Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record.

- Action

**Add Survey Responses**

Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed.

- Action

**Create Financial Batch**

Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation.

- Action

**Create or Update Contact With a Contribution**

Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID.

- Action

**Delete code from contact**

Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID.

- Action

**Find Contact**

Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record.

- Action

**Find Financial Batch**

Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details.

- Action

**List activist codes**

Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type.

- Action

**List campaigns**

Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status.

- Action

**List notes**

Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN.

- Action

**Merge contacts**

Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source.

- Action

**Subscribe Email**

Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed.

- Action

**Tag a Contact**

Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact.

- Action

**Update note**

Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Cursor** Cursor is an AI-powered code editor that understands your codebase, supports natural-language coding...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cursor)
- [ **NGP VAN** NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Cursor

- [ **Cursor to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-hubspot)
- [ **Cursor to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-salesforce)
- [ **Cursor to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-slack)
- [ **Cursor to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-google-sheets)
- [ **Cursor to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-gmail)
- [ **Cursor to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-google-calendar)

## More into NGP VAN

- [ **HubSpot to NGP VAN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ngp-van)
- [ **Salesforce to NGP VAN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ngp-van)
- [ **Slack to NGP VAN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ngp-van)
- [ **Google Sheets to NGP VAN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ngp-van)
- [ **Gmail to NGP VAN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ngp-van)
- [ **Google Calendar to NGP VAN** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ngp-van)

Questions

## Cursor and NGP VAN, answered

###

### What can start an automation from Cursor?

Any of Cursor's 3 triggers in the catalog, including Agent Pull Request Created, New Agent and Agent Status Equals. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in Cursor?

Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from NGP VAN to Cursor?

NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Cursor. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Cursor or NGP VAN?

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 Cursor and NGP VAN 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.
