--- title: "Connect Dastra to Veterans Affairs Facilities - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Task\" fires in Dastra, your agent runs \"Find nearby facilities\" in Veterans Affairs Facilities." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dastra-to-veterans-affairs-facilities" --- # Connect Dastra to Veterans Affairs Facilities When **New Task** fires in [Dastra](https://apiant.ai/connections/dastra), your agent runs **Find nearby facilities** in [Veterans Affairs Facilities](https://apiant.ai/connections/veterans-affairs-facilities). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Dastra **1** trigger Dastra **17** actions Veterans Affairs Facilities **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Dastra and Veterans Affairs Facilities 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Dastra can start in Veterans Affairs Facilities - When **New Task** in Dastra then **Find nearby facilities** in Veterans Affairs Facilities - When **New Task** in Dastra then **Get facility** in Veterans Affairs Facilities 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 Dastra and Veterans Affairs Facilities ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 22 actions - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created in the chosen Dastra workspace. - Action **Add asset** Creates an asset (software, building, network, data store and so on) in a Dastra workspace and returns the new asset record. - Action **Add data processing** Creates a new data processing activity in your Dastra record of processing activities, in the organizational unit you choose. - Action **Attach an Actor to a Data Processing** Links one or more actors (vendors, internal services, third parties, data controllers) to a data processing activity in your Dastra register, as recipients, data controllers, stakeholders or referents. - Action **Create an Actor** Creates an actor (a vendor, partner, processor or other third party) in a Dastra workspace and returns the new actor record. - Action **Create a Task** Creates a task in a Dastra workspace, with its priority, dates, assignee, project and links to other Dastra records. - Action **Delete actor** Deletes an actor (a controller, processor or other third party) from a Dastra workspace. - Action **Delete task** Deletes a task from a Dastra workspace. - Action **Get actor** Returns one actor (vendor, processor, controller or other third party) from a Dastra workspace by its id, including its contact details, tags, contracts and custom field values. - Action **Get data processing** Returns a data processing activity from your Dastra register of processing activities, including its purposes, recipients, data subject rights and custom fields. - Action **Get task** Returns a single Dastra task by its id, including its state, priority, deadline, assignee and custom field values. - Action **List assets** Returns the assets (software, buildings, networks, data stores and other resources) in a Dastra workspace, optionally filtered by type, state, owner, tag, organizational unit or a search text. - Action **List tasks** Returns the tasks in a Dastra workspace, optionally filtered by state, priority, assignee, project, linked object, dates or search text. - Action **Search Actor** Returns the actors (vendors, data controllers, third parties and other organizations or people) in a Dastra workspace that match the search text and filters. - Action **Search Data Processing** Searches the data processing activities in a Dastra workspace by text and optional filters, returning every matching activity with its full record. - Action **Update actor** Updates an existing actor (vendor, partner or person) in a Dastra workspace. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Update data processing** Updates an existing data processing activity in a Dastra workspace, changing only the fields you fill in, and returns the updated record. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing Dastra task. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Find nearby facilities** Returns the VA health facilities reachable by driving within the specified time from a latitude/longitude, with the drive-time band for each. - Action **Get facility** Retrieve a specific VA facility by its facility ID (prefix_stationNumber format). - Action **Get facility service** Retrieve a specific service offered at a facility by facility ID and service ID. - Action **List facility IDs** Returns the IDs of all VA facilities, optionally limited to one facility type. - Action **List facility services** Retrieve all services offered at a given VA facility. ## Each app on its own - [ **Dastra** Dastra is a simple and guided data protection solution to make your entire organization accountable for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dastra) - [ **Veterans Affairs Facilities** REST API for looking up VA hospitals, clinics, benefits offices, and cemeteries, including addresses, hours...](https://apiant.ai/connections/veterans-affairs-facilities) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Dastra - [ **Dastra to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dastra-to-hubspot) - [ **Dastra to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dastra-to-salesforce) - [ **Dastra to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dastra-to-slack) - [ **Dastra to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/dastra-to-google-sheets) - [ **Dastra to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dastra-to-gmail) - [ **Dastra to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dastra-to-google-calendar) ## More into Veterans Affairs Facilities - [ **HubSpot to Veterans Affairs Facilities** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Salesforce to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Slack to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Google Sheets to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Gmail to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Google Calendar to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) Questions ## Dastra and Veterans Affairs Facilities, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Dastra? Any of Dastra's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Veterans Affairs Facilities when something happens in Dastra? Any of Veterans Affairs Facilities's 5 actions, including Find nearby facilities, Get facility, Get facility service and List facility IDs. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Veterans Affairs Facilities to Dastra? Veterans Affairs Facilities has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Dastra. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Veterans Affairs Facilities's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dastra or Veterans Affairs Facilities? 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 Dastra and Veterans Affairs Facilities 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.