--- title: "Connect Federal Register to Clearly Defined - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New document\" fires in Federal Register, your agent runs \"Generate notice file\" in Clearly Defined." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-clearly-defined" --- # Connect Federal Register to Clearly Defined When **New document** fires in [Federal Register](https://apiant.ai/connections/federal-register), your agent runs **Generate notice file** in [Clearly Defined](https://apiant.ai/connections/clearly-defined). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Federal Register **1** trigger Federal Register **7** actions Clearly Defined **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Federal Register and Clearly Defined 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 Federal Register can start in Clearly Defined - When **New document** in Federal Register then **Generate notice file** in Clearly Defined - When **New document** in Federal Register then **Harvest components** in Clearly Defined 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 Federal Register and Clearly Defined ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 13 actions - Trigger **New document** Polling trigger that fires when a new Federal Register document is published. - Action **Find documents** Search all Federal Register documents published since 1994 by term, agency, document type, publication/effective date, and docket number. - Action **Find public inspection documents** Search public inspection documents currently scheduled for future publication. - Action **Get agency** Fetch a particular agency's details by slug. - Action **Get document** Fetch a single Federal Register document by document_number, returning its full text and metadata. - Action **Get issue** Fetch a document table of contents for the print edition based on publication_date. - Action **Get public inspection document** Fetch a single public inspection document by document_number. - Action **List agencies** Fetch all agency details known to the Federal Register. - Action **Find definitions by pattern** Finds ClearlyDefined component definitions whose coordinates match a search pattern, or that match filters such as type, provider, license, release date and score. - Action **Generate notice file** Generates an open-source attribution notice file for a list of software components, with a summary of components missing license or copyright data. - Action **Get curation** Returns the curation recorded for a specific component revision, such as an npm package version. - Action **Get definition** Returns the ClearlyDefined definition (licensing, described and scoring data) for a component revision, queueing it for harvest if no data exists yet. - Action **Get harvest data** Returns all the harvested tool data ClearlyDefined holds for a component revision. - Action **Harvest components** Queues a software component to be harvested by ClearlyDefined so its license and source data can be collected. ## Each app on its own - [ **Federal Register** The Federal Register is the daily journal of the United States government, published as a REST API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/federal-register) - [ **Clearly Defined** Open source project providing crowdsourced licensing, source-location, and attribution metadata for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/clearly-defined) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Federal Register - [ **Federal Register to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-hubspot) - [ **Federal Register to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-salesforce) - [ **Federal Register to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-slack) - [ **Federal Register to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-google-sheets) - [ **Federal Register to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-gmail) - [ **Federal Register to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-google-calendar) ## More into Clearly Defined - [ **HubSpot to Clearly Defined** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-clearly-defined) - [ **Salesforce to Clearly Defined** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-clearly-defined) - [ **Slack to Clearly Defined** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-clearly-defined) - [ **Google Sheets to Clearly Defined** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-clearly-defined) - [ **Gmail to Clearly Defined** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-clearly-defined) - [ **Google Calendar to Clearly Defined** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-clearly-defined) Questions ## Federal Register and Clearly Defined, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Federal Register? Any of Federal Register's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New document. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Clearly Defined when something happens in Federal Register? Any of Clearly Defined's 6 actions, including Find definitions by pattern, Generate notice file, Get curation and Get definition. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Clearly Defined to Federal Register? Clearly Defined has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Federal Register. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Clearly Defined's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Federal Register or Clearly Defined? 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 Federal Register and Clearly Defined 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.