Integration
Connect Forecast to USAspending.gov
When New Client fires in Forecast, your agent runs Download award data in USAspending.gov. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Forecast and USAspending.gov to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Example flows
What Forecast can start in USAspending.gov
When New Client in Forecast
then Download award data in USAspending.gov
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 Forecast and USAspending.gov
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 32 actions
- New Client
Triggers when a new client is added in Forecast.
- New Project
Triggers when a new project is created in Forecast.
- New Task in Project
Triggers when a new task is added to a Forecast project.
- Create Client
Creates a client in Forecast and returns the new client.
- Create Project
Creates a project in Forecast and returns the new project.
- Create Task
Creates a task in a Forecast project and returns the new task.
- Create Time Registration
Logs time for a person against a Forecast project, task or non-project time and returns the time registration.
- Delete Client
Deletes a Forecast client.
- Delete Task
Deletes a Forecast task.
- Delete Time Registration
Deletes a Forecast time registration.
- Find a Project
Finds a Forecast project by its name and returns it, or found = false when no project has that name.
- Get Client
Returns one Forecast client by its ID.
- Get Person
Returns one Forecast person by their ID.
- Get Project
Returns one Forecast project by its ID.
- Get Task
Returns one Forecast task by its ID.
- Get Time Registration
Returns one Forecast time registration by its ID.
- List Clients
Returns every client in the Forecast account.
- List Persons
Returns every person in the Forecast account.
- List Projects
Returns every project in the Forecast account.
- List Tasks in Project
Returns every task in a Forecast project.
- Update Client
Updates a Forecast client's details and returns the updated client.
- Update Project
Updates a Forecast project and returns the updated project.
- Update Task
Updates a Forecast task and returns the updated task.
- Download award data
Request a bulk data extract (CSV) of awards matching a set of search filters.
- Find awards
Search federal contract, grant, and loan awards by filters such as agency, recipient, keyword, time period, and award type.
- Find recipients by name
Autocomplete search for award recipients by partial name match.
- Find spending by category
Summarize award spending grouped by a category such as awarding agency, recipient, NAICS code, or PSC code.
- Find spending over time
Summarize award spending trends across a specified time period.
- Find transactions
Returns the individual transactions (modifications) recorded against a single federal award.
- Get agency
Retrieve overview information for a federal agency, including award and budget summaries.
- Get award
Retrieve full details for a single federal award by its award ID.
- Get recipient
Retrieve profile and award-summary details for a single award recipient.
- List agencies
List all top-tier federal agencies that have made awards.
- List recipients
List award recipients with summary spending totals.
- List spending by geography
Summarize award spending grouped by state, county, or congressional district.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Forecast and USAspending.gov, answered
What can start an automation from Forecast?
Any of Forecast's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Client, New Project and New Task in Project. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in USAspending.gov when something happens in Forecast?
Any of USAspending.gov's 12 actions, including Download award data, Find awards, Find recipients by name and Find spending by category. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from USAspending.gov to Forecast?
USAspending.gov has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Forecast. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads USAspending.gov's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Forecast or USAspending.gov?
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 Forecast and USAspending.gov 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.