--- title: "Connect HigherGov and Attio - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Pursuit Added\" fires in HigherGov, your agent runs \"Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record\" in Attio." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-attio" --- # Connect HigherGov and Attio When **Pursuit Added** fires in [HigherGov](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov), your agent runs **Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record** in [Attio](https://apiant.ai/connections/attio), or **List Entry Created** in Attio to **Find Agencies** in HigherGov. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. HigherGov **1** trigger HigherGov **10** actions Attio **7** triggers Attio **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want HigherGov and Attio 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 HigherGov and Attio can do together ### From HigherGov to Attio - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record** in Attio - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Create or Update Record** in Attio ### From Attio to HigherGov - When **List Entry Created** in Attio then **Find Agencies** in HigherGov - When **List Entry Updated** in Attio then **Find Awardees** in HigherGov 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 HigherGov and Attio ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 23 actions - Trigger **Pursuit Added** Triggered when a new pursuit is added to your HigherGov pipeline. - Action **Find Agencies** Returns U.S. government agencies from HigherGov, with each agency's ID, name, abbreviation, type and place in the agency hierarchy. Supply an agency ID to look up a single one. - Action **Find Awardees** Returns companies that hold U.S. government awards, with each company's name, Unique Entity ID, CAGE code, address, contacts, industry codes and SAM registration dates. Filter by Unique Entity ID, CAGE code, parent company or industry code. - Action **Find Contract Vehicles** Returns U.S. government contract vehicles, each with its name, description, type, status, award date and the awarding and funding agencies. - Action **Find Federal Contracts** Returns U.S. federal contract awards, each with its Award ID, winning company, awarding and funding agencies, dollar values, performance dates, industry codes and place of performance. Filter by company, agency, industry code, contract vehicle or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find Federal Grants** Returns U.S. federal grant awards, each with its Award ID, recipient organization, awarding and funding agencies, grant program number, dollar amounts and dates. Filter by recipient, agency, program number or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find Opportunities** Returns open U.S. government contract and grant opportunities, each with its title, description, posting agency, source, posted and due dates. Filter by agency, source, posted date or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Find People** Returns federal, state and local government contacts, each with their name, title, email, phone and agency. Supply an email address to look up one specific person. - Action **Find Pursuits** Returns the pursuits your team is tracking in HigherGov, each with its keys, name, stage and related opportunity details. Filter to a single pursuit by its key or your own reference ID. - Action **Find State and Local Contracts** Returns U.S. state and local government contract awards, each with its buyer, supplier, award amount and start and end dates. Filter by date range or a saved HigherGov search. - Action **Get Opportunity Documents** Returns the documents attached to a government opportunity, each with its file name, type, size, posted date, download link and extracted text. - Trigger **List Entry Created** Triggered when a record is added to an Attio list. Attio registers and removes the webhook automatically when the automation is turned on and off. - Trigger **List Entry Deleted** Triggers when a record is removed from a list in Attio, giving you the deleted list entry's ID along with the list and the parent record it pointed at. - Trigger **List Entry Updated** Triggers when a list attribute on an existing Attio list entry is changed, giving you the entry, the list, the parent record and the attribute that changed. - Trigger **Record Created** Triggers when a new record is created in Attio, giving you the new record's ID and the object it belongs to. - Trigger **Record Deleted** Triggers when a record is deleted in Attio, giving you the deleted record's ID and the object it belonged to. - Trigger **Record Updated** Triggers when an attribute on an Attio record changes, giving you the record, the object it belongs to and the attribute that changed. - Trigger **Task Created** Triggers when a new task is created in Attio, giving you the new task's ID and who created it. - Action **Create List Entry** Adds a record to an Attio list as a new list entry and returns the entry. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note on an Attio record and returns the new note. - Action **Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record** Adds a record to an Attio list, or updates its existing entry if it is already on the list. - Action **Create or Update Record** Creates a record in Attio, or updates the existing record that matches on the chosen field. - Action **Create Record** Creates a new record on the chosen Attio object and returns it. - Action **Create Storage Location** Attaches a folder to an Attio record — either a folder stored in Attio or one linked from Dropbox, Box, Google Drive or OneDrive. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task in Attio, optionally linked to a record and assigned to a workspace member. - Action **Delete List Entry** Removes an entry from an Attio list. - Action **Find List Entries** Returns the entries on an Attio list. - Action **Find Records** Searches records on the chosen Attio object and returns the matches. - Action **Update List Entry** Updates the list-specific field values on an existing Attio list entry. Fields you leave blank are left untouched. - Action **Update Record** Updates the field values on an existing Attio record. Fields you leave blank are left untouched. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing Attio task's due date, done state, linked records or assignee. Anything you leave blank stays as it is. Attio does not allow the task's text to be changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **HigherGov** HigherGov is a market intelligence platform for federal, state, and local government contractors and grant...](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov) - [ **Attio** Attio is the CRM of the future: data-driven, completely customizable and intuitively collaborative.](https://apiant.ai/connections/attio) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from HigherGov - [ **HigherGov to Hyperstack Certificates** Hyperstack helps you easily create and manage digital certificates & badges for your events or courses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-hyperstack-certificates) - [ **HigherGov to timeBuzzer** timeBuzzer is a simple time tracker and timesheet app to track hours worked across projects in real time.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-timebuzzer) - [ **HigherGov to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-hubspot) - [ **HigherGov to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-salesforce) - [ **HigherGov to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-gmail) - [ **HigherGov to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-stripe) ## More into Attio - [ **PhantomBuster to Attio** PhantomBuster is an automation tool for teams to extract lists of leads, enrich data and emails as well as...](https://apiant.ai/connect/phantombuster-to-attio) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Attio** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-attio) - [ **Airtable to Attio** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-attio) - [ **Asana to Attio** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-attio) - [ **Brevo to Attio** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-attio) - [ **PandaDoc to Attio** PandaDoc helps you build and deliver sales quotes and proposals and track presentations and close deals...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pandadoc-to-attio) Questions ## HigherGov and Attio, answered ### ### What can start an automation from HigherGov? Any of HigherGov's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Pursuit Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Attio when something happens in HigherGov? Any of Attio's 13 actions, including Create List Entry, Create Note, Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record and Create or Update Record. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Attio to HigherGov? Yes. When something happens in Attio, your agent can act in HigherGov too. This page covers both directions: Attio's triggers and HigherGov's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for HigherGov or Attio? 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 HigherGov and Attio 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.