--- title: "Connect HigherGov to Award Force - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Pursuit Added\" fires in HigherGov, your agent runs \"Create Review Task\" in Award Force." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-award-force" --- # Connect HigherGov to Award Force When **Pursuit Added** fires in [HigherGov](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov), your agent runs **Create Review Task** in [Award Force](https://apiant.ai/connections/award-force). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. HigherGov **1** trigger HigherGov **10** actions Award Force **15** 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 Award Force 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 can start in Award Force - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Create Review Task** in Award Force - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Create User** in Award Force 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 Award Force ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 25 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. - Action **Create Assignment** Assigns entries to judges under a score set and judging rounds. Creates one assignment for each entry and judge pairing, or updates an existing one, and processes the request in the background. - Action **Create Review Task** Creates a review task that pairs an entry with a review stage, and returns the new task with its reviewers. - Action **Create User** Creates a user in the Award Force account, or adds an existing user from another account when the email or mobile already belongs to one. - Action **Get Assignment** Returns a single judging assignment, including its entry, judge or role, rounds, score set, score and comments. - Action **Get Attachment** Returns an entry attachment by its token, including its file details, download link, tab and attachment field values. - Action **Get Entry** Returns a single entry, including its entrant, category, form field answers, attachments, contributors and statuses. - Action **Get User by Email** Returns the user with the given email address, including their profile field answers and roles. - Action **Get User by Slug** Returns a single Award Force user, including profile field answers, roles and preferences, by the user's slug. - Action **List Categories** Returns the program's categories, including the season and entry form each one belongs to. - Action **List Fields** Returns the form fields configured in your Award Force account, optionally filtered by resource, type, form, tab, category or season. - Action **Recuse Assignment** Recuses a judge from judging an entry, optionally limited to one score set, and prevents them being assigned to it in the future. - Action **Tag Entry** Adds one or more tags to an Award Force entry and returns the updated entry. - Action **Update User** Updates an existing user's name, contact details, password, roles, notification and cookie preferences, and user field values. - Action **Upload Entry Attachment** Uploads a file as a new attachment on an entry, under one of the program's Attachments tabs, optionally with values for that tab's attachment fields. - Action **Upload Entry File** Uploads a file into a file field on an Award Force entry and returns the stored file's token and link. ## 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) - [ **Award Force** Award Force is an awards management software for organisers of awards, grants, scholarships, and pitch...](https://apiant.ai/connections/award-force) 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 Award Force - [ **HubSpot to Award Force** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-award-force) - [ **Salesforce to Award Force** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-award-force) - [ **Slack to Award Force** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-award-force) - [ **Google Sheets to Award Force** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-award-force) - [ **Gmail to Award Force** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-award-force) - [ **Google Calendar to Award Force** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-award-force) Questions ## HigherGov and Award Force, 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 Award Force when something happens in HigherGov? Any of Award Force's 15 actions, including Create Assignment, Create Review Task, Create User and Update User. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Award Force to HigherGov? Award Force has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in HigherGov. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Award Force's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for HigherGov or Award Force? 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 Award Force 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.