--- title: "Connect HigherGov and Instantly - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Pursuit Added\" fires in HigherGov, your agent runs \"Add lead list\" in Instantly, or \"New Event\" in Instantly to \"Find Agencies\" in HigherGov." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-instantly" --- # Connect HigherGov and Instantly When **Pursuit Added** fires in [HigherGov](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov), your agent runs **Add lead list** in [Instantly](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly), or **New Event** in Instantly 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 Instantly **1** trigger Instantly **22** 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 Instantly 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 Instantly can do together ### From HigherGov to Instantly - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Add lead list** in Instantly - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Add Lead to Campaign** in Instantly ### From Instantly to HigherGov - When **New Event** in Instantly then **Find Agencies** in HigherGov - When **New Event** in Instantly 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 Instantly ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 32 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 **New Event** Triggers when an Instantly event occurs, such as an email sent, a reply received, or a lead status change. - Action **Activate campaign** Starts a campaign, or resumes a paused one, and returns the updated campaign. - Action **Add campaign** Creates a new Instantly campaign with its sending schedule, email sequence and sending options. Returns the created campaign. - Action **Add lead list** Creates a new lead list in Instantly for storing leads. - Action **Add Lead to Campaign** Adds a lead to an Instantly campaign, with their contact details, personalization and custom variables. Returns the created lead. - Action **Add Tags to Campaigns** Assigns one or more custom tags to one or more campaigns. - Action **Add to Blocklist** Adds an email address or domain to the workspace's blocklist so it no longer receives emails. - Action **Create a New Tag** Creates a new custom tag in your Instantly workspace for organizing accounts and campaigns. - Action **Delete blocklist entry** Deletes a blocked email or domain entry from your Instantly block list, returning the removed entry. - Action **Delete lead** Permanently deletes a lead from your Instantly workspace and returns the deleted lead. - Action **Find Lead** Finds leads in your Instantly workspace by email address or search term, optionally narrowed to a campaign, list or lead status. Returns the matching leads and the first match. - Action **Get Blocklist Entry** Returns a single block list entry (a blocked email address or domain) by its ID. - Action **Get campaign** Returns a campaign's full details, including its schedule, sequences, sending accounts and settings. - Action **Get lead** Returns a single Instantly lead by its ID, including contact details, campaign, status, engagement counts and custom variables. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by name, tags, status or AI Sales Agent. - Action **List lead lists** Returns the lead lists in your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by name or by whether they run enrichment. - Action **List leads** Returns leads from your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by campaign, list, status, search term or email address. - Action **List Tag Mappings** Returns the tag assignments in the workspace, showing which custom tags are attached to which email accounts and campaigns. - Action **Pause campaign** Stops (pauses) a running campaign so it no longer sends emails, and returns the updated campaign. - Action **Remove Lead From Campaign** Removes one or more leads from an Instantly campaign, deleting them from that campaign. - Action **Remove Tags From Campaigns** Removes one or more custom tags from Instantly campaigns. - Action **Update lead** Updates an existing lead's details in Instantly, such as name, company, phone, interest status and custom variables, and returns the updated lead. - Action **Update Lead Status** Updates the interest status of a lead in Instantly (for example Interested, Meeting booked, or Not interested), optionally scoped to one campaign or list. ## 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) - [ **Instantly** Instantly is an email automation platform that helps scale outreach campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly) 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 Instantly - [ **HubSpot to Instantly** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-instantly) - [ **Google Sheets to Instantly** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-instantly) - [ **Gmail to Instantly** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-instantly) - [ **Google Calendar to Instantly** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-instantly) - [ **Google Drive to Instantly** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-instantly) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Instantly** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-instantly) Questions ## HigherGov and Instantly, 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 Instantly when something happens in HigherGov? Any of Instantly's 22 actions, including Create a New Tag, Update lead, Update Lead Status and Activate campaign. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Instantly to HigherGov? Yes. When something happens in Instantly, your agent can act in HigherGov too. This page covers both directions: Instantly's triggers and HigherGov's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for HigherGov or Instantly? 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 Instantly 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.