--- title: "Connect HigherGov to Lusha Connect - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Pursuit Added\" fires in HigherGov, your agent runs \"Contact Lookalikes\" in Lusha Connect." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-lusha-connect" --- # Connect HigherGov to Lusha Connect When **Pursuit Added** fires in [HigherGov](https://apiant.ai/connections/highergov), your agent runs **Contact Lookalikes** in [Lusha Connect](https://apiant.ai/connections/lusha-connect). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. HigherGov **1** trigger HigherGov **10** actions Lusha Connect **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 Lusha Connect 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 Lusha Connect - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Contact Lookalikes** in Lusha Connect - When **Pursuit Added** in HigherGov then **Enrich Contacts** in Lusha Connect 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 Lusha Connect ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 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. - Action **Company Lookalikes** Returns companies similar to a set of seed companies you supply by domain or LinkedIn URL, using Lusha's AI-powered recommendations. - Action **Contact Lookalikes** Returns contacts similar to a set of 5–100 seed contacts, using Lusha's AI-powered lookalike recommendations. Results are lightweight previews; enrich them to reveal emails and phone numbers. - Action **Enrich Companies** Returns full company profiles (firmographics, industry codes, locations, and optional employee breakdowns, competitors, intent and parent companies) for up to 100 Lusha company IDs found with Find companies. - Action **Enrich Contacts** Reveals emails and phone numbers for up to 100 Lusha contacts previously found with Search Contacts, returning their full profiles. - Action **Enrich Contacts by Lusha ID** Reveals emails and phone numbers for up to 100 contacts using the Lusha contact IDs returned by Search Contacts. - Action **Find companies** Looks up companies in Lusha by name, domain or Lusha company ID and returns a preview of each match, including what can be revealed with Enrich Companies. - Action **Find prospecting companies** Searches Lusha's company database by firmographic filters (size, revenue, industry, location, technologies, intent, signals) and returns matching company previews with their Lusha IDs. - Action **Find prospecting contacts** Searches Lusha's contact database for people matching your contact and company filters, returning lightweight previews with Lusha contact IDs you can pass to Enrich Contacts. - Action **Get account usage** Returns your Lusha account's credit balance, rate-limit standing, plan details and per-action credit pricing. - Action **Get Company Signals** Returns hiring, headcount, web traffic, IT spend, intent and news signal events for up to 100 Lusha companies. - Action **Search and Enrich Companies** Finds up to 100 companies by name, domain or Lusha ID and returns their full firmographic profiles in one call. - Action **Search and Enrich Contacts** Finds up to 100 contacts by email, LinkedIn URL, Lusha ID or name and company, and reveals their emails and phone numbers in one call. - Action **Search Contacts** Looks up up to 100 contacts by Lusha ID, LinkedIn URL, email, or name and company, and returns a preview of each match plus what can be revealed with Enrich Contacts. ## 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) - [ **Lusha Connect** Lusha Connect is a tool that Instantly enrich contacts & companies data, automate outreach, and streamline...](https://apiant.ai/connections/lusha-connect) 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 Lusha Connect - [ **HubSpot to Lusha Connect** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Salesforce to Lusha Connect** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Slack to Lusha Connect** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Google Sheets to Lusha Connect** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Gmail to Lusha Connect** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Google Calendar to Lusha Connect** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-lusha-connect) Questions ## HigherGov and Lusha Connect, 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 Lusha Connect when something happens in HigherGov? Any of Lusha Connect's 13 actions, including Company Lookalikes, Contact Lookalikes, Enrich Companies and Enrich Contacts. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Lusha Connect to HigherGov? Lusha Connect has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in HigherGov. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Lusha Connect's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for HigherGov or Lusha Connect? 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 Lusha Connect 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.