Integration
Connect HigherGov and Specter
When Pursuit Added fires in HigherGov, your agent runs Enrich Person by Email in Specter, or New Acquisition in Specter to Find Agencies in HigherGov. 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 HigherGov and Specter 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 HigherGov and Specter can do together
From HigherGov to Specter
When Pursuit Added in HigherGov
then Enrich Person by Email in Specter
From Specter to 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 Specter
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 29 actions
- Pursuit Added
Triggered when a new pursuit is added to your HigherGov pipeline.
- 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.
- 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.
- Find Contract Vehicles
Returns U.S. government contract vehicles, each with its name, description, type, status, award date and the awarding and funding agencies.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- New Acquisition
Triggers when Specter records a new acquisition.
- New Funding Round
Triggers when Specter records a new funding round at any company.
- New IPO
Triggers when Specter records a new IPO.
- New Strategic Intelligence
Triggers when Specter detects a new investor-interest signal (strategic intelligence) about a company or person.
- New Strategic Intelligence in Saved Search
Triggers when an investor-interest saved search in Specter gets new results.
- New Talent Signal
Triggers when Specter detects a new talent signal, such as a founder going into stealth or an executive changing roles.
- New Talent Signal in Saved Search
Triggers when a talent saved search in Specter gets new results.
- AI Search
Searches Specter with a plain-English query and returns matching records.
- Create Company List
Creates a new company list and returns its ID.
- Delete Company List
Permanently deletes a company list.
- Enrich Company
Looks up a company by its domain or website and returns Specter's full company record.
- Enrich Investor
Looks up investors by website and/or name and returns matching Specter investor records.
- Enrich Person
Looks up a person by LinkedIn URL and returns their Specter professional profile.
- Enrich Person by Email
Resolves an email address to the most probable person and returns their Specter profile.
- Get Company
Returns the full Specter record for one company by its Specter company ID.
- Get Company Employees
Returns the founders and employees Specter has on file for a company.
- Get Company Funding Rounds
Returns a company's funding rounds, newest first, with participating investors.
- Get Credit Balance
Returns your team's Specter API credit limit, usage and remaining balance.
- Get Funding Round
Returns one funding round by its Specter ID, with the company and investors.
- Get Investor
Returns the full Specter investor record by investor ID.
- Get Person
Returns the full professional profile of a person by Specter person ID.
- Get Person Email
Returns a contactable email address for a person.
- List Company Lists
Returns the company lists your API key can reach.
- List Saved Searches
Returns the saved searches your API key can reach, with their new and total result counts.
- Search Entities by Name
Fuzzy-matches a name across Specter companies, people and investors.
- Update Company List
Adds and/or removes companies in an existing company list.
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
HigherGov and Specter, 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 Specter when something happens in HigherGov?
Any of Specter's 19 actions, including Create Company List, Update Company List, AI Search and Enrich Company. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Specter to HigherGov?
Yes. When something happens in Specter, your agent can act in HigherGov too. This page covers both directions: Specter's triggers and HigherGov's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for HigherGov or Specter?
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 Specter 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.