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Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 24 actions
Trigger
Pursuit AddedTriggered 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.
Trigger
New UpdateTriggers when Telegram delivers an update to your bot. Choose which kind of update to watch — a new message, a button press, a membership change, and so on. Telegram allows one webhook per bot, so use a single New Update trigger per bot token.
- Ban Chat Member
Ban a user from a group, supergroup or channel. POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/banChatMember (chat_id, user_id).
- Delete Message
Delete a message from a chat. POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/deleteMessage (chat_id, message_id).
- Forward Message
Forward an existing message from one chat to another. POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/forwardMessage (chat_id, from_chat_id, message_id).
- Get Chat
Get up-to-date information about a chat (user, group, or channel). GET/POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/getChat (chat_id).
- Get Chat Member
Look up one person's membership in a chat — whether they are a member, an administrator, restricted, or have left or been banned.
- React to Message
Sets an emoji reaction on an existing message.
- Send Chat Action
Send a chat action (e.g. typing, upload_photo) to indicate the bot is doing something. POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendChatAction (chat_id, action).
- Send Document
Send a general file/document to a chat. POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendDocument (chat_id, document, caption).
- Send Location
Send a point on the map to a chat. POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendLocation (chat_id, latitude, longitude).
- Send Message
Sends a message from your bot.
- Send Photo
Sends a photo from your bot.
- Send Poll
Sends a poll from your bot.
- Send Video
Send a video to a chat. POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendVideo (chat_id, video, caption).
- Update Message
Edit the text of a previously sent message. POST https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/editMessageText (chat_id, message_id, text).
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.