Integration
Connect HigherGov and VBOUT
When Pursuit Added fires in HigherGov, your agent runs Add contact in VBOUT, or New Contact in VBOUT 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 VBOUT 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)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 VBOUT can do together
From HigherGov to VBOUT
When Pursuit Added in HigherGov
then Add contact in VBOUT
From VBOUT 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 VBOUT
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 28 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 Contact
Triggers when a new contact is added to a VBOUT email list.
- New Contact Property Change
Triggers when any property of a contact in a VBOUT email list changes, or a contact is added.
- Add contact
Creates a contact in a VBOUT email list, with optional IP address and list custom field values.
- Add Contact to List
Adds a contact to one of your VBOUT email lists.
- Add Custom Event to a Contact
Records a custom activity on a VBOUT contact's timeline.
- Add Tag to Contact
Adds a tag to a VBOUT contact, found by email address.
- Create Email List
Creates a new email list in VBOUT.
- Create Email Marketing Campaign
Creates an email campaign in VBOUT addressed to one of your lists.
- Create Social Media Message
Posts a message to one of your connected social media channels through VBOUT.
- Get email campaign
Returns an email campaign's details, including subject, sender and content, by its ID.
- Get email list
Returns the settings of one VBOUT email list, including its name, sender details, confirmation messages and the list's custom fields.
- List contacts
Returns the contacts in a VBOUT email list.
- List email campaigns
Returns the email campaigns in your VBOUT account, optionally filtered by status (sent, scheduled, draft, automation) or date range.
- List email lists
Returns all email lists in the VBOUT account, with each list's name, sender settings and creation date.
- Move contact
Moves a VBOUT contact from one email list to another.
- Remove Tag From Contact
Removes a tag from a VBOUT contact, found by email address.
- Unsubscribe Contact
Unsubscribes a VBOUT contact by setting its status to inactive.
- Update Contact
Updates an existing VBOUT contact's email, status or IP address.
- Update email campaign
Updates an existing VBOUT email marketing campaign's name, subject, content, sender and recipients.
- Update email list
Updates an existing VBOUT email list's name, sender details, notification settings and subscription messages.
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 VBOUT, 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 VBOUT when something happens in HigherGov?
Any of VBOUT's 18 actions, including Create Email List, Create Email Marketing Campaign, Create Social Media Message and Update Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from VBOUT to HigherGov?
Yes. When something happens in VBOUT, your agent can act in HigherGov too. This page covers both directions: VBOUT's triggers and HigherGov's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for HigherGov or VBOUT?
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 VBOUT 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.