Integration
Connect HigherGov to You Need A Budget
When something happens in HigherGov, your agent does the next thing in You Need A Budget. Describe it 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.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want HigherGov and You Need A Budget to do together?
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Connect your AI client
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https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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.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 can start in You Need A Budget
When Pursuit Added in HigherGov
then Add account in You Need A Budget
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 You Need A Budget
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 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.
- Add account
Create an account.
- Add payee
Create a payee.
- Add scheduled transaction
Create a scheduled transaction.
- Add transaction
Create a transaction.
- Delete transaction
Delete a transaction.
- Get account
Get an account.
- Get plan
Get a plan with all entities.
- Get plan month
Get a plan month with category budgets.
- Get transaction
Get a transaction by id.
- Import transactions
Imports available transactions on all linked accounts for a plan, like clicking Import in YNAB.
- List accounts
List accounts in a plan.
- List categories
List categories grouped.
- List payees
List payees.
- List plans
List all plans (budgets).
- List scheduled transactions
List scheduled transactions.
- List transactions
List transactions for a plan (since_date, type filters).
- Update category
Update a category.
- Update transaction
Update a transaction.
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 You Need A Budget, 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 You Need A Budget when something happens in HigherGov?
Any of You Need A Budget's 18 actions, including Update category, Update transaction, Add account and Add payee. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from You Need A Budget to HigherGov?
You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in HigherGov. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads You Need A Budget's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for HigherGov or You Need A Budget?
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.
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.