--- title: "Connect Open Government, ACT to Customerly - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New record in dataset\" fires in Open Government, ACT, your agent runs \"Create/Update Lead\" in Customerly." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/open-government-act-to-customerly" --- # Connect Open Government, ACT to Customerly When **New record in dataset** fires in [Open Government, ACT](https://apiant.ai/connections/open-government-act), your agent runs **Create/Update Lead** in [Customerly](https://apiant.ai/connections/customerly). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Open Government, ACT **1** trigger Open Government, ACT **3** actions Customerly **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Open Government, ACT and Customerly 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Open Government, ACT can start in Customerly - When **New record in dataset** in Open Government, ACT then **Create/Update Lead** in Customerly - When **New record in dataset** in Open Government, ACT then **Convert lead to user** in Customerly 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 Open Government, ACT and Customerly ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 11 actions - Trigger **New record in dataset** Polling trigger that fires when new rows are published to a specified ACT open-data dataset. - Action **Find datasets** Search the ACT Government open-data catalog for published datasets by keyword, category, or tag (Socrata catalog API). - Action **Get dataset metadata** Retrieve a dataset's metadata — column schema, description, publisher, update frequency — for a given ACT open-data dataset id. - Action **List dataset records** Retrieve rows from a specific ACT open-data dataset, with optional filtering, sorting, and paging (Socrata SODA resource API). - Action **Add conversation** Open a new conversation from a user to a teammate. - Action **Add User Tag** Attach a tag to an existing user or lead. - Action **Convert lead to user** Promotes an existing Customerly lead to a user (creates a user if no contact matches the identifiers). - Action **Create/Update Lead** Creates or updates a lead. - Action **Create/Update User** Creates or updates a new user. - Action **Get Contact** Get a single contact (lead or user) by Customerly contact ID, returning its email, role, custom_contact_id, whatsapp_number, attributes and tags. - Action **Get Conversation** Returns a single Customerly conversation by its conversation ID, including contact, status, channel and last message. - Action **Unsubscribe contacts** Unsubscribe contacts (bulk) via API. ## Each app on its own - [ **Open Government, ACT** Australian Capital Territory Open Data. Public open-data portal — search dataset catalogs and retrieve...](https://apiant.ai/connections/open-government-act) - [ **Customerly** Boost your customer engagement. The fully integrated tool your online business needs to scale up and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/customerly) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Open Government, ACT - [ **Open Government, ACT to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/open-government-act-to-salesforce) - [ **Open Government, ACT to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/open-government-act-to-slack) - [ **Open Government, ACT to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/open-government-act-to-stripe) - [ **Open Government, ACT to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/open-government-act-to-shopify) - [ **Open Government, ACT to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/open-government-act-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Open Government, ACT to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/open-government-act-to-pipedrive) ## More into Customerly - [ **HubSpot to Customerly** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-customerly) - [ **Salesforce to Customerly** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-customerly) - [ **Slack to Customerly** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-customerly) - [ **Google Sheets to Customerly** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-customerly) - [ **Gmail to Customerly** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-customerly) - [ **Google Calendar to Customerly** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-customerly) Questions ## Open Government, ACT and Customerly, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Open Government, ACT? Any of Open Government, ACT's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New record in dataset. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Customerly when something happens in Open Government, ACT? Any of Customerly's 8 actions, including Create/Update Lead, Create/Update User, Add conversation and Add User Tag. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Customerly to Open Government, ACT? Customerly has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Open Government, ACT. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Customerly's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Open Government, ACT or Customerly? 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 Open Government, ACT and Customerly 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.