Government

Open Government, ACT integrations

Connect Open Government, ACT to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Australian Capital Territory Open Data. Public open-data portal — search dataset catalogs and retrieve published government records, statistics and reference data over a free, credential-less API.

No account neededdata.act.gov.au
1 trigger3 actions

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 to automate with Open Government, ACT?

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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.

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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.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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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.

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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.

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What your agent can do with Open Government, ACT

Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 3 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).

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Open Government, ACT, answered

Is there a Open Government, ACT MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Open Government, ACT. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run Open Government, ACT actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use Open Government, ACT. Nothing to install.

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 Open Government, ACT?

Any of Open Government, ACT's 3 actions, including Find datasets, Get dataset metadata and List dataset records. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use Open Government, ACT directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Open Government, ACT two ways. Ask it to do something in Open Government, ACT 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 on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the Open Government, ACT API?

No. APIANT connects to the Open Government, ACT API for you. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Open Government, ACT triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Open Government, ACT API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can Open Government, ACT connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Open Government, ACT with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

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.