# GrantSignal (`vindicable_repo/grantsignal`) Actor

Track scholarship deadline and requirement changes with exact before-and-after source evidence. Native Apify Actor with persistent baselines and optional Bitdeer review suggestions.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vindicable_repo/grantsignal.md
- **Developed by:** [Danny George Abraham](https://apify.com/vindicable_repo) (community)
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## GrantSignal

Monitor scholarship pages for exact changes to deadlines, eligibility, awards and application requirements.

### Quick demonstration

Run with Synthetic demonstration enabled. The clearly labeled synthetic example changes a deadline from November 15 to November 1 and a GPA requirement from 3.0 to 3.5. See exact previous and current source statements in the dataset. This is a controlled test, not an actual scholarship update.

### Live monitoring

Disable Synthetic demonstration and supply 1–20 direct HTTPS HTML source pages. The first successful collection records a baseline. Later runs compare against the same named baseline store. Run sequentially. Review added and removed evidence in the dataset, OUTPUT JSON, or REPORT Markdown in the run key-value store. Errors retain the last successful baseline.

### Bitdeer

Optional evidence-linked review suggestions are implemented but disabled pending account credits and live API verification. Requires BITDEER_API_KEY and BITDEER_MODEL environment variables.

### Limits

English keyword extraction from common HTML elements; no JavaScript rendering, PDF parsing, redirect following or eligibility decisions. Source wording changes and page redesigns can create noise. Human review is required.

### Inspiration

Original implementation inspired by Project No Cap and Expungo, Cal Hacks 2025 winners. No source code copied.

# Actor input Schema

## `enableBitdeer` (type: `boolean`):

Requires BITDEER_API_KEY and BITDEER_MODEL environment variables. Model errors are reported separately from source changes.

## `demoMode` (type: `boolean`):

Uses clearly labeled fixtures, makes no network requests and does not update live baselines.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Up to 20 direct HTTPS HTML pages. No recursive crawl. Required when synthetic demonstration is disabled.

## `stateStoreName` (type: `string`):

Use the same store for consecutive runs of the same project. Avoid overlapping runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "enableBitdeer": false,
  "demoMode": true,
  "startUrls": [],
  "stateStoreName": "grantsignal-state"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `changes` (type: `string`):

No description

## `report` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vindicable_repo/grantsignal").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vindicable_repo/grantsignal").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": []
}' |
apify call vindicable_repo/grantsignal --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vindicable_repo/grantsignal"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/zLritkzts6YLwSJla/builds/XfIqaPl3h7M12Il71/openapi.json