--- title: "Connect FreeAgent and Knack - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in FreeAgent, your agent runs \"Create Record\" in Knack, or \"New View Record\" in Knack to \"Create Contact\" in FreeAgent." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freeagent-to-knack" --- # Connect FreeAgent and Knack When **New Contact** fires in [FreeAgent](https://apiant.ai/connections/freeagent), your agent runs **Create Record** in [Knack](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack), or **New View Record** in Knack to **Create Contact** in FreeAgent. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. FreeAgent **6** triggers FreeAgent **50** actions Knack **1** trigger Knack **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want FreeAgent and Knack 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. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) FreeAgent holds the contacts, invoices, projects and timeslips; Knack holds the custom objects your team works in every day. Connecting them means a new FreeAgent project or invoice can land as a record in the right Knack object, and records approved in a Knack view can create contacts or timeslips back in FreeAgent. Example flows ## What FreeAgent and Knack can do together ### From FreeAgent to Knack - When **New Contact** in FreeAgent then **Create Record** in Knack - When **New Invoice** in FreeAgent then **Create View Record** in Knack ### From Knack to FreeAgent - When **New View Record** in Knack then **Create Contact** in FreeAgent - When **New View Record** in Knack then **Get Contact** in FreeAgent 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 FreeAgent and Knack ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 61 actions - Trigger **New Bank Transaction** Triggers when a new transaction appears in a FreeAgent bank account. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New or Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is created or changed in FreeAgent. - Trigger **New or Updated Timeslip** Triggers when a timeslip (time entry) is created or edited in FreeAgent. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Action **Convert Estimate to Invoice** Converts an estimate into an invoice, marking the estimate as Invoiced and returning the URL of the new invoice. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill from a supplier contact in FreeAgent, with its line items, and returns the new bill. - Action **Create Contact** Create a new contact. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a draft credit note for a FreeAgent contact, with optional line items. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate, quote or proposal in FreeAgent for a contact or project, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense claim in FreeAgent for a user, with its category, date, amount and sales tax details. - Action **Create Invoice** Create an invoice for a contact. - Action **Create Mileage Claim** Creates a mileage claim (a mileage expense) for a user in FreeAgent and returns the new claim. - Action **Create Note** Adds a note to a FreeAgent contact or project. - Action **Create Price List Item** Creates a price list item in FreeAgent that can be added to invoices and estimates. - Action **Create Project** Create a project for a contact. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task under a FreeAgent project. - Action **Create Timeslip** Create a timeslip (time tracking entry). - Action **Delete Contact** Delete a contact by id. - Action **Delete Invoice** Deletes an invoice from FreeAgent. - Action **Delete Timeslip** Deletes a timeslip from FreeAgent. - Action **Explain Bank Transaction** Explains a bank transaction in FreeAgent by creating a bank transaction explanation (categorising it, or matching it to an invoice, bill, transfer or user payment). Returns the created explanation. - Action **Find Contact by Email** Finds FreeAgent contacts whose email or billing email matches the given address. - Action **Get Bill** Returns a single bill, including its line items, by its ID. - Action **Get Contact** Get a single contact by id. - Action **Get Credit Note** Returns a single FreeAgent credit note, including its line items, status and totals. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns a single FreeAgent estimate with its line items. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single FreeAgent expense by its ID, including amounts, category, claimant and attachment details. - Action **Get Invoice** Get a single invoice by id. - Action **Get Note** Returns a single note attached to a FreeAgent contact or project, including its text, author and timestamps. - Action **Get Price List Item** Returns a single price list item from FreeAgent by its ID. - Action **Get Project** Returns a single FreeAgent project by its ID, including its contact, status, budget and billing details. - Action **Get Timeslip** Returns a single FreeAgent timeslip, including its hours, date, user, project and task. - Action **List Bank Accounts** Returns the bank accounts in your FreeAgent company, optionally filtered to standard, credit card or PayPal accounts. - Action **List Bank Transactions** Returns the bank transactions in a FreeAgent bank account, optionally filtered by date range, last update time, or explanation status. - Action **List Bills** List bills. - Action **List Categories** Returns all accounting categories for the company, grouped into admin expenses, cost of sales, income and general categories, optionally including sub accounts. - Action **List Contacts** List contacts in FreeAgent. - Action **List Corporation Tax Returns** Returns the company's Corporation Tax Returns, including amount due, payment and filing deadlines, and filing/payment status. - Action **List Estimates** List estimates. - Action **List Expenses** List expenses. - Action **List Invoices** List invoices. - Action **List Projects** List projects. - Action **List Self Assessment Returns** Returns the Self Assessment (income tax) returns for a FreeAgent user, including payments due and filing status. - Action **List Tasks** Returns the tasks in your FreeAgent account, optionally filtered by status, project or last-updated date. - Action **List Timeslips** List timeslips (time tracking entries). - Action **List Users** Returns the users on the FreeAgent account, optionally filtered to staff or advisors. - Action **Mark Invoice as Cancelled** Marks a FreeAgent invoice as cancelled, writing it off as unpaid. The invoice must be sent and past its due date. - Action **Mark Invoice as Sent** Marks a FreeAgent invoice as sent without emailing it. Can also re-open a cancelled invoice. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill in FreeAgent — its supplier, reference, dates, rebilling, recurrence and bill items. Only the values you supply are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Update an existing contact. - Action **Update Expense** Updates an existing expense in FreeAgent, changing only the details you supply. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreeAgent invoice's details, such as dates, contact, payment terms, comments and line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing FreeAgent project's name, client, status, budget, billing rate and dates. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Timeslip** Updates an existing timeslip in FreeAgent, changing its task, user, project, date, hours or comment. Fields left blank are not changed. - Trigger **New View Record** Fires when a new record appears in a Knack page view — polls a view's records (respects the view's access control and filters), the view-based counterpart to New Record. - Action **Create Record** Add a new record to a Knack object. Provide field values as a JSON object keyed by field key (e.g. field_1). - Action **Create View Record** create a record through a view, including inserting a connected record (view-based) - Action **Delete Record** Delete a record from a Knack object by ID. - Action **Delete View Record** delete a record through a view (view-based) - Action **Get Record** Retrieve a single record by ID from a Knack object. - Action **Get View Record** Retrieve a single record through a page view by its ID — returns only the fields exposed by the view and respects the view's access control, the view-based counterpart to Get Record. - Action **List Records** Retrieve records from a Knack object, with optional paging and filters. - Action **List View Records** retrieve records through a view (view-based, applies view permissions/filters) - Action **Update Record** Update an existing record in a Knack object by ID. - Action **Update View Record** update a record through a view (view-based) - Action **Upload File or Image** upload a file or image asset to associate with a record field ## Each app on its own - [ **FreeAgent** FreeAgent is cloud accounting software for small businesses and freelancers — manage contacts, invoices...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freeagent) - [ **Knack** Knack is an online database and app builder. Read and write records in your Knack objects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from FreeAgent - [ **FreeAgent to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freeagent-to-salesforce) - [ **FreeAgent to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/freeagent-to-slack) - [ **FreeAgent to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freeagent-to-stripe) - [ **FreeAgent to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freeagent-to-shopify) - [ **FreeAgent to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/freeagent-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **FreeAgent to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freeagent-to-trello) ## More into Knack - [ **ActiveCampaign to Knack** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-knack) - [ **Asana to Knack** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-knack) - [ **JIRA to Knack** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-knack) - [ **SendGrid to Knack** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-knack) - [ **JotForm to Knack** JotForm is a web-based WYSIWYG form builder. Create forms, integrate them into your site, and collect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/jotform-to-knack) - [ **Capsule CRM to Knack** Capsule is an online hosted CRM system for individuals, small businesses and sales teams wanting a simple...](https://apiant.ai/connect/capsule-crm-to-knack) Questions ## FreeAgent and Knack, answered ### ### Can the agent check whether a client already exists in Knack before creating anything? Yes. It can list records from your Knack object and filter on the client name, then create the new record only when a match is found. You decide what happens when nothing matches. ### ### Does this work with Knack pages and views, not just raw objects? It does. The agent can watch a view for new records and read, create or update records through that view, so your view's permissions and filters still apply. It can also work directly against an object when that suits better. ### ### What can start an automation from FreeAgent? Any of FreeAgent's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Invoice, New Project and New Bank Transaction. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Knack when something happens in FreeAgent? Any of Knack's 11 actions, including Create Record, Create View Record, Update Record and Update View Record. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Knack to FreeAgent? Yes. When something happens in Knack, your agent can act in FreeAgent too. This page covers both directions: Knack's triggers and FreeAgent's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for FreeAgent or Knack? 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 FreeAgent and Knack 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.