Integration
Connect Help Scout and Knack
When something happens in Help Scout or Knack, your agent does the next thing in the other. 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 Help Scout and Knack to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
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)Connecting Help Scout and Knack lets support conversations and your Knack database stay on the same page. New conversations and customers in Help Scout can be written into Knack objects, and records added through a Knack view can create customers or replies back in Help Scout, so agents see account details without switching apps.
Example flows
What Help Scout and Knack can do together
From Help Scout to Knack
When New Conversation in Help Scout
then Create Record in Knack
When New Customer in Help Scout
then Create View Record in Knack
From Knack to Help Scout
When New View Record in Knack
then Create Customer in Help Scout
When New View Record in Knack
then Create Thread (Reply) in Help Scout
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 Help Scout and Knack
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 30 actions
Trigger
New ConversationPolls for newly created conversations across mailboxes.
Trigger
New CustomerPolls for newly created customers.
Trigger
New MailboxPolls for newly created mailboxes.
Trigger
New UserPolls for newly added users (team members).
Action
Add Customer EmailAdd an email address to a customer.
Action
Create CustomerCreate a new customer record.
Action
Create NoteAdd an internal note thread to a conversation.
Action
Create Thread (Reply)Add a reply thread to an existing conversation.
Action
Delete ConversationDelete a conversation by ID.
Action
Get ConversationRetrieve a single conversation by ID.
Action
Get CustomerRetrieve a single customer by ID.
Action
Get MailboxRetrieve a single mailbox by ID.
Action
Get UserRetrieve a single user by ID.
Action
List ConversationsList conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query.
Action
List Conversation ThreadsList all threads on a conversation.
Action
List CustomersList customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query.
Action
List MailboxesList all mailboxes in the account.
Action
List Mailbox FoldersList the folders within a mailbox.
Action
List TagsList all tags in the account.
Action
List UsersList all users (team members) in the account.
Action
Update ConversationUpdate a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch.
Action
Update Conversation TagsReplace the tags on a conversation.
Action
Update CustomerUpdate a customer's profile fields.
Trigger
New View RecordFires 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 RecordAdd 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 Recordcreate a record through a view, including inserting a connected record (view-based)
Action
Delete RecordDelete a record from a Knack object by ID.
Action
Delete View Recorddelete a record through a view (view-based)
Action
Get RecordRetrieve a single record by ID from a Knack object.
Action
Get View RecordRetrieve 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 RecordsRetrieve records from a Knack object, with optional paging and filters.
Action
List View Recordsretrieve records through a view (view-based, applies view permissions/filters)
Action
Update RecordUpdate an existing record in a Knack object by ID.
Action
Update View Recordupdate a record through a view (view-based)
Action
Upload File or Imageupload a file or image asset to associate with a record field
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
Each app on its own
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Questions
Help Scout and Knack, answered
Can the agent check Knack before writing anything into Help Scout?
Yes. A run can start with List Records or List View Records in Knack to find the matching account, then only continue to Create Note, Create Thread (Reply) or Update Conversation in Help Scout when a record is found.
How do I know the setup works before I rely on it?
The agent builds the connection and tests every scenario against your real Help Scout mailboxes and Knack objects, including the case where no matching Knack record exists. It then keeps the connection running and picks up new triggers as they arrive.
What can start an automation from Help Scout?
Any of Help Scout's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Conversation, New Customer, New User and New Mailbox. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Knack when something happens in Help Scout?
Any of Knack's 11 actions, including Create Record, Create View Record, List Records and Update Record. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Knack to Help Scout?
Yes. When something happens in Knack, your agent can act in Help Scout too. This page covers both directions: Knack's triggers and Help Scout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Help Scout 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.
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.