Integration
Connect Knack to Google Maps Platform
When New View Record fires in Knack, your agent runs Geocode Address in Google Maps Platform. Describe the whole flow 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 Knack and Google Maps Platform 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)Example flows
What Knack can start in Google Maps Platform
When New View Record in Knack
then Geocode Address in Google Maps Platform
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 Knack and Google Maps Platform
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 19 actions
- 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.
- 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).
- Create View Record
create a record through a view, including inserting a connected record (view-based)
- Delete Record
Delete a record from a Knack object by ID.
- Delete View Record
delete a record through a view (view-based)
- Get Record
Retrieve a single record by ID from a Knack object.
- 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.
- List Records
Retrieve records from a Knack object, with optional paging and filters.
- List View Records
retrieve records through a view (view-based, applies view permissions/filters)
- Update Record
Update an existing record in a Knack object by ID.
- Update View Record
update a record through a view (view-based)
- Upload File or Image
upload a file or image asset to associate with a record field
- Geocode Address
Converts a street address or place description into latitude/longitude coordinates and a formatted address.
- Get Directions
Returns a route between an origin and a destination, with total distance, travel time and step-by-step legs.
- Get Distance Matrix
Returns travel distance and time for every pair of origins and destinations.
- Get Place Details
Returns the details of one Google Maps place, including its name, address, location, rating, phone number, website and opening hours.
- Get Route
Calculates a route between an origin and a destination address and returns its distance, travel time, route polyline and summary.
- Nearby Search
Finds places within a radius of a latitude and longitude, optionally limited to place types such as restaurant or gas station, and returns them with their address, location and rating.
- Reverse Geocode
Converts latitude/longitude coordinates into the nearest human-readable address.
- Text Search
Searches Google Maps for places matching a text query, such as "pizza in New York", and returns the matching places with their address, location, rating and contact details.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Knack and Google Maps Platform, answered
What can start an automation from Knack?
Any of Knack's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New View Record. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Google Maps Platform when something happens in Knack?
Any of Google Maps Platform's 8 actions, including Geocode Address, Get Directions, Get Distance Matrix and Get Place Details. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Google Maps Platform to Knack?
Google Maps Platform has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Knack. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Google Maps Platform's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Knack or Google Maps Platform?
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.