--- title: "Connect Knack to National Weather Service - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New View Record\" fires in Knack, your agent runs \"Find alerts by criteria\" in National Weather Service." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/knack-to-national-weather-service" --- # Connect Knack to National Weather Service When **New View Record** fires in [Knack](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack), your agent runs **Find alerts by criteria** in [National Weather Service](https://apiant.ai/connections/national-weather-service). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Knack **1** trigger Knack **11** actions National Weather Service **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Knack and National Weather Service 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) Example flows ## What Knack can start in National Weather Service - When **New View Record** in Knack then **Find alerts by criteria** in National Weather Service - When **New View Record** in Knack then **Get alert** in National Weather Service 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 National Weather Service ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 21 actions - 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 - Action **Find alerts by criteria** Returns weather alerts (current and past) matching the criteria you choose, such as area, zone, point, event, severity, urgency and time window. - Action **Get alert** Returns a single National Weather Service alert by its identifier, including its event, severity, affected area, timing and description. - Action **Get forecast** Returns the multi-day textual forecast (day and night periods) for a National Weather Service 2.5 km forecast grid square. - Action **Get hourly forecast** Returns the hour-by-hour forecast for a National Weather Service 2.5km forecast grid area, including temperature, dewpoint, humidity, wind and precipitation chance. - Action **Get latest station observation** Returns the most recent weather observation (temperature, wind, humidity, pressure and more) reported by an NWS observation station. - Action **Get point metadata** Returns National Weather Service metadata for a latitude/longitude point: its forecast office, grid coordinates, forecast links, zones, time zone and nearest city. - Action **Get zone forecast** Returns the current text forecast for a National Weather Service public forecast zone, broken into named periods such as "Tonight" and "Tuesday". - Action **List active alerts** Returns all currently active National Weather Service alerts, optionally filtered by area, zone, point, event, severity, urgency and more. - Action **List stations** Returns NWS observation stations, optionally filtered by station ID or state/marine area. - Action **List zones** Returns National Weather Service forecast, county, fire and marine zones, optionally filtered by zone ID, state or marine area, region, zone type or a location point. ## Each app on its own - [ **Knack** Knack is an online database and app builder. Read and write records in your Knack objects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack) - [ **National Weather Service** REST API providing US weather forecasts, alerts, observations, and radar data by location.](https://apiant.ai/connections/national-weather-service) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Knack - [ **Knack to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/knack-to-salesforce) - [ **Knack to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/knack-to-slack) - [ **Knack to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/knack-to-mailchimp) - [ **Knack to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/knack-to-stripe) - [ **Knack to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/knack-to-shopify) - [ **Knack to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/knack-to-pipedrive) ## More into National Weather Service - [ **HubSpot to National Weather Service** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-national-weather-service) - [ **Salesforce to National Weather Service** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-national-weather-service) - [ **Slack to National Weather Service** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in National Weather Service when something happens in Knack? Any of National Weather Service's 10 actions, including Find alerts by criteria, Get alert, Get forecast and Get hourly forecast. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from National Weather Service to Knack? National Weather Service has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Knack. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads National Weather Service's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Knack or National Weather Service? 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 Knack and National Weather Service 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.