Integration
Connect Knack and Paperless
When something happens in Knack or Paperless, 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 Knack and Paperless 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 and Paperless can do together
From Knack to Paperless
When New View Record in Knack
then Create Document (From Template) in Paperless
From Paperless to Knack
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 Paperless
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 17 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
- Document updated
Fires when a document is updated (e.g. name changed). Backed by the document.updated webhook event.
- New document created
Fires when a new document is created. Backed by the document.created webhook event.
- Create Document (From Template)
Creates a new Paperless document from an existing template, optionally filling in recipients, form-field defaults and variables, and optionally sending it right away.
- Delete Document
Permanently delete a document by ID.
- Get Document
Retrieves a single Paperless document by its id.
- Get Template
Retrieves a single Paperless template by its id.
- List Templates
List all templates the API key's integration has access to, used to pick a template_id before creating a document.
- Update Document
Updates an existing Paperless document: rename it, set its recipients, form field defaults and variables, or send it by setting its state to dispatched.
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 Paperless, 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 Paperless when something happens in Knack?
Any of Paperless's 6 actions, including Create Document (From Template), Update Document, Get Document and Get Template. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Paperless to Knack?
Yes. When something happens in Paperless, your agent can act in Knack too. This page covers both directions: Paperless's triggers and Knack's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Knack or Paperless?
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.