Integration
Connect Knack and The Old Reader
When New View Record fires in Knack, your agent runs Update item in The Old Reader, or New item in The Old Reader to Create Record in Knack. 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 The Old Reader to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.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 The Old Reader can do together
From Knack to The Old Reader
When New View Record in Knack
then Update item in The Old Reader
From The Old Reader 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 The Old Reader
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 23 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
- New item
Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription.
- Add subscription
Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id.
- Delete folder
Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder.
- Delete subscription
Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader.
- Get items
Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids.
- Get unread counts
Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend.
- List folders
Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account.
- List items
Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription.
- List subscriptions
Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon.
- Mark all items as read
Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time.
- Update folder
Renames a folder in The Old Reader.
- Update item
Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared.
- Update subscription
Renames a subscription or moves it between folders.
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 The Old Reader, 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 The Old Reader when something happens in Knack?
Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from The Old Reader to Knack?
Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Knack too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Knack's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Knack or The Old Reader?
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 The Old Reader 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.