# Connect Knack and Trigger

When **New View Record** fires in [Knack](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack), your agent runs **Add task activity** in [Trigger](https://apiant.ai/connections/trigger), or **New Company** in Trigger to **Create Record** in Knack. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Knack **1** trigger Knack **11** actions Trigger **1** trigger Trigger **12** 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 Trigger to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 and Trigger can do together

### From Knack to Trigger

- When **New View Record** in Knack then **Add task activity** in Trigger
- When **New View Record** in Knack then **Create New Task** in Trigger

### From Trigger to Knack

- When **New Company** in Trigger then **Create Record** in Knack
- When **New Company** in Trigger then **Create View Record** in 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 Trigger

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 23 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

- Trigger

**New Company**

Triggers when a new company is added to your Trigger account.

- Action

**Add task activity**

Adds an activity (a note or a time log) to a task in Trigger.

- Action

**Create New Company**

Creates a new company (client) in your Trigger account.

- Action

**Create New Project**

Creates a new project under a company in Trigger.

- Action

**Create New Task**

Creates a new task in a Trigger project.

- Action

**Delete task**

Deletes a task in Trigger.

- Action

**Get company**

Returns a single company by its ID.

- Action

**Get project**

Returns a single project of a company by its ID.

- Action

**Get task**

Returns a single task by its ID.

- Action

**List users**

Returns all users of the connected Trigger account.

- Action

**Update company**

Updates an existing company in Trigger. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update project**

Updates an existing project's name, description, status, due date, billing and visibility settings. Fields left blank are not changed.

- Action

**Update task**

Updates an existing task in a Trigger project.

## 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)
- [ **Trigger** Trigger is cloud software for project management, collaboration, and time tracking.](https://apiant.ai/connections/trigger)

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 Trigger

- [ **HubSpot to Trigger** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-trigger)
- [ **Salesforce to Trigger** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-trigger)
- [ **Slack to Trigger** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-trigger)
- [ **Google Sheets to Trigger** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-trigger)
- [ **Gmail to Trigger** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-trigger)
- [ **Google Calendar to Trigger** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-trigger)

Questions

## Knack and Trigger, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in Trigger when something happens in Knack?

Any of Trigger's 12 actions, including Create New Company, Create New Project, Create New Task and Update company. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Trigger to Knack?

Yes. When something happens in Trigger, your agent can act in Knack too. This page covers both directions: Trigger's triggers and Knack's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Knack or Trigger?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
