--- title: "Connect PaintScout to Knock - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in PaintScout, your agent runs \"Add user\" in Knock." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-knock" --- # Connect PaintScout to Knock When **Contact Created** fires in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), your agent runs **Add user** in [Knock](https://apiant.ai/connections/knock). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** actions Knock **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PaintScout and Knock 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 PaintScout can start in Knock - When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Add user** in Knock - When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Get user** in Knock 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 PaintScout and Knock ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 27 actions - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent. - Trigger **Invoice Status Changed** Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status. - Trigger **Quote Status Changed** Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined. - Trigger **Quote Tag Added** Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag. - Action **Add company** Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Add deal** Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value. - Action **Add note** Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note. - Action **Add task** Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags. - Action **Find companies** Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company. - Action **Find deals** Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source. - Action **Find Invoice** Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range. - Action **Find Quote** Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single PaintScout deal by its ID, including its contact, job address, pipeline stage, value, tags, linked quotes and invoices, and job costing. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single PaintScout invoice with its contact, line items, payments, taxes, discounts and totals. Can optionally return the work-order view, which includes per-item material costs. - Action **Get quote** Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing PaintScout contact's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in PaintScout — its name, contact, job address, pipeline and stage, lead source, owner, tags and job costing. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status. - Action **Add object** Creates an object in a Knock collection, or updates it if an object with that ID already exists, setting its name, locale, time zone, custom properties, channel data and preferences. - Action **Add user** Create a user in Knock, or update an existing one with the same user id (only the supplied properties change). - Action **Delete object** Permanently removes an object from the specified collection. This cannot be undone. - Action **Delete user** Permanently delete a Knock user and all associated data. - Action **Get object** Retrieves a specific object by its ID from a collection, including all of its custom properties. - Action **Get user** Retrieve a single Knock user by id. - Action **List objects** Lists the objects in a Knock collection, optionally with their preferences. - Action **List users** List all users in the Knock account, paginated. ## Each app on its own - [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout) - [ **Knock** Notification infrastructure API for sending multi-channel messages: email, SMS, push, in-app, and chat...](https://apiant.ai/connections/knock) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PaintScout - [ **PaintScout to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-salesforce) - [ **PaintScout to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-slack) - [ **PaintScout to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-stripe) - [ **PaintScout to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-shopify) - [ **PaintScout to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PaintScout to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-pipedrive) ## More into Knock - [ **EquipDash to Knock** EquipDash is a AI-powered equipment rental and tour booking software built for outdoor recreation operators.](https://apiant.ai/connect/equipdash-to-knock) - [ **HubSpot to Knock** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-knock) - [ **Salesforce to Knock** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-knock) - [ **Slack to Knock** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-knock) - [ **Google Sheets to Knock** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-knock) - [ **Gmail to Knock** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-knock) Questions ## PaintScout and Knock, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PaintScout? Any of PaintScout's 5 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Created, Invoice Status Changed, Quote Status Changed and Quote Tag Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Knock when something happens in PaintScout? Any of Knock's 8 actions, including Add object, Add user, Get object and Get user. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Knock to PaintScout? Knock has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PaintScout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Knock's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or Knock? 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 PaintScout and Knock 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.