--- title: "Connect SendGrid and Knack - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bounce\" fires in SendGrid, your agent runs \"Create Record\" in Knack, or \"New View Record\" in Knack to \"Create or update contact\" in SendGrid." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-knack" --- # Connect SendGrid and Knack When **New bounce** fires in [SendGrid](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid), your agent runs **Create Record** in [Knack](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack), or **New View Record** in Knack to **Create or update contact** in SendGrid. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. SendGrid **4** triggers SendGrid **10** actions Knack **1** trigger Knack **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want SendGrid and Knack 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) SendGrid handles the email and Knack holds the records, so joining them keeps contact details and email outcomes in one story. New rows in a Knack view can become SendGrid contacts or trigger a templated email, and bounces or unsubscribes coming out of SendGrid can be written back onto the Knack record they belong to. The agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. Example flows ## What SendGrid and Knack can do together ### From SendGrid to Knack - When **New bounce** in SendGrid then **Create Record** in Knack - When **New global suppression** in SendGrid then **List Records** in Knack ### From Knack to SendGrid - When **New View Record** in Knack then **Create or update contact** in SendGrid - When **New View Record** in Knack then **Send an email using template** in SendGrid 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 SendGrid and Knack ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 21 actions - Trigger **New bounce** Polls the v3 Suppression Bounces API for bounced email addresses. Emits one record per bounce. - Trigger **New global suppression** Polls the v3 Suppressions API for globally-suppressed (unsubscribed) email addresses. Emits one record per suppressed email. - Trigger **New or updated recipient** Triggered when a recipient is created or updated. - Trigger **New suppressed email** Triggered when a new email is suppressed. - Action **Add to suppression group** Add a recipient's email to a SendGrid suppression group (unsubscribe group). - Action **Create custom field** Creates a new custom field. - Action **Create list** Creates a new marketing contact list via the v3 Marketing Lists API. - Action **Create or update contact** Adds or updates a marketing contact (upsert by email) via the v3 Marketing Contacts API. Optionally assigns to lists. - Action **Create or update recipient** Creates a new recipient if the email does not exist, otherwise updates the existing recipient. - Action **Delete contacts** Deletes one or more marketing contacts by their contact IDs via the v3 Marketing Contacts API. - Action **Get contact by email** Looks up a marketing contact by email address via the v3 Marketing Contacts search-by-emails endpoint. - Action **Remove from suppression group** Remove a recipient's email from a SendGrid suppression group (unsubscribe group). - Action **Send an email** Sends an email via the v3 Mail Send API to a single recipient with subject and plain-text or HTML body. - Action **Send an email using template** Sends an email via the v3 Mail Send API using a dynamic template ID. Dynamic template data is passed as a JSON object. - 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 ## Each app on its own - [ **SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid) - [ **Knack** Knack is an online database and app builder. Read and write records in your Knack objects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/knack) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from SendGrid - [ **SendGrid to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-mailchimp) - [ **SendGrid to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-stripe) - [ **SendGrid to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-shopify) - [ **SendGrid to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-trello) - [ **SendGrid to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-webflow) - [ **SendGrid to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-anthropic) ## More into Knack - [ **ActiveCampaign to Knack** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-knack) - [ **Asana to Knack** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-knack) - [ **JIRA to Knack** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-knack) - [ **JotForm to Knack** JotForm is a web-based WYSIWYG form builder. Create forms, integrate them into your site, and collect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/jotform-to-knack) - [ **Capsule CRM to Knack** Capsule is an online hosted CRM system for individuals, small businesses and sales teams wanting a simple...](https://apiant.ai/connect/capsule-crm-to-knack) - [ **Agile CRM to Knack** Agile CRM is an all-in-one CRM with sales, marketing, and service automation.](https://apiant.ai/connect/agile-crm-to-knack) Questions ## SendGrid and Knack, answered ### ### Can a bounce in SendGrid update the matching person in Knack? Yes. The new bounce trigger in SendGrid can feed a lookup with List Records or Get Record in Knack, and when a matching record exists the agent uses Update Record to mark the address as undeliverable. ### ### How do new Knack records reach SendGrid? Knack's New View Record trigger fires when a record appears in a page view, respecting that view's filters and permissions. From there the agent can run Create or update contact, Send an email or Send an email using template in SendGrid. ### ### What can start an automation from SendGrid? Any of SendGrid's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New bounce, New global suppression, New or updated recipient and New suppressed email. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Knack when something happens in SendGrid? Any of Knack's 11 actions, including Create Record, List Records, Update View Record and Create View Record. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Knack to SendGrid? Yes. When something happens in Knack, your agent can act in SendGrid too. This page covers both directions: Knack's triggers and SendGrid's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SendGrid or Knack? 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 SendGrid and Knack 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.