Knack Integration
Connect Knack to Arahi's no-code AI developers and automate workflows in minutes.
About the Knack integration
Business app platform With Arahi AI, you can connect Knack to Airtable, Directus, Fauna and 1,500+ other apps using AI-powered workflows. No coding required — set up triggers, actions, and intelligent automation in minutes.
- Category
- Databases
- Authentication
- keys
Knack automation use cases
- Form → row insertion
- Insert new rows into Knack from every form submission, webhook, or email with fields mapped.
- Scheduled archival
- Archive Knack rows older than N days to cold storage on a weekly cron.
- Change-data-capture broadcast
- Post Slack or email alerts when rows in Knack change specific columns or cross thresholds.
- CRM sync
- Keep Knack and your CRM in lockstep — two-way sync with conflict resolution rules.
Knack workflow examples
- Create object record from Typeform intake submissions
When a Typeform application submits, Arahi calls Knack Create object record in the Applicants table with mapped fields and triggers reviewer notifications.
Typeform submit calls Knack Create object record in Applicants.
- List Object Records into Slack weekly digest
Every Friday Arahi runs Knack List Object Records on the weekly orders view and posts totals by product category to the Slack operations channel.
Friday List Object Records posts totals to Slack operations.
- Upload File attachments into Knack from Gmail intake
When Gmail receives a vendor PDF tagged intake, Arahi runs Knack Upload File against the matching vendor record so procurement sees documents in the app.
Gmail vendor PDF runs Knack Upload File on vendor record.
Knack actions
- Create object record
- Tool to create a new record in a specific Knack object. Use when you need to add new data to a Knack database object. Requires object-based API key authentication.
- Create View Record
- Tool to create a new record through a form view in Knack. Use when you need to add a record to a Knack object using a form view interface. Only fields that exist in the form will be used, and any record rules configured on the form will be triggered.
- Delete Object Record
- Tool to delete a single record from a specific Knack object by its ID. Use when you need to permanently remove a record from an object. This action is permanent and cannot be undone. Requires API key authentication (X-Knack-Application-Id and X-Knack-REST-API-KEY headers).
- Delete View Record
- Tool to delete a record through a view that contains a delete link. Works with tables, lists, searches, calendars, and details views. This operation is permanent and cannot be undone. Use only after confirming the correct scene_key, view_key, and record_id.
- Get Object Record
- Tool to retrieve a single record by its ID from a specific Knack object. Returns the complete record with all field values in both formatted and raw formats. Use this for object-based access which requires API key authentication.
- List Object Records
- Tool to retrieve multiple records from a specific Knack object (table). Returns up to 1000 records per page with pagination support. Use this for object-based access which requires API key authentication and provides full access to all fields and records. Supports filtering by field values and sorting by field keys.
- List View Records
- Tool to retrieve multiple records from a specific Knack view (tables, lists, searches, calendars). Use when you need to fetch data from a view with pagination support. Returns only fields included in the view configuration.
- Update object record
- Tool to update an existing record in a specific Knack object. Use when you need to modify field values in an existing record. Only fields provided in the request will be updated; all other fields remain unchanged.
- Upload File
- Tool to upload a file to a Knack application. This is step 1 of a two-step process - after uploading, use the returned file ID when creating or updating a record with a file field.
- Upload Image
- Tool to upload an image to a Knack application. This is the first step in a two-step process - after uploading, use the returned file ID when creating or updating a record with an image field. Use when you need to attach images to Knack records.