Knack Record Automation & Mobile Approvals
Run Knack on autopilot. Keep the veto.
10 actions
Knack record creates, updates, deletes, and file uploads run inside your workflows; Rills queues each one for approval before it writes to your database.
Interactive. No signup. 14 days free · approvals always free.
Most automation fires first, asks later. Rills shows you the change before it ships.
Every consequential data & storage action from Knack arrives on your phone first. Approve in seconds. Decline without explaining yourself. Workflows wait, paused at zero cost, until you decide.
Queue (3)
Delete 34 stale view records?
34 records · last modified > 90d
No active views in past 30 days
Matches last month's cleanup pattern
Free to wait. Free to think.
Approvals and logic don't cost a credit. Pause a workflow for three hours or three weeks. The price is the same: zero. You only pay when something real happens: an AI call, an outbound action.
Approve from your phone in five seconds.
Swipe right when you're sure. Decline when you're not. Between meetings, mid-coffee, on the train. No dashboard to babysit, no inbox triage, and no surprise send you find out about after it's already out the door.
Clear runs stop waiting on you.
Every run is scored against your review step. The ones that clearly match your judgment run above your threshold without a tap; the borderline ones still come to the queue. Autonomy is earned run by run, never switched on for good.
About Knack automation
When your Knack app is the backbone of your business, development changes that slip through can break customer-facing flows overnight. A bulk delete that was supposed to hit test records wipes your live data, and the API call fires before you can stop it.
When Knack runs unsupervised
Knack's operations are powerful, but they ship instantly. One misclick or a misconfigured script can fire off deletions, updates, or file overwrites that break your app with no safety net.
- Delete Object Record triggered by a stale filter erases active customer profiles.
- Delete View Record removes a team dashboard view without warning.
- Update Object Record overwrites live order data with a test import.
- Upload File replaces a critical document with a duplicate, and the original is gone.
- Create Object Record loops send duplicate entries into your database, bloating reporting.
What Rills does inside Knack
For Knack automation that keeps you in charge, Rills intercepts record mutations across your app—creates, updates, deletes, and file uploads—and holds them until you review. You see the proposed action, the affected records, and the reason, so you can approve or reject from anywhere.
The delete still happens; you just see it first.
Why Knack has no triggers and how Rills fills the gap
Knack doesn't expose native event triggers, so you can't hook into changes as they happen. Rills fills that gap by polling, scheduling, and listening upstream.
- Polling for new records: Rills checks your Knack objects on a schedule and surfaces new or changed records for approval.
- Scheduled cleanups: Set a routine to scan for stale view records or outdated object data, then propose deletions at a time you choose.
- Upstream triggers: A form submission or a CRM event can signal Rills to create a Knack record, but the creation waits in your approval queue.
What Rills can do in Knack
4 of 10 actions across reads, writes, and updates.
- 01
Create object record
Tool to create a new record in a specific Knack object.
- 02
Get Object Record
Tool to retrieve a single record by its ID from a specific Knack object.
- 03
List Object Records
Tool to retrieve multiple records from a specific Knack object (table).
- 04
Update object record
Tool to update an existing record in a specific Knack object.
Common questions about Knack automation
How do I automate Knack record creation?
When a new order comes in and you need a Knack record created, you don't want AI to misformat fields or create duplicates that pollute your database. Rills proposes the record, you review and approve from your phone. It won't ship until you swipe. Approvals and workflow logic are free; you only pay when the action actually runs.
Can I review Knack record updates from my phone before they go live?
You update a Knack record, then realize a calculation was off. With Rills, AI suggests the update, but you see it in your mobile approval queue first. Swipe to approve, or reject with a tap. Nothing changes in Knack until you say so. Approvals are free, even if you check 100 times.
How do I automatically delete Knack records when a condition is met?
Deleting the wrong Knack record is permanent. Rills lets AI propose deletions based on conditions you set, but you decide whether to approve from your phone. No more wishing you'd reviewed before the record disappeared. Pay only for the actual deletion action.
How do I upload files to Knack without manual uploads?
You dread the file upload that attaches the wrong document to the wrong record. Rills proposes file uploads, you approve from mobile. You see the file name and target record before it ships. Free approvals, pay only for the upload action.
How is Rills different from Zapier for Knack?
Zapier runs automatically once set up. Rills puts a human approval step between AI's proposed action and the actual Knack operation. You get a mobile notification: approve or reject before anything changes. No silent errors. And you pay only when the action runs, not for the approval logic.
Why use Rills instead of Make for Knack?
Make workflows fire on their own. Rills adds a mobile veto. You see exactly what AI wants to do in Knack, like 'create record' or 'delete record', and swipe to let it through. If you're not 100% sure about an automated action, you keep control. Approvals and logic are free.
Does Rills support Knack webhooks?
Yes, Rills can trigger workflows from Knack's webhooks (or other sources). When an event fires, Rills picks it up, AI proposes the next action, and you approve from your phone. You set the conditions, you keep the final say.
How much does Rills cost for Knack automation?
Approvals and workflow logic are free. You pay only for the actual AI calls and external API actions Rills performs on your behalf, like creating a Knack record or deleting one. So you can set up as many approval workflows as you want at no cost, and only pay when something real happens.