# `io.usefulapi/knack` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/knack
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/knack
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:21.685Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Knack MCP by usefulapi
Read, create, update and delete records; inspect objects, fields and schema in your Knack database.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:40:32.191Z over streamable-http.

**9 tools: 3 can delete or cancel things, 1 change things and 5 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 3 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `knack_request` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "knack_request" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true}; The name "knack_request" says "request": a word for a change.
```


## Deletes or cancels (3)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `knack_create_record`

- The name "knack_create_record" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATES Knack data — creates a new record in an object. Knack API: POST /objects/{object_key}/records. Provide `fields` as an object keyed by field key, e.g. { "field_1": "Acme", "field_2": 100 }. Auto Increment / Formula / Equation fields are read-only and cannot be set. Returns the created record.
```

### `knack_delete_record`

- The name "knack_delete_record" says "delete": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "permanently DELETES".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATES Knack data — permanently DELETES a record (irreversible). Knack API: DELETE /objects/{object_key}/records/{record_id}. Knack returns { delete: true } on success.
```

### `knack_update_record`

- The name "knack_update_record" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATES Knack data — updates a record. Knack API: PUT /objects/{object_key}/records/{record_id}. Provide `fields` as an object keyed by field key; only the included fields change, e.g. { "field_1": "Acme Inc" }. Auto Increment / Formula / Equation fields are read-only. Returns the updated record.
```

## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `knack_request`

- The name "knack_request" says "request": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Power-user escape hatch: GET any Knack API path not wrapped by a dedicated tool (e.g. view-based reads). READ-ONLY — only GET is allowed. Path starts with a slash (e.g. "/objects/object_1/records"). Knack API: GET {path}.
```

## Only reads (5)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `knack_get_application`

- The name "knack_get_application" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a Knack application's full schema/metadata — its objects (tables), fields, and scenes. Knack API: GET /applications/{app_id}. Returns the raw JSON as-is. app_id defaults to the configured KNACK_APPLICATION_ID.
```

### `knack_get_record`

- The name "knack_get_record" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single record by id. Knack API: GET /objects/{object_key}/records/{record_id}. Returns the bare record (with both field_x and field_x_raw values).
```

### `knack_list_fields`

- The name "knack_list_fields" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the fields of ONE object as [{ key, name, type, required }]. Fetches GET /applications/{app_id} and returns the fields of the object whose key === objectKey (e.g. "object_1"). app_id defaults to the configured KNACK_APPLICATION_ID.
```

### `knack_list_objects`

- The name "knack_list_objects" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List an application's objects (tables) as a compact array [{ key, name, fieldCount }]. Convenience over GET /applications/{app_id}. app_id defaults to the configured KNACK_APPLICATION_ID.
```

### `knack_list_records`

- The name "knack_list_records" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List an object's records. Knack API: GET /objects/{object_key}/records. Returns the paged envelope { total_pages, current_page, total_records, records: [...] } as-is. Records carry both field_x (formatted) and field_x_raw (structured) values. Page with page / rows_per_page (max 1000), sort with sort_field / sort_order, and filter with the `filters` object.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `knack`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__knack__knack_get_application",
      "mcp__knack__knack_list_objects",
      "mcp__knack__knack_list_fields",
      "mcp__knack__knack_list_records",
      "mcp__knack__knack_get_record"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__knack__knack_request"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__knack__knack_create_record",
      "mcp__knack__knack_update_record",
      "mcp__knack__knack_delete_record"
    ]
  }
}
```