SwiftKanban Make integrationAutomate SwiftKanban with Make.
Can your SwiftKanban board fill itself when work shows up somewhere else? The SwiftKanban Make integration gives you 9 modules, 7 actions and 2 searches, to handle cards and boards without code. This page shows how to connect your account and build a first working scenario.
Verified Trustpilot reviews · AI, automation & growth agency
What can the SwiftKanban Make integration do for your board?
The SwiftKanban Make integration lets Make act on your cards and boards for you. You build a scenario, the automation you design in Make, out of modules, the bricks that each do one job. SwiftKanban brings actions and searches, so another app or a schedule starts the work and SwiftKanban receives it.
New requests become cards. A form, an inbox or a CRM starts the scenario, and Create a Card places the request on the right board. Nobody retypes the ticket, and the card carries the details mapped from the first app.
Card names stay in sync. When a project or client gets renamed in another tool, Search Cards finds the matching card and Rename a Card fixes its title, so the board reads the same as the rest of your stack.
Finished work leaves the board. Once a job is closed elsewhere, Archive a Card takes it off the active view while keeping it available, which is gentler than Delete a Card.
Know the limits before you start. SwiftKanban has no trigger in Make, so it cannot start a scenario on its own, and Make says its documentation for this app is limited because little public information exists. When a listed module falls short, Make an API Call reaches other endpoints with the same connection. The same app may also exist on n8n; the n8n vs Make comparison lays out the two tools side by side, and Make training walks you through your first builds.
How do you connect SwiftKanban to Make?
- 01
Add a SwiftKanban module
Open your scenario, click the + and search for SwiftKanban. Pick any module, for example List Boards, then click Create a connection. The connection is your SwiftKanban account linked to Make once, and every SwiftKanban module reuses it.
- 02
Name the connection
Give the connection a clear name if you like, such as the workspace or team it belongs to. The step is optional, but it helps a lot the day you juggle two accounts and have to pick the right one in a module.
- 03
Authorize and save
Follow what SwiftKanban asks for: either you approve Make on the SwiftKanban page that opens, or you paste the key SwiftKanban gives you. Then click Save. Make can now read the boards and cards your account can see.
Your first scenario: turn incoming requests into SwiftKanban cards
GoalWhen a new request lands in another app, Make creates a matching card on your SwiftKanban board.
- 01
Create the scenario
From the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. Because SwiftKanban has no trigger, this first module comes from the app where requests arrive, such as your form tool.
- 02
Set up the starting app
Search that app by name, pick its trigger and click Create a connection to link your account there. Fill its fields; Make lists what it can read once the connection exists.
- 03
Add Create a Card
Click the + on the right of the first module, search SwiftKanban and choose Create a Card. Pick your SwiftKanban connection and the board, then map the request details from the first module into the card.
- 04
Test with Run once
Send a test request, then click Run once. Each module shows the bundles it received, a bundle being one item passed along. Open the board in SwiftKanban and check that the card is there.
- 05
Schedule and switch on
Set the schedule on the first module, every 15 minutes by default, and switch the scenario on. From now on each new request becomes a card without anyone copying it by hand.
Every SwiftKanban module in Make
SwiftKanban gives you 9 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.
Archive a Card
ActionIn Make“Archives a card specified by type and ID.”
Clears a finished card off your working board while keeping it around. You tell the module which card by its type and its ID, which you usually get from Search Cards or Get a Card earlier in the flow.
Create a Card
ActionIn Make“Creates a card at the specified board.”
Puts a new card on the board you choose, so work reaches SwiftKanban without someone typing it in. It usually sits at the end of the scenario, fed by a form, an email or a CRM record.
Delete a Card
ActionIn Make“Deletes a card specified by card type and ID.”
Removes a card for good, identified by its card type and ID. Reach for it only when a card should never have existed, like a duplicate created while you were testing a scenario or a spam request that slipped through.
Get a Board
ActionIn Make“Retrieves a board specified by ID.”
Fetches the details of one board from its ID, so later modules can use what the board holds. Think of it as a lookup: you already know which board you want, and you need its information inside the scenario.
Get a Card
ActionIn Make“Retrieves a card specified by ID.”
Brings back a single card when you already hold its ID, for example one stored in a spreadsheet or in another app. The scenario can then reuse that card's details to write a message, fill a row or decide what comes next.
Make an API Call
ActionIn Make“Performs an arbitary authorized API call.”
Covers whatever the eight other modules do not, by calling any endpoint of the SwiftKanban API with your existing connection. You write the request yourself, so it suits someone comfortable reading API documentation.
Rename a Card
ActionIn Make“Renames a card of specific type selected by ID.”
Changes the name of an existing card, picked by its type and ID. Handy when titles drift away from reality, because the card keeps its place on the board and only its label changes.
List Boards
SearchIn Make“Lists boards accessible for a user.”
Returns every board your connected account can access, one bundle per board. It answers a simple question inside the scenario: which boards exist, and what are their IDs.
Search Cards
SearchIn Make“Searches for cards or lists them all.”
Finds the cards that match what you look for, or lists all of them when you leave the search open. It is the usual way to get a card ID before renaming, archiving or deleting a card.
Need help automating SwiftKanban with Make?
A person reads every message.
