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You Make integrationAutomate You with Make.

Can Make send a question to You and route the answer somewhere useful? Yes. The You Make integration gives you 3 action modules: two that answer a query and one that calls the You API directly. This page shows how to connect your key and build a first scenario around it.

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What you can automate

What can the You Make integration do for you?

The You Make integration lets a Make scenario (the automation you build, a chain of bricks called modules) pass a question to You and get an answer back. That answer then flows to the next module as a bundle, one item of data, so you can store it, send it or reuse it without copying and pasting.

Answer questions collected elsewhere. A form, a sheet or a helpdesk app hands a question to Answer a Query (Research API), and the reply lands in the tool your team already reads.

Compare two ways of answering. The app ships a second module, Answer a Query (Smart API). Put both behind the same input once, click Run once, and keep the one whose answer fits your next step.

Reach the rest of the API. When neither query module does what you need, Make an API Call reuses your connection to call any endpoint of the You API.

What the app does not do: it has no trigger, so You never starts a scenario by itself. Something else has to kick things off, a schedule or another app. Keep in mind that the Make documentation for You is AI-generated and flagged as possibly wrong, so check important details with You directly. For budget questions, read Make pricing; if you are weighing tools, n8n vs Make sets out the differences, and Make training covers the editor from the ground up.

Connect

How do you connect your You account to Make?

  1. 01

    Get your You API key

    Make talks to You with an API key, so you need an active You account first. Create one on the You site, check the You pricing page for the subscription that fits, then copy your API key and keep it at hand.

  2. 02

    Add a You module in your scenario

    In Make, open your scenario, add any You module and click Create a connection. A connection is your You account linked to Make once, then reused by every You module. You can fill Connection name with a label you will recognize.

  3. 03

    Paste the key and save

    Enter the credentials you copied from your You account, or follow the on-screen instructions Make shows in that window. Once saved, the connection appears in the dropdown of all three You modules.

First scenario

Build your first scenario with You and Make

GoalWhen a new question shows up in another app, Make sends it to You and passes the answer along.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    From the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the +. Since You has no trigger, the first module comes from the app where your questions live.

  2. 02

    Add the source of your questions

    Search that app by name, pick the module that returns your questions and click Create a connection if it asks. Each question will travel through the scenario as its own bundle.

  3. 03

    Plug in You

    Click the + on the right, search You and choose Answer a Query (Research API). Select your You connection, then map the question from the previous module into the query.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make executes the scenario one time and lets you open the bundles each module received, so you can read the question sent and the answer You returned.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Set the schedule on the first module (every 15 minutes by default, and 15 minutes is also the shortest gap on the Free plan), then switch the scenario on. Add a module after You if the answer should go somewhere.

Modules

What the You modules do in Make

You gives you 3 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

You 1

Answer a Query (Research API)

Action

In Make“Answers a query.”

This module takes a question from your scenario, sends it to You through the Research API and returns the answer as a bundle the next module can map into a sheet, a message or a doc.

When to use it
a question arrives from another app, a form entry or a ticket, and you want You to answer it inside the flow instead of by hand.
Watch out
the docs do not explain how it differs from the Smart API module, so test both on the same question.
You 2

Answer a Query (Smart API)

Action

In Make“Answers a query.”

Here You answers the query through its Smart API, the second route the app offers. Make treats it as an action: one question goes in, one answer comes out, and each run counts as one operation on your plan.

When to use it
the Research API reply does not suit the module that follows; swap this one in and keep the same connection.
Watch out
feed it a list of 40 rows and it runs 40 times, so 40 operations.
You 3

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

Make an API Call opens the whole You API to your scenario, with the connection you already set up, so you are not limited to the two query modules listed above.

When to use it
you need a You feature that neither Answer a Query module exposes, and you know which endpoint provides it.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so keep the You API reference open and confirm the call with Run once before you switch the scenario on.
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FAQ

Questions about the You Make integration

01Is the You Make integration free?
Yes on the Make side: You is a standard app, available from the Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the interval to 1 minute and count usage in credits, meaning operations, per month. On the You side, you still need an active account and an API key, and the subscription is set by You on its own pricing page.
02What do you need to connect You to Make?
Two things: an active You account and an API key from that account. If you do not have an account yet, create it on the You site and pick a subscription on the You pricing page. Then, in Make, add a You module to a scenario, click Create a connection, optionally give it a name, and paste the key. The same connection then serves all three You modules, including Make an API Call, so you only enter the key once.
03Can You start a Make scenario in real time?
No. The You app has no trigger module in Make, scheduled or instant, so it never starts a scenario on its own. Its 3 modules are actions that run once something else has started the flow. You have two ways to do that: set a schedule on the first module (a new scenario runs every 15 minutes by default, 1 minute at best on a paid plan), or open the scenario with a trigger from another app, such as the tool where your questions are collected.
04What if the You module you need is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It is part of the You app in Make and lets the scenario call any endpoint of the You API with the connection you already created, which covers what the two Answer a Query modules leave out. You will need the You API documentation to know which endpoint to call. Also remember that the Make docs for You are marked as AI-generated and possibly inaccurate, so confirm anything important with You before you rely on it.
05Should you use Make or n8n with You?
It depends on where the rest of your automations run. On Make, You comes with 3 modules, works from the Free plan and needs only an API key, which is what this page documents. Many apps also have an n8n node, but this page does not confirm one for You, so check the n8n node list before you compare. If you already build in one tool, staying there usually keeps connections and monitoring in one place. The n8n vs Make comparison linked above sets out the broader differences.
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