Folk (via Apideck)

Access Folk through Apideck's CRM unified API — one of 21 CRM connectors that share the same method surface. Code you write here ports to Odoo, Salesforce, HubSpot and 17 other CRM connectors by changing a single serviceId string. Apideck handles auth, pagination, rate limiting, and retries so you don't write per-tenant Folk plumbing.

Beta connector. Folk is currently in beta on Apideck. Expect partial resource coverage and occasional mapping gaps. Always verify coverage (see below) and fall back to the Proxy API for unsupported operations.

Quick facts

• Apideck serviceId: folk
• Unified API: CRM
• Auth type: apiKey
• Status: beta
• Apideck setup guide: Connection guide
• Folk docs: https://developer.folk.app
• Homepage: https://www.folk.app/

When to use this skill

Activate this skill when the user explicitly wants to work with Folk — for example, "pull contacts in Folk" or "sync leads in Folk". This skill teaches the agent:

1. Which Apideck unified API covers Folk (CRM)
2. The correct serviceId to pass on every call (folk)
3. Folk-specific auth and coverage caveats

For the full method surface (parameters, pagination, filtering), use your language SDK skill:

• apideck-node, apideck-python, apideck-dotnet, apideck-java, apideck-go, apideck-php, or apideck-rest

For the raw OpenAPI spec:

• CRM: https://specs.apideck.com/crm.yml · API Explorer

Minimal example (TypeScript)

import { Apideck } from "@apideck/unify";

const apideck = new Apideck({
  apiKey: process.env.APIDECK_API_KEY,
  appId: process.env.APIDECK_APP_ID,
  consumerId: "your-consumer-id",
});

// List contacts in Folk
const { data } = await apideck.crm.contacts.list({
  serviceId: "folk",
});

Portable across 21 CRM connectors

The Apideck CRM unified API exposes the same methods for every connector in its catalog. Switching from Folk to another CRM connector is a one-string change — no rewrite, no new SDK.

// Today — Folk
await apideck.crm.contacts.list({ serviceId: "folk" });

// Tomorrow — same code, different connector
await apideck.crm.contacts.list({ serviceId: "odoo" });
await apideck.crm.contacts.list({ serviceId: "salesforce" });

This is the compounding advantage of using Apideck over integrating Folk directly: code against the unified CRM API once, gain access to every connector in it. New connectors Apideck adds become available to your app without code changes.

Authentication

• Type: API Key
• Managed by: Apideck Vault — the user pastes their Folk API key into the Vault modal; Apideck stores it encrypted and injects it on every request.
• Rotation: if the user rotates their key, they re-enter it in Vault. No code changes needed.

Setup guide: Apideck publishes a step-by-step guide for registering an OAuth app / configuring credentials for Folk — see https://developers.apideck.com/connectors/folk/docs/consumer+connection. Use that as the authoritative source when walking users through connection setup.

See apideck-best-practices for Vault setup, connection lifecycle, and handling re-auth flows.

Verifying coverage

Not every CRM operation is supported by every connector. Always verify before assuming a method works:

curl 'https://unify.apideck.com/connector/connectors/folk' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${APIDECK_API_KEY}" \
  -H "x-apideck-app-id: ${APIDECK_APP_ID}"

See apideck-connector-coverage for patterns around UnsupportedOperationError and connector-specific fallbacks.

Escape hatch: Proxy API

When an endpoint isn't covered by the CRM unified API, use Apideck's Proxy to call Folk directly — Apideck injects auth headers and handles token refresh. Set x-apideck-downstream-url to the target endpoint on Folk's own API:

curl 'https://unify.apideck.com/proxy' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${APIDECK_API_KEY}" \
  -H "x-apideck-app-id: ${APIDECK_APP_ID}" \
  -H "x-apideck-consumer-id: ${CONSUMER_ID}" \
  -H "x-apideck-service-id: folk" \
  -H "x-apideck-downstream-url: <target endpoint on Folk>" \
  -H "x-apideck-downstream-method: GET"

See Folk's API docs for available endpoints.

Sibling connectors

Other CRM connectors that share this unified API surface (same method signatures, just change serviceId):

odoo (beta), salesforce, hubspot, pipedrive, zoho-crm, activecampaign, close, microsoft-dynamics, and 12 more.

See also

• Apideck connection guide for Folk
• CRM OpenAPI spec · API Explorer
• apideck-connector-coverage — programmatic coverage checks
• apideck-best-practices — architecture, Vault, pagination, error handling
• apideck-node — TypeScript / Node SDK patterns
• Folk official docs