KoboToolbox for AI agents

Agents read KoboToolbox at once. Changes and sends are held for a person's approval by default.

About KoboToolbox

KoboToolbox is a data collection platform for building forms, managing survey projects, collecting submissions, and exporting humanitarian and research data.

What an agent can do in KoboToolbox

Every KoboToolbox action is classed by the platform as a read, a change or a send. Reads run at once. Changes and sends are held for a person by default.

Runs at once (reads)

Looks things up in KoboToolbox without asking first. 4 actions.

  • Get ProjectRetrieve a KoboToolbox project with its form content, settings, resource URLs, and deployment state.
  • Get SubmissionRetrieve one submission by integer ID, root UUID, or submission UUID from a KoboToolbox project.
  • List AssetsFind projects and other visible assets in the connected KoboToolbox account, returning one page and a continuation cursor.
  • List SubmissionsRead one page of submissions for a deployed KoboToolbox project, with optional field selection, filtering, and sorting.

Held for approval by default (changes and sends)

Held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo. 5 actions.

  • Create ProjectCreate a draft survey project, optionally by cloning an existing KoboToolbox asset.
  • Delete ExportDelete one asynchronous export job from a KoboToolbox project.
  • Delete ProjectPermanently delete one KoboToolbox project by UID.
  • Deploy ProjectDeploy a draft KoboToolbox survey or redeploy its latest form version so it can accept and expose submissions.
  • Export SubmissionsCreate an asynchronous KoboToolbox submission export and wait for it to complete, returning the export UID and result URL.

Changes wait in Needs you

Changes and sends in KoboToolbox are held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.

How approvals work

KoboToolbox questions

Can an agent change data in KoboToolbox on its own?

Not by default. Changes and sends in KoboToolbox are held for a person's approval. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.

What can an agent read in KoboToolbox?

This connector lists 4 read actions. Reads run at once, without waiting for approval.

How does KoboToolbox connect?

It connects with API key. Connectors are built and maintained by third-party developers; availability is confirmed during scoping.

Bring KoboToolbox to your agents.