ActionFolkUpdated September 2026

How do I add a person to Folk?

Short answer: You can create folk person in Folk by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Folk Create Folk Person action to a workflow, map its 7 inputs from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.

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Create Folk Person in Folk — start free

Inputs

The fields this action accepts.

Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.

Field	Type	Required	Description
Group ID group_id	string	Required	The Group ID assigned by Folk. Find via the corresponding list/search operation in this app. Use the exact ID, not a name or label.
Full Name fullName	string	Required	–
Emails (array of strings) emails	array	Optional	–
Phone numbers (array of strings) phones	array	Optional	–
Description description	string	Optional	–
Job Title jobTitle	string	Optional	–
Company Name companyName	string	Optional	–

Sample request

{
  "group_id": "{{trigger.group_id}}",
  "fullName": "{{trigger.fullName}}",
  "emails": "{{trigger.emails}}",
  "phones": "{{trigger.phones}}",
  "description": "{{trigger.description}}"
}

Returns

{
  "id": "person_abc",
  "emails": [
    "jane@acme.com"
  ],
  "fullName": "Jane Doe",
  "jobTitle": "CEO"
}

Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.

Triggered by

Apps that pair well as the trigger for Create Folk Person.

Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.

2 Google Sheets triggers

HubSpot → Folk

18 HubSpot triggers

FAQ

Questions about Create Folk Person.

What does the Create Folk Person action do in Folk?

Creates a person record with email, name, company association, custom fields. The base hook for "form submission → push to Folk" sync workflows in relationship-driven agencies and consultancies.

What inputs does Create Folk Person require?

Required: Group ID, Full Name. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.

Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?

Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.

What happens if Folk returns an error?

The run history shows the failed step with its input and the error message Folk returned, so you can fix the input and run the workflow again. Automatic retries are built into HTTP steps only, where you can also set your own retry count and delay.

Does Create Folk Person support batch operations?

Run Create Folk Person inside a loop to process each item in an array. TinyCommand does not throttle calls for you, so for large arrays add a Delay step if you need to stay within Folk's rate limits.

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