--- title: "Connect HappyFox Chat and Twilio - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Missed Chat\" fires in HappyFox Chat, your agent runs \"Update Message\" in Twilio." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/happyfox-chat-to-twilio" --- # Connect HappyFox Chat and Twilio When **New Missed Chat** fires in [HappyFox Chat](https://apiant.ai/connections/happyfox-chat), your agent runs **Update Message** in [Twilio](https://apiant.ai/connections/twilio), or **New Call** in Twilio to **List offline messages** in HappyFox Chat. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. HappyFox Chat **3** triggers HappyFox Chat **8** actions Twilio **4** triggers Twilio **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want HappyFox Chat and Twilio to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What HappyFox Chat and Twilio can do together ### From HappyFox Chat to Twilio - When **New Missed Chat** in HappyFox Chat then **Update Message** in Twilio - When **New Offline Message** in HappyFox Chat then **Get Message** in Twilio ### From Twilio to HappyFox Chat - When **New Call** in Twilio then **List offline messages** in HappyFox Chat - When **New Incoming Call** in Twilio then **Get agent** in HappyFox Chat Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with HappyFox Chat and Twilio ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **Finished Chat** Triggered when a chat in HappyFox Chat ends and its transcript is created. - Trigger **New Missed Chat** Triggered when a chat in HappyFox Chat ends without an agent answering it. - Trigger **New Offline Message** Triggered when a visitor leaves an offline message in HappyFox Chat. - Action **Get agent** Returns one HappyFox Chat agent by ID, with their name, display name, email, timezone and permissions. - Action **Get department** Returns one HappyFox Chat department by ID, with its name, chat profile and assigned agents. - Action **List agents** Returns the agents on your HappyFox Chat account, with their names, emails, timezones and permissions. - Action **List canned responses** Returns the canned responses on your HappyFox Chat account, with their text and the shortcuts agents type to insert them. - Action **List departments** Returns the departments on your HappyFox Chat account, with their names and the agents assigned to each. - Action **List offline messages** Returns the offline messages visitors left in HappyFox Chat while no agent was available. - Action **List transcripts** Returns chat transcripts from HappyFox Chat, optionally narrowed by agent, visitor, department, chat profile or date range. - Action **List visitors** Returns the visitors known to your HappyFox Chat account, with their contact details and browsing information. - Trigger **New Call** Polls for voice calls on your Twilio account. - Trigger **New Incoming Call** Fires instantly when the selected Twilio phone number receives a call. - Trigger **New Message Received** Polls for inbound SMS/MMS messages received by your Twilio account. - Trigger **New SMS received** Fires instantly when the selected Twilio phone number receives an SMS/MMS. Activating the automation points the number's incoming-message webhook at this automation; deactivating clears it. - Action **Delete Message** Deletes a message from your Twilio account's message logs. - Action **Find available phone numbers by criteria** Returns up to 50 phone numbers available to buy in a country that match the specified criteria (area code, pattern, capabilities, location). - Action **Get Call** Retrieves details of a single voice call by its Call SID. - Action **Get Message** Retrieves a single SMS/MMS message by its Message SID. - Action **List Calls** Lists voice calls on the account, optionally filtered by To, From, or status. - Action **List Messages** Lists SMS/MMS messages on the account, optionally filtered by To, From, or date sent. - Action **List Phone Numbers** Lists the Twilio phone numbers (incoming phone numbers) owned by your account. - Action **Lookup Phone Number** Looks up details (carrier, line type, caller name) for a phone number via the Twilio Lookup v2 API. - Action **Schedule Message** Schedules an SMS or MMS message to be sent later through one of your Messaging Services. A scheduled message can be canceled with Update Message until it is sent. - Action **Update Message** Updates a Twilio Message: replaces or redacts its text, or cancels a scheduled message that has not been sent yet. - Action **Update Phone Number** Update settings (voice/SMS URLs, friendly name) of an owned incoming phone number. ## Each app on its own - [ **HappyFox Chat** Powerful live chat software built from ground-up for super fast customer support.](https://apiant.ai/connections/happyfox-chat) - [ **Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connections/twilio) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from HappyFox Chat - [ **HappyFox Chat to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/happyfox-chat-to-hubspot) - [ **HappyFox Chat to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/happyfox-chat-to-salesforce) - [ **HappyFox Chat to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/happyfox-chat-to-slack) - [ **HappyFox Chat to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/happyfox-chat-to-mailchimp) - [ **HappyFox Chat to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/happyfox-chat-to-stripe) - [ **HappyFox Chat to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/happyfox-chat-to-shopify) ## More into Twilio - [ **HubSpot to Twilio** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-twilio) - [ **Salesforce to Twilio** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-twilio) - [ **Mailchimp to Twilio** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-twilio) - [ **Shopify to Twilio** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-twilio) - [ **QuickBooks Online to Twilio** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-twilio) - [ **Pipedrive to Twilio** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-twilio) Questions ## HappyFox Chat and Twilio, answered ### ### What can start an automation from HappyFox Chat? Any of HappyFox Chat's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Missed Chat, New Offline Message and Finished Chat. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Twilio when something happens in HappyFox Chat? Any of Twilio's 11 actions, including Update Message, Update Phone Number, Find available phone numbers by criteria and Get Call. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Twilio to HappyFox Chat? Yes. When something happens in Twilio, your agent can act in HappyFox Chat too. This page covers both directions: Twilio's triggers and HappyFox Chat's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for HappyFox Chat or Twilio? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use HappyFox Chat and Twilio without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.