Integration
Connect Intercom and Zendesk
When New company fires in Intercom, your agent runs Add Comment to Ticket in Zendesk, or New Messaging Conversation in Zendesk to Add note to conversation in Intercom. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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What do you want Intercom and Zendesk to do together?
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What Intercom and Zendesk can do together
From Intercom to Zendesk
When New company in Intercom
then Add Comment to Ticket in Zendesk
From Zendesk to Intercom
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 Intercom and Zendesk
Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 48 actions
- New company
Fires when a new company is created.
- New conversation
Polls for conversations, most recently updated first. Fires for each new conversation.
- New or updated contact
Polls for contacts, most recently updated first. Fires for each new or updated contact.
- New ticket
Fires when a new ticket is created.
- Add company
Create (or upsert) a company in Intercom.
- Add note to contact
Adds a note to the specified contact as the specified admin.
- Add note to conversation
Adds an internal note to the specified conversation as an admin.
- Add tag to contact
Attaches a tag to the specified contact.
- Add ticket
Create a support ticket.
- Assign conversation
Assigns the conversation to an admin or team.
- Close conversation
Closes the specified conversation.
- Create contact
Creates a new contact (role user or lead) in Intercom.
- Create message
Creates an admin-initiated email or in-app message to a contact.
- Delete company
Delete a company by ID.
- Delete contact
Deletes a contact by ID.
- Find admin by email
Fetches an admin's details. Lists all admins; match by email.
- Find contact by email
Searches contacts by email and returns matches.
- Find tickets
Search tickets by criteria.
- Get company
Retrieve a company by ID.
- Get contact
Fetches a contact's details by ID.
- Get conversation
Fetches a conversation's details by ID.
- Get ticket
Retrieve a ticket by ID.
- List companies
List all companies.
- List segments
List all segments.
- List tags
Lists all tags for the workspace.
- Open conversation
Opens (marks open) the specified conversation.
- Remove tag from contact
Detaches a tag from the specified contact.
- Send conversation reply
Sends a reply to the specified conversation as an admin.
- Snooze conversation
Snoozes the specified conversation until the given unix timestamp.
- Start conversation
Starts a new conversation with the specified contact.
- Track event
Submit a data event for a contact.
- Update company
Update an existing company.
- Update contact
Updates an existing contact specified by ID.
- Update ticket
Update an existing ticket.
- New Messaging Conversation
Triggers when a customer starts a new conversation through Zendesk messaging (the web widget, mobile SDK or a social messaging channel). Each conversation arrives as its Zendesk ticket.
- New Ticket
Polling trigger that fires when a new ticket is created.
- New User
Polling trigger that fires when a new user is created.
- Add Comment to Ticket
Adds a public or private comment to an existing ticket.
- Create Organization
Creates a new organization.
- Create Ticket
Creates a new ticket in Zendesk.
- Create User
Creates a new user (end-user or agent).
- Delete Ticket
Deletes a ticket by ID.
- Delete User
Soft-deletes a user by ID.
- Get Messaging User ID
Returns the Zendesk messaging ID for a user, so their messaging conversation can be looked up in Zendesk Messaging.
- Get Organization
Retrieves a single organization by ID.
- Get Ticket
Retrieves a single ticket by ID.
- Get User
Retrieves a single user by ID.
- List Organizations
Lists organizations in the account.
- List Ticket Comments
Lists all comments on a ticket.
- List Tickets
Lists tickets in the account.
- Search
Runs a Zendesk search query across tickets, users, and organizations.
- Search Users
Searches users by query (name, email, etc.).
- Update Organization
Updates an existing organization by ID.
- Update Ticket
Updates an existing ticket by ID.
- Update User
Updates an existing user by ID.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Intercom and Zendesk, answered
What can start an automation from Intercom?
Any of Intercom's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New company, New conversation, New or updated contact and New ticket. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Zendesk when something happens in Intercom?
Any of Zendesk's 18 actions, including Create Organization, Create Ticket, Create User and Update Organization. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Zendesk to Intercom?
Yes. When something happens in Zendesk, your agent can act in Intercom too. This page covers both directions: Zendesk's triggers and Intercom's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Intercom or Zendesk?
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.
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.