Integration
Connect Kenect Text Messaging and SendGrid
When Lead Push fires in Kenect Text Messaging, your agent runs Create or update contact in SendGrid, or New bounce in SendGrid to Add contacts to contact group in Kenect Text Messaging. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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What Kenect Text Messaging and SendGrid can do together
From Kenect Text Messaging to SendGrid
When Lead Push in Kenect Text Messaging
then Create or update contact in SendGrid
When Lead Push in Kenect Text Messaging
then Send an email in SendGrid
From SendGrid to Kenect Text Messaging
When New bounce in SendGrid
then Add contacts to contact group in Kenect Text Messaging
When New global suppression in SendGrid
then Push Lead in Kenect Text Messaging
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 Kenect Text Messaging and SendGrid
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 22 actions
Trigger
Lead PushTriggers when a new conversation starts in Kenect, the closest record Kenect's API exposes to an incoming lead.
Action
Add contacts to contact groupAdds one or more contacts to an existing contact group and returns the per-contact processing status.
Action
Find contact by phoneFinds the contact at a Kenect location that has the given phone number.
Action
Get contactReturns a single Kenect contact by its contact ID, including its phone numbers and contact groups.
Action
Get conversationReturns one Kenect conversation with its messages, contact, assignment and read status.
Action
List contact groupsReturns the contact groups in a Kenect location, with each group's name and its contact, opt-in and opt-out counts.
Action
List contactsReturns the contacts in your Kenect account, optionally narrowed by location, search text or status, and sorted the way you choose.
Action
List locationsReturns all the Kenect locations available to your account, including each location's name and address.
Action
List reviewsReturns all Google and Facebook reviews for the locations assigned to the connected Kenect user, including their ratings, comments and reply status.
Action
List usersReturns the users on the Kenect account, optionally only those with permissions in a chosen location.
Action
Push LeadSubmits a lead to a Kenect location, which begins a text conversation with the person making the inquiry. Returns the id of the new lead.
Action
Reply to conversationSends a reply in an existing Kenect conversation from a chosen location, with optional subject and attachments.
Action
Review RequestSends a review request to a contact's phone number from a Kenect location and returns the message that was sent.
Trigger
New bouncePolls the v3 Suppression Bounces API for bounced email addresses. Emits one record per bounce.
Trigger
New global suppressionPolls the v3 Suppressions API for globally-suppressed (unsubscribed) email addresses. Emits one record per suppressed email.
Trigger
New or updated recipientTriggered when a recipient is created or updated.
Trigger
New suppressed emailTriggered when a new email is suppressed.
Action
Add to suppression groupAdd a recipient's email to a SendGrid suppression group (unsubscribe group).
Action
Create custom fieldCreates a new custom field.
Action
Create listCreates a new marketing contact list via the v3 Marketing Lists API.
Action
Create or update contactAdds or updates a marketing contact (upsert by email) via the v3 Marketing Contacts API. Optionally assigns to lists.
Action
Create or update recipientCreates a new recipient if the email does not exist, otherwise updates the existing recipient.
Action
Delete contactsDeletes one or more marketing contacts by their contact IDs via the v3 Marketing Contacts API.
Action
Get contact by emailLooks up a marketing contact by email address via the v3 Marketing Contacts search-by-emails endpoint.
Action
Remove from suppression groupRemove a recipient's email from a SendGrid suppression group (unsubscribe group).
Action
Send an emailSends an email via the v3 Mail Send API to a single recipient with subject and plain-text or HTML body.
Action
Send an email using templateSends an email via the v3 Mail Send API using a dynamic template ID. Dynamic template data is passed as a JSON object.
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
Kenect Text Messaging and SendGrid, answered
What can start an automation from Kenect Text Messaging?
Any of Kenect Text Messaging's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Lead Push. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in SendGrid when something happens in Kenect Text Messaging?
Any of SendGrid's 10 actions, including Create custom field, Create list, Create or update contact and Create or update recipient. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from SendGrid to Kenect Text Messaging?
Yes. When something happens in SendGrid, your agent can act in Kenect Text Messaging too. This page covers both directions: SendGrid's triggers and Kenect Text Messaging's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Kenect Text Messaging or SendGrid?
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 Kenect Text Messaging and SendGrid 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.