--- title: "Connect MySQL and SendGrid - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Row\" fires in MySQL, your agent runs \"Create or update contact\" in SendGrid, or \"New bounce\" in SendGrid to \"Add Row\" in MySQL." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-sendgrid" --- # Connect MySQL and SendGrid When **New or Updated Row** fires in [MySQL](https://apiant.ai/connections/mysql), your agent runs **Create or update contact** in [SendGrid](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid), or **New bounce** in SendGrid to **Add Row** in MySQL. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. MySQL **4** triggers MySQL **6** actions SendGrid **4** triggers SendGrid **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want MySQL and SendGrid 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) SendGrid handles the mail and MySQL holds the records behind it, so the two need to agree on who can be emailed and who should hear from you next. Joining them lets a bounce or unsubscribe in SendGrid land in your MySQL tables, and lets new or changed rows in MySQL drive contact updates and sends. The agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. Example flows ## What MySQL and SendGrid can do together ### From MySQL to SendGrid - When **New or Updated Row** in MySQL then **Create or update contact** in SendGrid - When **New Row** in MySQL then **Send an email using template** in SendGrid ### From SendGrid to MySQL - When **New bounce** in SendGrid then **Add Row** in MySQL - When **New global suppression** in SendGrid then **Find Row** in MySQL 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 MySQL and SendGrid ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Row** Triggers when a new row is added or modified. - Trigger **New or Updated Row (Custom Query)** Fires for each new or changed row returned by a SELECT statement you write against the connected MySQL database. - Trigger **New Row** Triggers when you add a new row. - Trigger **New Table** Fires when a new table appears in the connected MySQL database. - Action **Add Row** Adds a new row. - Action **Delete Row** Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value. - Action **Find Row** Finds a row in a table via a lookup column. - Action **Find Rows via Custom Query** Run an author-written SELECT against the connected MySQL database and return every row it produced. Mirrors PostgreSQL 715ae2ac, SQL Server 8e0bbb5d and Oracle 2c308e4d; MySQL placeholder style is ?. - Action **Find Row via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected MySQL database and returns the first row it matches. - Action **Update Row** Updates an existing row. - Trigger **New bounce** Polls the v3 Suppression Bounces API for bounced email addresses. Emits one record per bounce. - Trigger **New global suppression** Polls the v3 Suppressions API for globally-suppressed (unsubscribed) email addresses. Emits one record per suppressed email. - Trigger **New or updated recipient** Triggered when a recipient is created or updated. - Trigger **New suppressed email** Triggered when a new email is suppressed. - Action **Add to suppression group** Add a recipient's email to a SendGrid suppression group (unsubscribe group). - Action **Create custom field** Creates a new custom field. - Action **Create list** Creates a new marketing contact list via the v3 Marketing Lists API. - Action **Create or update contact** Adds or updates a marketing contact (upsert by email) via the v3 Marketing Contacts API. Optionally assigns to lists. - Action **Create or update recipient** Creates a new recipient if the email does not exist, otherwise updates the existing recipient. - Action **Delete contacts** Deletes one or more marketing contacts by their contact IDs via the v3 Marketing Contacts API. - Action **Get contact by email** Looks up a marketing contact by email address via the v3 Marketing Contacts search-by-emails endpoint. - Action **Remove from suppression group** Remove a recipient's email from a SendGrid suppression group (unsubscribe group). - Action **Send an email** Sends 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 template** Sends an email via the v3 Mail Send API using a dynamic template ID. Dynamic template data is passed as a JSON object. ## Each app on its own - [ **MySQL** Connect directly to a MySQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mysql) - [ **SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from MySQL - [ **MySQL to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-salesforce) - [ **MySQL to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-mailchimp) - [ **MySQL to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **MySQL to ActiveCampaign** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-activecampaign) - [ **MySQL to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-trello) - [ **MySQL to Intercom** Intercom is a customer communications platform for support, engagement, and marketing.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-intercom) ## More into SendGrid - [ **HubSpot to SendGrid** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-sendgrid) - [ **Salesforce to SendGrid** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-sendgrid) - [ **Slack to SendGrid** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-sendgrid) - [ **Gmail to SendGrid** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-sendgrid) - [ **Pipedrive to SendGrid** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-sendgrid) - [ **ActiveCampaign to SendGrid** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-sendgrid) Questions ## MySQL and SendGrid, answered ### ### Can a bounce in SendGrid update the customer record we already have in MySQL? Yes. The new bounce trigger in SendGrid can look up the matching row with Find Row in MySQL and then run Update Row on it, so you can only write back when the row is actually there. ### ### Can rows in MySQL drive the emails SendGrid sends? Yes. New Row and the custom query triggers in MySQL can feed Send an email, Send an email using template, or Create or update contact in SendGrid, passing values from the row into the template data or contact fields. ### ### What can start an automation from MySQL? Any of MySQL's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New or Updated Row, New or Updated Row (Custom Query), New Row and New Table. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SendGrid when something happens in MySQL? Any of SendGrid's 10 actions, including Create or update contact, Send an email using template, Create custom field and Create list. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SendGrid to MySQL? Yes. When something happens in SendGrid, your agent can act in MySQL too. This page covers both directions: SendGrid's triggers and MySQL's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for MySQL 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 MySQL 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.