--- title: "Connect SendGrid to GatewayAPI SMS - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bounce\" fires in SendGrid, your agent runs \"Get Account Balance\" in GatewayAPI SMS." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-gatewayapi-sms" --- # Connect SendGrid to GatewayAPI SMS When **New bounce** fires in [SendGrid](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid), your agent runs **Get Account Balance** in [GatewayAPI SMS](https://apiant.ai/connections/gatewayapi-sms). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. SendGrid **4** triggers SendGrid **10** actions GatewayAPI SMS **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want SendGrid and GatewayAPI SMS 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 SendGrid can start in GatewayAPI SMS - When **New bounce** in SendGrid then **Get Account Balance** in GatewayAPI SMS - When **New global suppression** in SendGrid then **Get SMS Prices** in GatewayAPI SMS 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 SendGrid and GatewayAPI SMS ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 13 actions - 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. - Action **Get Account Balance** Returns the current balance of your GatewayAPI account. - Action **Get SMS Prices** Returns the price per SMS in different countries. - Action **Get SMS status** Get the delivery status of a previously sent SMS by message ID. ## Each app on its own - [ **SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid) - [ **GatewayAPI SMS** GatewayAPI SMS is an API service providing out- and ingoing SMS message services at competitive prices.](https://apiant.ai/connections/gatewayapi-sms) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from SendGrid - [ **SendGrid to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-mailchimp) - [ **SendGrid to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-stripe) - [ **SendGrid to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-shopify) - [ **SendGrid to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-trello) - [ **SendGrid to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-webflow) - [ **SendGrid to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-anthropic) ## More into GatewayAPI SMS - [ **2Chat to GatewayAPI SMS** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-gatewayapi-sms) - [ **Dasha to GatewayAPI SMS** Dasha is a conversational-AI-as-a-service platform that lets you embed realistic voice and text...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dasha-to-gatewayapi-sms) - [ **HubSpot to GatewayAPI SMS** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-gatewayapi-sms) - [ **Salesforce to GatewayAPI SMS** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-gatewayapi-sms) - [ **Slack to GatewayAPI SMS** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-gatewayapi-sms) - [ **Google Sheets to GatewayAPI SMS** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-gatewayapi-sms) Questions ## SendGrid and GatewayAPI SMS, answered ### ### What can start an automation from SendGrid? Any of SendGrid's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New bounce, New global suppression, New or updated recipient and New suppressed email. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in GatewayAPI SMS when something happens in SendGrid? Any of GatewayAPI SMS's 3 actions, including Get Account Balance, Get SMS Prices and Get SMS status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from GatewayAPI SMS to SendGrid? GatewayAPI SMS has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in SendGrid. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads GatewayAPI SMS's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SendGrid or GatewayAPI SMS? 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 SendGrid and GatewayAPI SMS 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.