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title: "Connect SendGrid and Shade - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New bounce\" fires in SendGrid, your agent runs \"Copy a File\" in Shade, or \"Asset Updated\" in Shade to \"Create or update contact\" in SendGrid."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-shade"
---

# Connect SendGrid and Shade

When **New bounce** fires in [SendGrid](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid), your agent runs **Copy a File** in [Shade](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade), or **Asset Updated** in Shade to **Create or update contact** in SendGrid. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

SendGrid **4** triggers SendGrid **10** actions Shade **7** triggers Shade **7** 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 Shade 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 and Shade can do together

### From SendGrid to Shade

- When **New bounce** in SendGrid then **Copy a File** in Shade
- When **New global suppression** in SendGrid then **Share File or Folder** in Shade

### From Shade to SendGrid

- When **Asset Updated** in Shade then **Create or update contact** in SendGrid
- When **New Asset** in Shade then **Send an email** in SendGrid

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 Shade

## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 17 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.

- Trigger

**Asset Updated**

Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed.

- Trigger

**New Asset**

Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select.

- Trigger

**New Collection**

Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select.

- Trigger

**New Drive**

Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select.

- Trigger

**New Public Share Link**

Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select.

- Trigger

**New Transcription**

Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription.

- Trigger

**Public Share Link Updated**

Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed.

- Action

**Copy a File**

Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive.

- Action

**Create Folder**

Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive.

- Action

**Find an Asset**

Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters.

- Action

**Get Public Links for a File or Folder**

Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive.

- Action

**Search Asset Chunks**

Search a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type.

- Action

**Search for an Asset by Description**

Searches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index.

- Action

**Share File or Folder**

Shares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation.

## Each app on its own

- [ **SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid)
- [ **Shade** Shade is an AI-powered cloud NAS for media teams that enables real-time editing, natural language search...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade)

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 Shade

- [ **Dropbox to Shade** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-shade)
- [ **HubSpot to Shade** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shade)
- [ **Salesforce to Shade** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shade)
- [ **Slack to Shade** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shade)
- [ **Google Sheets to Shade** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shade)
- [ **Gmail to Shade** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shade)

Questions

## SendGrid and Shade, answered

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### 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 Shade when something happens in SendGrid?

Any of Shade's 7 actions, including Create Folder, Copy a File, Find an Asset and Get Public Links for a File or Folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Shade to SendGrid?

Yes. When something happens in Shade, your agent can act in SendGrid too. This page covers both directions: Shade's triggers and SendGrid's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for SendGrid or Shade?

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 Shade 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.
