--- title: "Connect SendGrid and SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bounce\" fires in SendGrid, your agent runs \"Simulate Incoming Message from Demo Handset\" in SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au" --- # Connect SendGrid and SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au When **New bounce** fires in [SendGrid](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid), your agent runs **Simulate Incoming Message from Demo Handset** in [SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au](https://apiant.ai/connections/sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au), or **New Delivery Receipt** in SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au 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 SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au **3** triggers SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au **5** 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 SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au 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 SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au can do together ### From SendGrid to SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au - When **New bounce** in SendGrid then **Simulate Incoming Message from Demo Handset** in SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au - When **New global suppression** in SendGrid then **Get Message** in SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au ### From SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au to SendGrid - When **New Delivery Receipt** in SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au then **Create or update contact** in SendGrid - When **New Incoming MMS** in SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au 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 SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 15 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 **New Delivery Receipt** Triggers when a delivery receipt arrives for an SMS, MMS or WhatsApp message you sent. - Trigger **New Incoming MMS** Triggers when an MMS is received on one of your inbound numbers, with its sender, text and image links. - Trigger **New Incoming SMS** Triggers when an SMS is received on one of your inbound numbers. - Action **Get Message** Returns the summary of a sent message — sender, text, status, recipient count and cost — looked up by its message reference. - Action **Get Simulated Message Status** Returns the status of a message simulated from a demo handset: queued, processing, processed (with the received message's id) or failed. - Action **Send MMS** Sends an MMS (picture message) to one or more phone numbers, contacts or groups, and returns the message reference and cost. - Action **Send SMS** Sends an SMS text message to one or more phone numbers, contacts or groups. - Action **Simulate Incoming Message from Demo Handset** Sends a free simulated SMS, MMS or WhatsApp message from a demo handset into your account, firing the same webhooks a real message does. ## Each app on its own - [ **SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid) - [ **SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au** SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au is a bulk SMS and MMS messaging platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au) 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 SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au - [ **HubSpot to SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au) - [ **Salesforce to SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au) - [ **Slack to SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au) - [ **Google Sheets to SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au) - [ **Gmail to SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au) - [ **Google Calendar to SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-sms-manager-by-bulksms-com-au) Questions ## SendGrid and SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au, 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 SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au when something happens in SendGrid? Any of SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au's 5 actions, including Send MMS, Send SMS, Get Message and Get Simulated Message Status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au to SendGrid? Yes. When something happens in SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au, your agent can act in SendGrid too. This page covers both directions: SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au's triggers and SendGrid's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SendGrid or SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au? 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 SMS Manager by BulkSMS.com.au 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.