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title: "Connect SendGrid and SQL Server - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New bounce\" fires in SendGrid, your agent runs \"Add Row\" in SQL Server."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-sql-server"
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# Connect SendGrid and SQL Server

When **New bounce** fires in [SendGrid](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid), your agent runs **Add Row** in [SQL Server](https://apiant.ai/connections/sql-server), or **New or Updated Row** in SQL Server 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 SQL Server **4** triggers SQL Server **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 SQL Server 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 sending and the suppression lists, SQL Server holds the customer records behind them. Connecting the two means a bounce or unsubscribe in SendGrid can be written back to your tables, and new or changed rows in SQL Server can create contacts or trigger template emails. The agent builds the flow, tests every scenario and keeps it running.

Example flows

## What SendGrid and SQL Server can do together

### From SendGrid to SQL Server

- When **New bounce** in SendGrid then **Add Row** in SQL Server
- When **New global suppression** in SendGrid then **Find Row** in SQL Server

### From SQL Server to SendGrid

- When **New or Updated Row** in SQL Server then **Create or update contact** in SendGrid
- When **New Row** in SQL Server then **Send an email using template** 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 SQL Server

## Triggers and actions 8 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

**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 SQL Server database.

- Trigger

**New Row**

Triggers when you add a new row.

- Trigger

**New Table**

Fires when a new table appears in the connected SQL Server database.

- Action

**Add Row**

Add one row to a table on the connected SQL Server database.

- Action

**Delete Row**

Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value.

- Action

**Find Row**

Find the first row in a table whose chosen column matches a value.

- Action

**Find Rows via Custom Query**

Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database and returns every row it matches.

- Action

**Find Row via Custom Query**

Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database and returns the first row it matches.

- Action

**Run Custom Statement**

Runs a statement you write against the connected SQL Server database that changes data rather than returning rows, and reports how many rows it changed.

- Action

**Update Row**

Change column values on every row of a table whose chosen column matches a value.

## Each app on its own

- [ **SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid)
- [ **SQL Server** Connect directly to a Microsoft SQL Server database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sql-server)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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## More into SQL Server

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Questions

## SendGrid and SQL Server, answered

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### Can a bounce in SendGrid update the matching customer record in SQL Server?

Yes. The New bounce trigger fires per bounced address, and you can use Find Row to locate the customer and Update Row or Run Custom Statement to change the record. If no matching row is found, the flow can stop there.

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### Can rows in SQL Server drive emails and contact lists in SendGrid?

Yes. New Row, New or Updated Row and the custom query triggers can feed Create or update contact, Send an email or Send an email using template. You can also assign the contact to a marketing list as part of the upsert.

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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.

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### What can your agent do in SQL Server when something happens in SendGrid?

Any of SQL Server's 7 actions, including Add Row, Find Row, Update Row and Find Rows via Custom Query. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from SQL Server to SendGrid?

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

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

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.

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### Can my AI client use SendGrid and SQL Server 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.