--- title: "Connect SendGrid to Urban Observatory - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bounce\" fires in SendGrid, your agent runs \"Get sensor readings\" in Urban Observatory." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-urban-observatory" --- # Connect SendGrid to Urban Observatory When **New bounce** fires in [SendGrid](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid), your agent runs **Get sensor readings** in [Urban Observatory](https://apiant.ai/connections/urban-observatory). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. SendGrid **4** triggers SendGrid **10** actions Urban Observatory **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 Urban Observatory 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 Urban Observatory - When **New bounce** in SendGrid then **Get sensor readings** in Urban Observatory - When **New global suppression** in SendGrid then **Get sensors data** in Urban Observatory 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 Urban Observatory ## Triggers and actions 4 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. - Action **Get sensor readings** Get the time-series data readings for one named Urban Observatory sensor. - Action **Get sensors data** Get the latest readings across Urban Observatory sensors. - Action **List sensors** List the latest Urban Observatory sensor locations, with optional bounding-box filtering. - Action **List themes** List the sensor data themes (categories) available from Urban Observatory. - Action **List variables** List the measurement variable types available across Urban Observatory sensors. ## Each app on its own - [ **SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid) - [ **Urban Observatory** Urban Observatory is a UK research programme that streams real-time sensor readings from instrumented...](https://apiant.ai/connections/urban-observatory) 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 Urban Observatory - [ **HubSpot to Urban Observatory** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-urban-observatory) - [ **Salesforce to Urban Observatory** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-urban-observatory) - [ **Slack to Urban Observatory** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-urban-observatory) - [ **Google Sheets to Urban Observatory** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-urban-observatory) - [ **Gmail to Urban Observatory** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-urban-observatory) - [ **Google Calendar to Urban Observatory** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-urban-observatory) Questions ## SendGrid and Urban Observatory, 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 Urban Observatory when something happens in SendGrid? Any of Urban Observatory's 5 actions, including Get sensor readings, Get sensors data, List sensors and List themes. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Urban Observatory to SendGrid? Urban Observatory has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in SendGrid. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Urban Observatory's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SendGrid or Urban Observatory? 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 Urban Observatory 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.