--- title: "Connect SendGrid to USGS Water Services - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bounce\" fires in SendGrid, your agent runs \"Find daily values\" in USGS Water Services." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-usgs-water-services" --- # Connect SendGrid to USGS Water Services When **New bounce** fires in [SendGrid](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid), your agent runs **Find daily values** in [USGS Water Services](https://apiant.ai/connections/usgs-water-services). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. SendGrid **4** triggers SendGrid **10** actions USGS Water Services **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 USGS Water Services 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What SendGrid can start in USGS Water Services - When **New bounce** in SendGrid then **Find daily values** in USGS Water Services - When **New global suppression** in SendGrid then **Find groundwater levels** in USGS Water Services 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 USGS Water Services ## 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 **Find daily values** Query summarized daily statistics (mean, median, max, min) for streams, springs, lakes and wells. - Action **Find groundwater levels** Retrieve historical manually-recorded groundwater levels for hydrologic sites. - Action **Find instantaneous values** Query near-real-time water readings (e.g. gage height, discharge, temperature) from USGS monitoring sites. - Action **Find sites** Query USGS hydrologic site metadata (location, site type, data availability period) - Action **Find site statistics** Retrieve daily/monthly/annual statistics (mean, min, max, percentiles) for a site's approved time-series data. ## Each app on its own - [ **SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sendgrid) - [ **USGS Water Services** Water quality and level info for rivers and lakes. Free, credential-less public API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/usgs-water-services) 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 USGS Water Services - [ **HubSpot to USGS Water Services** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Salesforce to USGS Water Services** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Slack to USGS Water Services** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Google Sheets to USGS Water Services** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Gmail to USGS Water Services** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Google Calendar to USGS Water Services** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-usgs-water-services) Questions ## SendGrid and USGS Water Services, 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 USGS Water Services when something happens in SendGrid? Any of USGS Water Services's 5 actions, including Find daily values, Find groundwater levels, Find instantaneous values and Find sites. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from USGS Water Services to SendGrid? USGS Water Services has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in SendGrid. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads USGS Water Services's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SendGrid or USGS Water Services? 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 USGS Water Services 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.