--- title: "Connect Twilio and MySQL - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Call\" fires in Twilio, your agent runs \"Add Row\" in MySQL, or \"New or Updated Row\" in MySQL to \"Update Message\" in Twilio." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/twilio-to-mysql" --- # Connect Twilio and MySQL When **New Call** fires in [Twilio](https://apiant.ai/connections/twilio), your agent runs **Add Row** in [MySQL](https://apiant.ai/connections/mysql), or **New or Updated Row** in MySQL to **Update Message** in Twilio. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Twilio **4** triggers Twilio **11** actions MySQL **4** triggers MySQL **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Twilio and MySQL 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) Twilio handles the calls and texts; MySQL holds the customer and order tables your team actually works from. Connecting them means an inbound message or call can be matched against a row in your database, and changes in your tables can trigger a phone number lookup or a number setting update in Twilio. The agent builds the flow, tests every scenario and keeps it running. Example flows ## What Twilio and MySQL can do together ### From Twilio to MySQL - When **New Call** in Twilio then **Add Row** in MySQL - When **New Message Received** in Twilio then **Find Row** in MySQL ### From MySQL to Twilio - When **New or Updated Row** in MySQL then **Update Message** in Twilio - When **New Row** in MySQL then **Schedule Message** in Twilio 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 Twilio and MySQL ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers ยท 17 actions - Trigger **New Call** Polls for voice calls on your Twilio account. - Trigger **New Incoming Call** Fires instantly when the selected Twilio phone number receives a call. - Trigger **New Message Received** Polls for inbound SMS/MMS messages received by your Twilio account. - Trigger **New SMS received** Fires instantly when the selected Twilio phone number receives an SMS/MMS. Activating the automation points the number's incoming-message webhook at this automation; deactivating clears it. - Action **Delete Message** Deletes a message from your Twilio account's message logs. - Action **Find available phone numbers by criteria** Returns up to 50 phone numbers available to buy in a country that match the specified criteria (area code, pattern, capabilities, location). - Action **Get Call** Retrieves details of a single voice call by its Call SID. - Action **Get Message** Retrieves a single SMS/MMS message by its Message SID. - Action **List Calls** Lists voice calls on the account, optionally filtered by To, From, or status. - Action **List Messages** Lists SMS/MMS messages on the account, optionally filtered by To, From, or date sent. - Action **List Phone Numbers** Lists the Twilio phone numbers (incoming phone numbers) owned by your account. - Action **Lookup Phone Number** Looks up details (carrier, line type, caller name) for a phone number via the Twilio Lookup v2 API. - Action **Schedule Message** Schedules an SMS or MMS message to be sent later through one of your Messaging Services. A scheduled message can be canceled with Update Message until it is sent. - Action **Update Message** Updates a Twilio Message: replaces or redacts its text, or cancels a scheduled message that has not been sent yet. - Action **Update Phone Number** Update settings (voice/SMS URLs, friendly name) of an owned incoming phone number. - 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 MySQL database. - Trigger **New Row** Triggers when you add a new row. - Trigger **New Table** Fires when a new table appears in the connected MySQL database. - Action **Add Row** Adds a new row. - Action **Delete Row** Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value. - Action **Find Row** Finds a row in a table via a lookup column. - Action **Find Rows via Custom Query** Run an author-written SELECT against the connected MySQL database and return every row it produced. Mirrors PostgreSQL 715ae2ac, SQL Server 8e0bbb5d and Oracle 2c308e4d; MySQL placeholder style is ?. - Action **Find Row via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected MySQL database and returns the first row it matches. - Action **Update Row** Updates an existing row. ## Each app on its own - [ **Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connections/twilio) - [ **MySQL** Connect directly to a MySQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mysql) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Twilio - [ **Twilio to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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The New Message Received trigger in Twilio can run Find Row in MySQL to check for a match, and Add Row when nothing comes back. You can also include a Twilio phone number lookup so the new row carries carrier and line type. ### ### Can my database drive changes to Twilio numbers? Yes. A New Row or New or Updated Row trigger in MySQL can run Update Phone Number, Lookup Phone Number or Find available phone numbers by criteria in Twilio. The values written into the row decide what gets sent across. ### ### What can start an automation from Twilio? Any of Twilio's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Call, New Message Received, New Incoming Call and New SMS received. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in MySQL when something happens in Twilio? Any of MySQL's 6 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 MySQL to Twilio? Yes. When something happens in MySQL, your agent can act in Twilio too. This page covers both directions: MySQL's triggers and Twilio's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Twilio or MySQL? 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 Twilio and MySQL 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.