--- title: "Connect Twilio and Zendesk Messaging - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Call\" fires in Twilio, your agent runs \"Send Message\" in Zendesk Messaging." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/twilio-to-zendesk-messaging" --- # Connect Twilio and Zendesk Messaging When **New Call** fires in [Twilio](https://apiant.ai/connections/twilio), your agent runs **Send Message** in [Zendesk Messaging](https://apiant.ai/connections/zendesk-messaging), or **New Conversation Message** in Zendesk Messaging 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 Zendesk Messaging **1** trigger Zendesk Messaging **3** 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 Zendesk Messaging 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 Twilio and Zendesk Messaging can do together ### From Twilio to Zendesk Messaging - When **New Call** in Twilio then **Send Message** in Zendesk Messaging - When **New Incoming Call** in Twilio then **Get Conversation Messages** in Zendesk Messaging ### From Zendesk Messaging to Twilio - When **New Conversation Message** in Zendesk Messaging then **Update Message** in Twilio - When **New Conversation Message** in Zendesk Messaging then **Get 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 Zendesk Messaging ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 14 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 Conversation Message** Triggers instantly on every new message in a Zendesk messaging conversation, from the customer or from your business. Check "author_type": it is "user" for the customer's messages, so an automation that replies should only act on those. - Action **Find Conversation** Finds a customer's messaging conversation from their messaging ID. - Action **Get Conversation Messages** Returns the most recent messages in a messaging conversation, from both the customer and the business. - Action **Send Message** Sends a reply into a customer's messaging conversation as your business. ## 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) - [ **Zendesk Messaging** Read and reply to customer conversations from Zendesk messaging (the Web Widget, mobile SDK and social...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zendesk-messaging) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Twilio - [ **Twilio to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zendesk-messaging) - [ **Google Sheets to Zendesk Messaging** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zendesk-messaging) - [ **Gmail to Zendesk Messaging** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zendesk-messaging) - [ **Google Calendar to Zendesk Messaging** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zendesk-messaging) Questions ## Twilio and Zendesk Messaging, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Twilio? Any of Twilio's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Call, New Incoming Call, New Message Received and New SMS received. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zendesk Messaging when something happens in Twilio? Any of Zendesk Messaging's 3 actions, including Send Message, Find Conversation and Get Conversation Messages. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zendesk Messaging to Twilio? Yes. When something happens in Zendesk Messaging, your agent can act in Twilio too. This page covers both directions: Zendesk Messaging's triggers and Twilio's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Twilio or Zendesk Messaging? 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 Zendesk Messaging 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.