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Send an email in SendGrid when a new conversation comes in to Intercom

When a new conversation comes in to Intercom, send an email in SendGrid.

Start the 14-day trial, then find it under Templates → Library. It installs into the client you choose, switched off, with its checklist.

Steps
1
Client fills in
2
Accounts
2
Starts
A new conversation comes in to Intercom, within 5 minutes

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Every step, in order

When it happens in the first app, the step runs in the second, with the client’s own account.

A new conversation comes in
A conversation started (a chat, an email), checked every 5 minutes.
Send an email
Plain-text email from a verified sender.
  1. Starts whenA new conversation comes in
  2. App stepSend an email

What each client fills in

SendGrid: From address
For example hello@northside.example
Who it goes to (SendGrid)
The address that gets it: yours, or the client’s team.

The accounts it needs

Each is the client’s own, stored encrypted and never copied between clients. Until one is added the client’s checklist shows it, and nothing runs.

  • In the client’s Intercom: Settings → Integrations → Developer Hub → New app (for their own workspace, no review) → Authentication → copy the access token. The conversation trigger needs the app to be allowed to read conversations.

  • SendGrid → Settings → API Keys → Create API Key with Mail Send access; for the triggers, also the Event Webhook settings permission (user.webhooks.event.settings.read and user.webhooks.event.settings.update), or Full Access. The From address must be a verified sender.

After you install it

It lands switched off. The client’s checklist holds exactly this:

  1. Connect the client’s Intercom, for “A new conversation comes in”
  2. Connect the client’s SendGrid, for “Send an email”
  3. Fill in SendGrid: From address (For example hello@northside.example)
  4. Fill in Who it goes to (SendGrid) (The address that gets it: yours, or the client’s team)

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