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New Integration: SendGrid

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#475 opened on Feb 24, 2026

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Description

Description

Add SendGrid integration to sync email delivery events, campaigns, and analytics into CORE.

Reference Implementations

Existing Integrations (use as templates)

  • integrations/gmail/ - Similar email-based integration
  • integrations/slack/ - Messaging and notification patterns
  • integrations/linear/ - For reference

Required Files Structure

integrations/sendgrid/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts          # Main entry, API key spec
│   ├── schedule.ts       # Sync logic
│   ├── utils.ts          # SendGrid API utilities
│   ├── account-create.ts # API key setup
│   └── create-activity.ts # Activity formatting
├── package.json
├── tsup.config.ts
└── README.md

SendGrid API Integration

Auth Setup

  • Use API Key authentication
  • API Key sent in Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY> header
  • Base URL: https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/
  • All requests must be over HTTPS (HTTP not supported)

Key Endpoints

  • POST /v3/mail/send - Send email
  • GET /v3/stats - Retrieve email statistics
  • GET /v3/messages - Email activity feed
  • GET /v3/campaigns - List marketing campaigns
  • GET /v3/contactdb/recipients - Contact management
  • GET /v3/suppression/bounces - Bounce management
  • GET /v3/templates - Email templates
  • POST /v3/user/webhooks/event/settings - Configure event webhooks

Events to Track

  1. Email Delivery - Sent, delivered, bounced, deferred
  2. Engagement - Opened, clicked, unsubscribed
  3. Campaigns - Campaign created, sent, completed
  4. Suppressions - Bounces, spam reports, unsubscribes
  5. Templates - Template created, updated, deleted

Implementation Tasks

  • Set up basic integration structure following integrations/github/src/index.ts pattern
  • Implement API key authentication flow in account-create.ts
  • Create API utilities in utils.ts for v3 API
  • Implement sync logic in schedule.ts for email events and statistics
  • Set up webhook handling for real-time delivery events
  • Convert SendGrid events to CORE activity format
  • Add error handling and rate limiting
  • Create integration documentation
  • Add to integrations/README.md

Technical Notes

  • SendGrid is owned by Twilio; API docs are hosted on Twilio's domain
  • SDKs available for 7 languages (Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, C#, PHP)
  • Event webhooks provide real-time delivery and engagement notifications
  • Postman collections available for interactive API exploration
  • API key must be included in the Authorization header as a Bearer token

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