Connect Help Scout to Zendesk and automate your tasks

Why integrate Help Scout with Zendesk

The Help Scout to Zendesk integration helps you sync data, automate manual tasks, and keep your stack aligned — without writing code.

Give your support team full Shopify context on every conversation

When a customer reaches out in Help Scout, MESA pulls their Shopify order history, tags, and customer details into the conversation. Your team responds with the full picture without switching between tools to find it.

Create and update Shopify customer records from Help Scout conversations

When a key detail is captured or a contact is updated in Help Scout, MESA writes it to the corresponding Shopify customer record. Your store and your support platform stay in sync without anyone reconciling them manually.

Trigger Help Scout conversations from Shopify order and fulfillment events

When an order ships, a delivery is delayed, or a return is filed in Shopify, MESA opens or updates the right Help Scout conversation automatically. Your support team gets ahead of customer questions before they arrive.

Create Zendesk tickets from Shopify order events automatically

When an order is flagged — a failed fulfillment, a return request, a delayed shipment — MESA opens a ticket in Zendesk with the order details already attached. Your support team works the issue without hunting for context.

Keep Shopify customer data current when tickets are resolved

When a Zendesk ticket is closed or a resolution is logged, MESA updates the customer's record in Shopify — tags, notes, fields. Your store reflects what your support team learned without anyone syncing it manually.

Route support tickets based on order and customer details

When a ticket arrives in Zendesk, MESA reads the associated Shopify data — order value, customer tier, product type — and applies the right tags, priority, or assignee. Every ticket lands with the right team from the start.

Build any Help Scout and Zendesk automation

MESA helps you connect apps to automate repetitive tasks. A trigger is an event that starts a workflow, and actions are the steps that occur when it's running.

Attachment Linked to Ticket Comment

Starts when an attachment is linked to a ticket comment.

• ID
• Subject
• Description
• Created At
• Updated At
• Status
• Priority
• Type
• Actor ID
• Requester ID
• Submitter ID
• Assignee ID
• Organization ID
• Group ID
• Brand ID
• Form ID
• External ID
• Is Public
• Tags
• Custom Status
• Via
• Event

Attachment Redacted from Ticket Comment

Starts when an attachment is permanently redacted from an existing comment on a ticket.

Comment Created

Starts when a comment is created.

Comment Made Private

Starts when a comment is made private.

Comment Redacted

Starts when a comment is redacted.

Ticket Agent Assignment Changed

Starts when a ticket is reassigned to another agent.

Ticket Brand Updated

Starts when a brand associated with the ticket is updated.

Ticket Created

Starts when a ticket is created.

• ID
• Subject
• Description
• Created At
• Updated At
• Status
• Priority
• Type
• Actor ID
• Requester ID
• Submitter ID
• Assignee ID
• Organization ID
• Group ID
• Brand ID
• Form ID
• External ID
• Is Public
• Tags
• Custom Status
• Via

Ticket Custom Field Updated

Starts when a ticket's custom field is updated.

Ticket Custom Status Updated

Starts when a ticket's custom status is updated.

Ticket Deleted

Starts when a ticket is deleted.

Ticket Description Updated

Starts when a ticket's description is updated.

Ticket Email CCs Updated

Starts when users are added or removed from a ticket.

Ticket External ID Updated

Starts when a ticket's external ID is updated.

Ticket Followers Changed

Starts when followers on a ticket are updated.

Ticket Form Updated

Starts when a ticket's form is updated.

Ticket Group Assignment Changed

Starts when a ticket is reassigned to another group of agents.

• ID
• Subject
• Description
• Created At
• Updated At
• Status
• Priority
• Type
• Actor ID
• Requester ID
• Submitter ID
• Assignee ID
• Organization ID
• Group ID
• Brand ID
• Form ID
• External ID
• Is Public
• Tags
• Custom Status
• Via
• Event
• Timestamp

Ticket Merged

Starts when a ticket is merged.

Ticket Organization Updated

Starts when a ticket's organization is updated.

Ticket Priority Updated

Starts when a ticket's priority is updated.

Ticket SLA Policy Updated

Starts when a ticket's SLA policy is updated.

Ticket Status Updated

Starts when a ticket's status is updated.

Ticket Subject Updated

Starts when a subject is updated.

Ticket Updated

Starts when a ticket is updated.

Beacon Chat Chat Created

Starts when a chat is created.

• ID
• Customer ID
• Created At
• Threads

Beacon Chat Customer Replied

Starts when a customer replies to a Beacon Chat message.

• ID
• Customer ID
• Created At
• Threads

Conversation Agent Reply Created

Starts when a conversation agent reply is created.

• ID
• Number
• Threads
• Type
• Folder ID
• Status
• State
• Subject
• Preview
• Mailbox ID
• Assignee
• Created By
• Created At
• Closed By
• Closed By User
• Closed At
• User Updated At
• Customer Waiting Since
• Source
• Tags
• Cc
• Bcc
• Primary Customer
• Snooze
• Next Event
• Custom Fields
• Embedded
• Links

Conversation Assigned

Starts when a conversation is assigned.

Conversation Created

Starts when a conversation is created.

Conversation Custom Fields Changed

Starts when a conversation custom field is changed.

Conversation Customer Reply Created

Starts when a customer reply is created.

Conversation Deleted

Starts when a conversation is deleted.

Conversation Merged

Starts when a conversation is merged.

Conversation Moved

Starts when a conversation is moved.

Conversation Note Created

Starts when a conversation note is created.

Conversation Status Changed

Starts when a conversation status is changed.

Customer Created

Starts when a customer is created.

• ID
• First Name
• Last Name
• Emails
• Created At
• Photo URL
• Phone
• Job Title
• Organization
• Background
• Social Profiles
• Address

Customer Deleted

Starts when a customer is deleted.

• ID
• First Name
• Last Name
• Emails
• Created At
• Photo URL
• Phone
• Job Title
• Organization
• Background
• Social Profiles
• Address

Customer Updated

Starts when a customer is updated.

• ID
• First Name
• Last Name
• Emails
• Created At
• Photo URL
• Phone
• Job Title
• Organization
• Background
• Social Profiles
• Address

Message Survey Response Received

Starts when a response to a message survey is received.

• ID
• Conversation ID
• Rating
• Comment
• Submitted At

Satisfaction Ratings

Starts when a satisfaction rating is given.

• Rating ID
• Conversation ID
• Score
• Comment
• Created At

Tag Created

Starts when a tag is created.

• ID
• Tag
• Color

Tag Deleted

Starts when a tag is deleted.

• ID
• Tag
• Color

Tag Updated

Starts when a tag is updated.

• ID
• Tag
• Color

Add Tag to Ticket

Add a tag to a ticket.

• 0

Count Search Results

Get a number of items matching the search query.

• Count

Create Group

Create a group.

Create Organization

Create an organization.

• Organization

Create Ticket

Create a ticket.

• Ticket

Create Ticket Comment

Add a comment to a ticket.

• Ticket

Create User

Create a user.

• User

Delete Group

Remove a group.

Delete Organization

Remove an organization.

Delete Ticket

Remove a ticket.

Get List of Comments

Obtain a list of comments.

• Attachments
• Audit ID
• Author ID
• Body
• Created At
• HTML Body
• ID
• Metadata
• Plain Body
• Public
• Type
• Uploads
• Via

Get List of Groups

Obtain a list of groups.

• Created At
• Default
• Deleted
• Description
• ID
• Is Public
• Name
• Updated At
• URL

Get List of Organizations

Obtain a list of organizations.

• Count
• Next Page
• Organizations
• Previous Page

Get List of Tickets

Obtain a list of existing tickets.

• Allow Attachments
• Allow Channelback
• Assignee Email
• Assignee ID
• Attribute Value Ids
• Brand ID
• Collaborator Ids
• Collaborators
• Comment
• Created At
• Custom Fields
• Custom Status ID
• Description
• Due At
• Email Cc Ids
• Email Ccs
• Encoded ID
• External ID
• Follower Ids
• Followers
• Followup Ids
• From Messaging Channel
• Generated Timestamp
• Group ID
• Has Incidents
• ID
• Is Public
• Macro ID
• Macro Ids
• Metadata
• Organization ID
• Priority
• Problem ID
• Raw Subject
• Recipient
• Requester
• Requester ID
• Safe Update
• Satisfaction Rating
• Sharing Agreement Ids
• Status
• Subject
• Submitter ID
• Tags
• Ticket Form ID
• Type
• Updated At
• Updated Stamp
• URL
• Via
• Via Followup Source ID
• Via ID
• Voice Comment

Get List of Users

Obtain a list of users.

• Active
• Alias
• Chat Only
• Created At
• Custom Role ID
• Default Group ID
• Details
• Email
• External ID
• Iana Time Zone
• ID
• Last Login At
• Locale
• Locale ID
• Moderator
• Name
• Notes
• Only Private Comments
• Organization ID
• Phone
• Photo
• Remote Photo URL
• Restricted Agent
• Role
• Role Type
• Shared
• Shared Agent
• Shared Phone Number
• Signature
• Suspended
• Tags
• Ticket Restriction
• Time Zone
• Two Factor Auth Enabled
• Updated At
• URL
• User Fields
• Verified

Remove Tags from Ticket

Remove tags from a ticket.

• 0

Retrieve Group

Grab all details about a group.

• Created At
• Default
• Deleted
• Description
• ID
• Is Public
• Name
• Updated At
• URL

Retrieve Organization

Grab all details about an organization.

• Created At
• Details
• Domain Names
• External ID
• Group ID
• ID
• Name
• Notes
• Organization Fields
• Shared Comments
• Shared Tickets
• Tags
• Updated At
• URL

Retrieve Ticket

Grab all details about a ticket.

• Allow Attachments
• Allow Channelback
• Assignee ID
• Brand ID
• Collaborator Ids
• Collaborators
• Created At
• Custom Fields
• Custom Status ID
• Description
• Due At
• Email Cc Ids
• Encoded ID
• External ID
• Follower Ids
• Followup Ids
• From Messaging Channel
• Generated Timestamp
• Group ID
• Has Incidents
• ID
• Is Public
• Macro Ids
• Organization ID
• Priority
• Problem ID
• Raw Subject
• Recipient
• Requester ID
• Satisfaction Rating
• Sharing Agreement Ids
• Status
• Subject
• Submitter ID
• Tags
• Ticket Form ID
• Type
• Updated At
• URL
• Via
• Via Followup Source ID

Retrieve User

Grab all details about a user.

Search

Search for specific results.

• Count
• Facets
• Next Page
• Previous Page
• Results

Update Group

Modify a group's details.

Update Organization

Modify an organization's details.

Update Ticket

Modify a ticket's details.

• Ticket

Update User

Modify a user's details.

• User

Upload Files

Upload a file.

Add Customer Thread to Conversation

Adds a customer thread to a conversation.

• ID

Add Note to Conversation

Add a note to a conversation.

• ID

Create Chat Thread

Start a chat thread.

• Customer
• Text
• Imported
• Created At
• Attachments

Create Conversation

Create a conversation in an inbox with at least one thread.

• Customer
• Subject
• Auto Reply
• Imported
• Type
• Assign To
• Mailbox ID
• Status
• Created At
• Threads
• Tags
• Fields
• User
• Closed At

Create Customer

Create a customer.

• First Name
• Last Name
• Phone
• Photo URL
• Job Title
• Photo Type
• Background
• Location
• Organization
• Gender
• Age
• Emails
• Phones
• Chats
• Social Profiles
• Websites
• Address
• Properties

Create Email

Create an email.

• Value
• Type

Create Reply Thread

Start a reply thread.

• Customer
• Text
• Draft
• Imported
• Status
• User
• Cc
• Bcc
• Created At
• Attachments

Delete Conversation

Remove a conversation.

Delete Customer

Remove a customer.

Delete Scheduled Thread

Unschedule a thread.

Delete User

Remove a user.

Get List of Conversation's Threads

Obtain a list of a conversation's threads.

• ID
• Type
• Status
• State
• Created At
• Created By
• Body
• Source
• Customer
• Saved Reply ID
• Assigned To
• To
• Cc
• Bcc
• Rating
• Scheduled
• Embedded

Get List of Conversations

Obtain a list of conversations.

Get List of Customers

Obtain a list of customers.

• ID
• First Name
• Last Name
• Gender
• Job Title
• Location
• Organization
• Photo Type
• Photo URL
• Age
• Created At
• Updated At
• Background
• Draft
• Embedded
• Links

Get List of Emails

Obtain a list of emails.

• ID
• Value
• Type
• Links

Publish Thread Schedule

Publish a scheduled thread. The draft thread is turned into a reply/forward thread, and the message is sent to the customer.

Retrieve Conversation

Grab all details about a conversation.

Retrieve Customer

Grab all details about a customer.

Retrieve User

Grab all details about a user.

• ID
• First Name
• Last Name
• Email
• Role
• Timezone
• Photo URL
• Created At
• Updated At
• Type
• Mention
• Initials
• Job Title
• Phone
• Alternate Emails

Update Conversation

Modify a conversation.

• Subject
• Auto Reply
• Imported
• Type
• Assign To
• Mailbox ID
• Status
• Tags
• Fields
• Threads

Update Conversation's Tags

Modify a conversation's tags.

• Tags

Update Customer

Modify a customer.

Update Snooze

Snooze a conversation.

• Snoozed Until

Update Thread Schedule

Schedule a reply/forward thread.

• Scheduled For
• Unschedule On Customer Reply
• Send As Creator

Expert support included

MESA includes hands-on support from automation experts who know how to get things done.

Free workflow setup

We'll build your first workflow with you live. Most merchants walk away with automation saving 5+ hours/week.

Fast response times

Average first response: Same day. Critical issues: Immediate escalation. Complex builds: 24-48 hours.

Managed services available

Personalized workflow reviews, and quarterly check-ins to identify new opportunities as your business grows.

Real humans, always

Chat with real automation experts (not bots). Email support 9am-5pm PST. Google Meet sessions for complex workflows.

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