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CONNECT APP

Build with Help Scout

Simple Customer Service Software and Education

Help Desk & Support

  • OAuth

MCP

Give your agent Help Scout tools

Every Help Scout action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Help Scout account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "help_scout",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Add Note to Conversation:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "help_scout-add-note",
  arguments: {
    conversationId: "Conversation ID",
    text: "Text",
  },
})

API PROXY

Call the Help Scout API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Help Scout API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.helpscout.net/v2/users/me",
})

// Any allowed Help Scout endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

SDK

Run Help Scout actions from your backend

Connect a user's Help Scout account once, then run Add Note to Conversation on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "help_scout-add-note",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    help_scout: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    conversationId: "Conversation ID",
    text: "Text",
  },
})

MULTI-APP

Use Help Scout with other popular apps

Most products don't stop at one integration. Pair Help Scout with the other apps your users rely on, and ship use cases that span both.

REFERENCE

App details

Reference metadata for the Help Scout connector in the Pipedream registry.

App slug
help_scout
Authentication
OAuth
Categories
Help Desk & Support
Actions
12
Triggers
7
API proxy
Available