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title: "Zapier - Auto-Respond Docs"
description: "Make Auto-Respond leads available to Zapier for routing into any of 6000+ apps."
source: https://auto-respond.com/docs/integrations/zapier/
last_updated: 2026-10-06
---

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A visual guide to the Zapier documentation, covering the setup, configuration, and workflow details explained on this page. Documentation illustration for Zapier.

# Zapier

The Zapier integration lets you route Auto-Respond leads into any of Zapier’s 6000+ connected apps. Use it when your CRM isn’t one of the directly supported ones, or when you need to fan a single lead out to multiple tools at once (for example, CRM + Google Sheets + Slack + a custom database).

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The Zapier card is on any source’s **Messaging Settings** → **Integrations** tab.

## How this integration is different

Unlike the other CRM integrations, which **push** leads directly into the destination, Zapier works by **polling**. Auto-Respond makes new leads available; a Zap running on your Zapier account checks for new leads on a schedule and retrieves them. Your Zap then does whatever you want with each lead - create a row, send an email, fire a webhook, etc.

The practical difference is that leads appear in your downstream apps as often as your Zap polls. This is how Zapier works for most polling-style triggers.

## What gets made available to Zapier

Each new lead is surfaced to Zapier with:

- First name / last name
- Phone number
- Email
- Postal code
- Source name
- The inquiry / message
- Timestamp

From there, your Zap decides which fields map to the destination app.

## Connecting Zapier

### Open the integration

In Auto-Respond, open the source → **Messaging Settings** → **Integrations** tab → **Zapier** card.

### Paste your Zapier API key

Click **Connect** and paste your Zapier API key. This is the key your Zap will use to authenticate when it pulls leads.

### Save and validate

Click **Save**, then click **Validate Connection**. If the key is wrong, the error is shown inline.

### Build your Zap on Zapier.com

Over on Zapier, create a Zap that uses Auto-Respond as its trigger. Use the same API key there to authenticate. Then add whatever action steps you want - push to a CRM we don’t support directly, append a row to a Google Sheet, post to a Slack channel, etc.

### Turn on the Enable toggle

Nothing is made available to your Zap until **Enable** is on.

## Options

### Enable

Turns the integration on or off for this source. Default: **off**.

### Inherit from parent

Only shown on a location with a parent business. When **on**, the location uses the parent’s Zapier API key and settings. When **off**, it overrides them.

### Notify only for MESSAGE type leads

Shown only on Google Local Services sources. When **on**, phone-call and booking leads are not sent to this integration, only message leads.

### Validate Connection

Re-tests your Zapier API key.

### Disconnect

Removes the API key. Confirmation required.

## When to use Zapier instead of a direct CRM integration

- Your CRM is not one of the ten directly supported ones.
- You want to route the same lead into multiple apps at once.
- You need custom logic between Auto-Respond and the destination (filters, formatters, branches).
- You’re already a Zapier shop and want all your integrations in one place.

If you are using one of the directly supported CRMs (HubSpot, Pipedrive, Workiz, GoHighLevel, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, AccuLynx, Quickbase, SmartMoving, Salesforce, or Monday.com), use the direct integration. It is faster and more reliable than polling.

## Disconnecting

Open the Zapier card → click **Disconnect** → confirm. The API key is cleared. Your Zaps on zapier.com will start failing until you reconnect with a valid key (or turn off the Zap).

## Troubleshooting

- **“Validation failed” / invalid key** - The Zapier API key is wrong. Re-copy it and paste again.
- **My Zap says there are no new leads** - Confirm **Enable** is on. Check that the Zap is turned on in Zapier and that the polling interval isn’t set so long that you just haven’t hit it yet.
- **Leads show up on Zapier but I didn’t want certain ones** - Use a **Filter** step in Zapier. For example, only continue if the phone number is present.
- **Duplicates in my downstream app** - Add a **Zapier deduplication** step on your Zap, in Zapier.

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Questions about the Zapier integration? Email <support@auto-respond.com>.

Last updated: October 6, 2026