Profanity Filter API + Intercom Integration

Why connect them

The Profanity Filter API in Intercom.

Intercom connects businesses with customers through messaging. Integrating APIs with Intercom enables intelligent lead qualification, automated data enrichment, and context-aware conversations. Give your team the data they need instantly.

What you can build

Workflows worth wiring.

Validate visitor email addresses before starting conversations

Enrich lead profiles with company data from business APIs

Score conversations based on external data signals

Automatically tag users based on their domain or company type

Templates

Ready-made ideas.

New conversation started Filter profanity → tag conversation

Screen new conversation messages

When a new Intercom conversation starts, check the message for profanity and tag the conversation as flagged if isProfane is true.

New message received Filter profanity → add note if profane

Moderate user messages in real-time

Run the profanity filter on incoming Intercom messages and add an internal note with the profaneWords count when content is flagged.

Setup

Connect it in a few steps.

Set up with Zapier

1
Set the trigger. Create a Zap with Intercom as the trigger app and "New conversation" as the event. Connect your account.
2
Add the API action. Add APIVerve as the action, select the Profanity Filter API, and map your trigger data to the request.
3
Send it back. Add a second Intercom action for "Create user" and map the returned fields (like isProfane) into it.
4
Test & turn on. Test the Zap with real data to confirm the mapping, then turn it on.

Set up with Make

1
Add the trigger. Create a scenario and add a Intercom module set to "New conversation". Authenticate your account.
2
Call the API. Add an HTTP module pointing at api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter with your x-api-key header. Pass the trigger's data as the input.
3
Parse & map. Add a JSON module to read the response, then a Intercom module for "Create user". Map fields like data.isProfane into place.
4
Activate. Run once to confirm the mapping, then switch the scenario on and set its schedule.

Set up with n8n

1
Add the trigger node. Start a workflow with a Intercom trigger node for "New conversation" and connect your credentials.
2
Add an HTTP Request node. Point it at api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter using Header Auth (x-api-key). Feed in the trigger data.
3
Map with expressions. Add a Intercom node for "Create user" and reference the response with expressions such as {{ $json.data.isProfane }}.
4
Execute & activate. Execute manually to verify, then activate the workflow for production.

The payload

What Intercom receives.

isProfanetrue

filteredText"Today is so **** hot! Why the **** would anyone go outside?"

mask"*"

trimmedfalse

profaneWords2

Profanity Filter API + Intercom