Intercom

Intercom is a customer messaging platform with its own AI support agent, used for web and mobile chat support, a close cousin to the chat channel Polygrade’s own triage uses. Polygrade’s own communication layer, SMS, voice, chat, and web form intake, runs alongside Intercom rather than through it, but the two systems meet wherever a homeowner’s claim and their support experience touch.

Where Polygrade and Intercom overlap

Where a homeowner opens a chat in Intercom about an active claim, Polygrade can supply the current triage and authorization status so Intercom’s own agent, human or AI, isn’t working blind.

Polygrade’s homeowner triage runs over SMS with an 80 to 83 percent response rate, collecting model and serial numbers, photos, and symptom detail well before any conversation would reach Intercom. That’s the volume Intercom doesn’t have to handle.

Polygrade’s own chat-based intake stays available as a claim channel; Intercom is where broader product or account support already happens.

How the Intercom connection works

Intercom’s API supports conversation context data, which is where Polygrade writes claim status when a conversation references one.

A Forward Deployed Engineer sets up the specific handoff points between Polygrade and Intercom during deployment, which claim events should write into Intercom, and on what trigger.

What stays in Intercom

Intercom continues to run exactly as it does today for everything outside an active claim, its own routing rules, agent workflows, and customer relationship history stay untouched.

Data handling and security

Claim status written into Intercom comes from a company-specific Polygrade instance, one client’s claim and customer data are never accessible to another. Polygrade is SOC 2 compliant, with both Type I and Type II audits complete.

Every automated communication Polygrade sends is logged, and any recommendation behind it carries a confidence level, so the SMS or chat history feeding Intercom is auditable back to why it was sent.

Deploying the integration

A dedicated Forward Deployed Engineer configures the specific events that sync between Polygrade and Intercom, matching how your team already uses Intercom for support.

Frequently asked questions about Polygrade and Intercom

Does Polygrade replace Intercom?

No. Intercom continues to handle the support workflows it already runs; Polygrade’s own SMS, voice, and chat triage handles the claim itself and shares status with Intercom where the two overlap.

How does Polygrade connect to Intercom?

Intercom’s API supports conversation context data, which is where Polygrade writes claim status when a conversation references one.

Does Polygrade reduce the volume reaching Intercom?

Where Intercom handles inbound customer contact, yes, Polygrade’s SMS triage resolves a meaningful share of routine conversations before they’d otherwise reach Intercom.