Intercom API (Write Operations)

Perform write operations on Intercom conversations and Help Center via REST API using curl.

Authentication

Store your Intercom Personal Access Token as an environment variable. The Intercom-Version: 2.11 header is required on all requests.

# Set your token (add to ~/.zshenv, ~/.bashrc, or ~/.zshrc)
export INTERCOM_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-token-here"

# Test authentication
curl -s https://api.intercom.io/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $INTERCOM_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Intercom-Version: 2.11" \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d['name'], d['email'])"