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Update a conversation

An MCP tool from the Intercom API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Update a conversation You can update an existing conversation. {% admonition type="info" name="Replying and other actions" %} If you want to reply to a coveration or take an action such as assign, unassign, open, close… [PUT /conversations/{conversation_id}]

Name on the gateway: intercom_api__update_conversation · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
conversation_id requiredstringThe id of the conversation to target
display_asstringSet to plaintext to retrieve conversation messages in plain text.
readbooleanMark a conversation as read within Intercom.
custom_attributesstring

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "intercom_api__update_conversation",
  "arguments": {
    "conversation_id": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the Intercom API server directly, which lists 108 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-intercom-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/intercom-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the update a conversation tool with conversation_id set to ….

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