---
title: "Connect 5pm and Zoho CRM - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Progress\" fires in 5pm, your agent runs \"Add or update record (upsert)\" in Zoho CRM."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-zoho-crm"
---

# Connect 5pm and Zoho CRM

When **New Progress** fires in [5pm](https://apiant.ai/connections/5pm), your agent runs **Add or update record (upsert)** in [Zoho CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-crm), or **New or updated record** in Zoho CRM to **Add Task Progress** in 5pm. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

5pm **7** triggers 5pm **21** actions Zoho CRM **2** triggers Zoho CRM **13** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want 5pm and Zoho CRM to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

`claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

[Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code)

### Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

Example flows

## What 5pm and Zoho CRM can do together

### From 5pm to Zoho CRM

- When **New Progress** in 5pm then **Add or update record (upsert)** in Zoho CRM
- When **New Project** in 5pm then **Add tag to record** in Zoho CRM

### From Zoho CRM to 5pm

- When **New or updated record** in Zoho CRM then **Add Task Progress** in 5pm
- When **New record** in Zoho CRM then **Create Task **in 5pm

Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.

Everything your agent can do with 5pm and Zoho CRM

## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 34 actions

- Trigger

**New Progress**

Triggers when a new task progress is created.

- Trigger

**New Project**

Fires when a new project is created in 5pm.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when a new support task is created.

- Trigger

**New User**

Triggers when a new support user is created.

- Trigger

**Updated Project**

Fires when a project is updated in 5pm.

- Trigger

**Updated Task**

Triggers when a new support task is updated.

- Trigger

**Updated User**

Triggers when a new support user is updated.

- Action

**Add Task Progress**

Add Task Progress (progress in percent and house down).

- Action

**Add User**

Create a new user in the 5pm account (UsersService add).

- Action

**Create Note**

Creates a new note in task.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project.

- Action

**Create Task**

- Action

**Delete Note**

Remove an activity note/progress message (ActivityService remove).

- Action

**Delete Project**

Remove a project (ProjectsService remove).

- Action

**Delete Task**

Remove a task from a 5pm project (TasksService remove).

- Action

**Delete User**

Remove a user from the account (UsersService remove).

- Action

**Find Project by Id**

Retrieve a single project by its id (ProjectsService getById).

- Action

**Find Task**

Finds a task in the application.

- Action

**Find Task by Id**

Finds a task by Id in the application.

- Action

**Find User by Email**

Retrieve a user by their email address (UsersService getByEmail).

- Action

**Find User by Id**

Finds a user by Id in the system.

- Action

**List Notes**

List activity notes/progress messages on a task (ActivityService getList).

- Action

**List Projects**

List all projects in the account (ProjectsService getAll/getList).

- Action

**List Users**

List all users in the account (UsersService getAll).

- Action

**Update Note**

Update an activity note/progress message (ActivityService update).

- Action

**Update Project**

Update a project's fields (ProjectsService update).

- Action

**Update Task**

Update task in the application.

- Action

**Update User**

Update a user's fields (UsersService update).

- Trigger

**New or updated record**

Fires when a record is created or updated in the specified Zoho CRM module. Polls newest-first by Modified Time.

- Trigger

**New record**

Fires when a new record is created in the specified Zoho CRM module. Polls newest-first by Created Time.

- Action

**Add note**

Adds a note to a record in any supported Zoho CRM module.

- Action

**Add or update record (upsert)**

Insert a record, or update it if a duplicate is found, in the specified Zoho CRM module.

- Action

**Add tag to record**

Add one or more tags (comma-separated names) to a record in the specified module.

- Action

**Convert lead**

Convert a lead into a contact, account, and optionally a deal. Pass conversion options (e.g. Deals, assign_to) as the Conversion object.

- Action

**Create record**

Create a new record in the specified Zoho CRM module.

- Action

**Delete record**

Delete a record by ID from the specified Zoho CRM module.

- Action

**Find records**

Search for records in a module using Zoho CRM criteria, e.g. (Email:equals:foo@bar.com). Returns up to 200 matching records.

- Action

**Get record**

Retrieve a single record by ID from the specified Zoho CRM module.

- Action

**List notes**

Lists notes across all records in Zoho CRM (requires an administrator profile).

- Action

**List users**

Retrieves users in the Zoho CRM organization, optionally filtered by user type or IDs.

- Action

**Query records (COQL)**

Run a Zoho CRM Object Query Language (COQL) SELECT statement and return the matching records.

- Action

**Remove tag from record**

Remove one or more tags (comma-separated names) from a record in the specified module.

- Action

**Update record**

Update an existing record by ID in the specified Zoho CRM module.

## Each app on its own

- [ **5pm** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/5pm)
- [ **Zoho CRM** Zoho CRM makes it easy to get the complete picture of your sales cycle and stay on top of your business...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-crm)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from 5pm

- [ **5pm to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-hubspot)
- [ **5pm to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-salesforce)
- [ **5pm to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-gmail)
- [ **5pm to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-google-calendar)
- [ **5pm to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-google-drive)
- [ **5pm to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-mailchimp)

## More into Zoho CRM

- [ **HubSpot to Zoho CRM** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-crm)
- [ **Salesforce to Zoho CRM** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-crm)
- [ **Slack to Zoho CRM** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-crm)
- [ **Google Sheets to Zoho CRM** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-crm)
- [ **Gmail to Zoho CRM** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-crm)
- [ **Google Calendar to Zoho CRM** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-crm)

Questions

## 5pm and Zoho CRM, answered

###

### What can start an automation from 5pm?

Any of 5pm's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Progress, New Project, New Task and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Zoho CRM when something happens in 5pm?

Any of Zoho CRM's 13 actions, including Create record, Update record, Add note and Add or update record (upsert). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Zoho CRM to 5pm?

Yes. When something happens in Zoho CRM, your agent can act in 5pm too. This page covers both directions: Zoho CRM's triggers and 5pm's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for 5pm or Zoho CRM?

No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.

###

### Can my AI client use 5pm and Zoho CRM without building an automation?

Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.

###

### What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
