--- title: "Connect actiTIME and Zoho Books - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Customer\" fires in actiTIME, your agent runs \"Create Customer\" in Zoho Books, or \"New bill\" in Zoho Books to \"Create Customer\" in actiTIME." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-zoho-books" --- # Connect actiTIME and Zoho Books When **New Customer** fires in [actiTIME](https://apiant.ai/connections/actitime), your agent runs **Create Customer** in [Zoho Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books), or **New bill** in Zoho Books to **Create Customer** in actiTIME. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. actiTIME **7** triggers actiTIME **14** actions Zoho Books **6** triggers Zoho Books **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want actiTIME and Zoho Books 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 actiTIME and Zoho Books can do together ### From actiTIME to Zoho Books - When **New Customer** in actiTIME then **Create Customer** in Zoho Books - When **New Project** in actiTIME then **Add customer payment** in Zoho Books ### From Zoho Books to actiTIME - When **New bill** in Zoho Books then **Create Customer** in actiTIME - When **New Customer** in Zoho Books then **Create Task** in actiTIME 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 actiTIME and Zoho Books ## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 32 actions - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is created. - Trigger **Updated Leave Time** Triggers when the user's leave time is changed. - Trigger **Updated Task** Triggers when an existing task is changed. - Trigger **Updated Time-Track** Triggers when the user's working time is changed. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task. - Action **Create User** creates a user account (firstName, lastName, email, username, password required; optional middleName, active, hired, releaseDate, departmentId, timeZoneGroupId). - Action **Find Customer** Finds the customer by name. - Action **Find Project** Finds project by name - Action **Find Task** Finds the task by name. - Action **Get Time-Track** Returns one time-track record (taskId, time, comment) - Action **List Leave Time** Lists leave-time records (userId, date, leaveTypeId, leaveTime) - Action **Modify Leave Time** Modifies the leave time record by replacing the existing value with a specified one. - Action **Modify Leave Time (Increase Time)** Modifies the leave time record by increasing the existing value by a specified value. - Action **Modify Time-Track** Modifies the time-track record by replacing the existing value with a specified one (along with the time-track record comment). - Action **Modify Time-Track (Increase Time)** Modifies the time-track record by increasing the existing value by a specified value. - Action **Update Task** updates a task's name, description, status/workflowStatusId, projectId, typeOfWorkId, deadline or estimatedTime. - Trigger **New bill** Triggered when a new bill is created - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when an expense is created. - Trigger **New Item** Triggers when a new item is created. - Trigger **New Sales Invoice** Triggers when a new sales invoice is created. - Action **Add bill** Creates a bill received from a vendor in Zoho Books. - Action **Add customer payment** Record a customer payment. - Action **Add expense** Create an expense. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer contact in a Zoho Books organization. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate. - Action **Create Item** Creates a new item. - Action **Create Sales Invoice** Creates a new sales invoice. - Action **Find customers by criteria** Returns the customers in a Zoho Books organization that match the specified criteria (name, company, contact person, address, email, phone, status or free text). - Action **Find Invoice** Returns up to 200 invoices that match the specified criteria, such as invoice number, customer, status or date range. - Action **Get Bill** Returns one vendor bill from Zoho Books, including its number, vendor, status and total. - Action **Get customer** Get a contact by id. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns one estimate (quote) from Zoho Books, including its number, customer, status and total. - Action **Get Expense** Returns one expense recorded in Zoho Books, including its amount, date and accounts. - Action **Get Item** Returns one item from your Zoho Books item list, including its name, rate and description. - Action **Get sales invoice** Retrieves the details of an existing invoice in Zoho Books. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer in Zoho Books. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update item** Update an item. - Action **Update sales invoice** Updates an existing sales invoice in Zoho Books. The line items you send replace the invoice's line items. ## Each app on its own - [ **actiTIME** actiTIME is a time tracking & scope management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connections/actitime) - [ **Zoho Books** Zoho Books is cloud-based accounting software in which you can record, audit and analyze all financial...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from actiTIME - [ **actiTIME to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-hubspot) - [ **actiTIME to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-salesforce) - [ **actiTIME to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-slack) - [ **actiTIME to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-google-sheets) - [ **actiTIME to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-gmail) - [ **actiTIME to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-google-calendar) ## More into Zoho Books - [ **HubSpot to Zoho Books** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-books) - [ **Salesforce to Zoho Books** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-books) - [ **Slack to Zoho Books** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-books) - [ **Google Sheets to Zoho Books** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-books) - [ **Gmail to Zoho Books** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-books) - [ **Google Calendar to Zoho Books** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-books) Questions ## actiTIME and Zoho Books, answered ### ### What can start an automation from actiTIME? Any of actiTIME's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Customer, 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 Books when something happens in actiTIME? Any of Zoho Books's 18 actions, including Create Customer, Create Estimate, Create Item and Create Sales Invoice. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho Books to actiTIME? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Books, your agent can act in actiTIME too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Books's triggers and actiTIME's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for actiTIME or Zoho Books? 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 actiTIME and Zoho Books 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.