--- title: "Connect ActiveCollab and Zoho Mail - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project\" fires in ActiveCollab, your agent runs \"Create New Task\" in Zoho Mail." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-zoho-mail" --- # Connect ActiveCollab and Zoho Mail When **New Project** fires in [ActiveCollab](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab), your agent runs **Create New Task** in [Zoho Mail](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-mail), or **New Email** in Zoho Mail to **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveCollab **5** triggers ActiveCollab **24** actions Zoho Mail **3** triggers Zoho Mail **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 ActiveCollab and Zoho Mail 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ActiveCollab and Zoho Mail can do together ### From ActiveCollab to Zoho Mail - When **New Project** in ActiveCollab then **Create New Task** in Zoho Mail - When **New Task** in ActiveCollab then **Send Email** in Zoho Mail ### From Zoho Mail to ActiveCollab - When **New Email** in Zoho Mail then **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab - When **New Email Matching Search** in Zoho Mail then **Add task list** in ActiveCollab 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 ActiveCollab and Zoho Mail ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 37 actions - Trigger **New Project** Fires when a new active project is created in ActiveCollab. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **New Task List** Triggers when a new task list is created in a project in Active Collab. - Trigger **Task Closed** Triggers when a task is closed in Active Collab. - Trigger **Task Moved** Fires when an open task in the selected project lands in a task list it has not been seen in before (a task moved between task lists). Newly seen tasks also fire on first appearance. - Action **Add Comment to Discussion** Adds a new comment to discussion. - Action **Add Comment to Task** Creates a new comment in selected task. - Action **Add note** Create a note in a project. - Action **Add task list** Create a task list in a project. - Action **Add time record** Log time on a project or task. - Action **Add user** Create a user. - Action **Complete Project** Completes a project. - Action **Complete Task** Completes a task. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company. - Action **Create Discussion** Creates a new discussion in a project. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task. - Action **Delete task** Moves a task in a project to trash. - Action **Get Discussion** Returns one discussion including its comments. - Action **Get project** Get a project by id. - Action **Get task** Get a task by id. - Action **Invite User to Project** Invites a new user to a project. - Action **List companies** List companies. - Action **List projects** List active projects. - Action **List task lists** List task lists in a project. - Action **List tasks** List open tasks in a project. - Action **List users** List users. - Action **Update project** Update a project. - Action **Update task** Update a task. - Trigger **New Email** Triggered when a new email arrives in a Zoho Mail account. - Trigger **New Email Matching Search** Fires for each new email in a Zoho Mail account that matches a saved search. - Trigger **New Tagged Email** Fires once for each email in the account that carries the chosen tag, newest first. - Action **Create Draft** Composes an email and saves it as a draft in a Zoho Mail account. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in a Zoho Mail account, optionally nested under a parent folder. - Action **Create New Task** Creates a personal task, or a group task when a group is chosen, in Zoho Mail Tasks. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a new label (tag) in a Zoho Mail account. - Action **Delete email** Delete a message. - Action **Find emails by search** Returns up to 10 emails that match the specified Zoho Mail search criteria. - Action **Get email** Get a message's content by id. - Action **List emails** Lists emails in a Zoho Mail account, optionally limited to one folder and filtered by read status, flag, label, thread or email type. - Action **List folders** Lists all folders in a Zoho Mail account. - Action **List tags** List labels/tags. - Action **Reply to email** Sends a reply to a received email from a Zoho Mail account, optionally scheduled for later delivery. - Action **Send Email** Sends an email from a Zoho Mail account. - Action **Update email** Updates one or more emails in a Zoho Mail account: mark read/unread, move to a folder, set a flag, apply or remove labels, archive/unarchive, or mark as spam/not spam. ## Each app on its own - [ **ActiveCollab** ActiveCollab is a powerful yet simple workspace for task, project, team, client and billing management –...](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab) - [ **Zoho Mail** Zoho Mail is a collaborative business communication platform for the modern workforce.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-mail) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ActiveCollab - [ **ActiveCollab to Google Gemini** Google AI Studio is a fast, easy way to start prototyping generative AI ideas using Google's Gemini model.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-google-gemini) - [ **ActiveCollab to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-hubspot) - [ **ActiveCollab to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-salesforce) - [ **ActiveCollab to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-slack) - [ **ActiveCollab to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-google-sheets) - [ **ActiveCollab to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-gmail) ## More into Zoho Mail - [ **HubSpot to Zoho Mail** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Salesforce to Zoho Mail** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Slack to Zoho Mail** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Google Sheets to Zoho Mail** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Gmail to Zoho Mail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Google Calendar to Zoho Mail** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-mail) Questions ## ActiveCollab and Zoho Mail, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ActiveCollab? Any of ActiveCollab's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New Task, New Task List and Task Moved. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zoho Mail when something happens in ActiveCollab? Any of Zoho Mail's 13 actions, including Create Draft, Create Folder, Create New Task and Create Tag. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho Mail to ActiveCollab? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Mail, your agent can act in ActiveCollab too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Mail's triggers and ActiveCollab's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCollab or Zoho Mail? 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 ActiveCollab and Zoho Mail 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.