--- title: "Connect ActiveTrail and Zoho Writer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Added to Group\" fires in ActiveTrail, your agent runs \"Merge a Template and Send Email\" in Zoho Writer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-zoho-writer" --- # Connect ActiveTrail and Zoho Writer When **Contact Added to Group** fires in [ActiveTrail](https://apiant.ai/connections/activetrail), your agent runs **Merge a Template and Send Email** in [Zoho Writer](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-writer), or **New Document** in Zoho Writer to **Add Contact to Group** in ActiveTrail. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveTrail **4** triggers ActiveTrail **15** actions Zoho Writer **2** triggers Zoho Writer **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 ActiveTrail and Zoho Writer 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 ActiveTrail and Zoho Writer can do together ### From ActiveTrail to Zoho Writer - When **Contact Added to Group** in ActiveTrail then **Merge a Template and Send Email** in Zoho Writer - When **Contact Updated** in ActiveTrail then **Add document** in Zoho Writer ### From Zoho Writer to ActiveTrail - When **New Document** in Zoho Writer then **Add Contact to Group** in ActiveTrail - When **New Document Moved to Folder** in Zoho Writer then **Add email campaign** in ActiveTrail 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 ActiveTrail and Zoho Writer ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **Contact Added to Group** Triggers when a contact is added to a group (any group). - Trigger **Contact Removed From Group** Triggers when a contact is removed from a group (any group). - Trigger **Contact Unsubscribed** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from receiving further emails. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Triggers when a contact record in ActiveTrail is updated via the API (status or details). - Action **Add Contact to Group** Add a new or an existing contact to a specific group (The new contact will be created if not already exists). - Action **Add email campaign** Creates a new email campaign for one or more groups, and either sends/schedules it or saves it as a draft. - Action **Add group** Creates a new group in your ActiveTrail account and returns it. - Action **Add order** Adds an order (or updates it if the order id already exists) to ActiveTrail Commerce, with its customer, amounts and products. - Action **Add template** Create a template in My Templates. - Action **Delete group** Deletes a group from the ActiveTrail account. - Action **Find Group** Returns up to 100 groups whose name matches the search term. - Action **Get email campaign** Retrieves an ActiveTrail email campaign by its id, including its details, design, template, A/B settings and e-commerce data. - Action **Get group** Get a group's details (name, contact counts, creation date) by its id. - Action **Get order** Returns a commerce order by your store's order id. - Action **Get template** Returns one of your My Templates by id: its name, subject and category. - Action **List email campaigns** Lists the account's email campaigns, optionally filtered by mailing list, content category, name, send type and last-updated date range. - Action **List groups** Lists the groups in the ActiveTrail account, optionally filtered by group name. - Action **Remove Contact From Group** Removes a contact from an ActiveTrail group. The contact itself stays in the account. - Action **Update group** Rename an existing ActiveTrail group. - Trigger **New Document** Triggers when a new document has been created. - Trigger **New Document Moved to Folder** Triggers when document moved to folder. - Action **Add document** Create a new blank document. - Action **Delete document** Moves a Zoho Writer document to the Trash. It can be restored from the Trash for the vendor's retention period. - Action **Get document** Get document details by id. - Action **Get Merge Job Report** Returns the report of a merge job: its overall status and the per-record merged documents with their download links. - Action **Get Translation Job Status** Returns the status of a document translation job and, once it is completed, the link to the translated document. - Action **List documents** List documents in a folder or account. - Action **Merge a Document and Send via Webhook** Merges a document with data from a source and sends it via a Webhook. - Action **Merge and Store** Merges a document and stores it in a particular folder in Zoho WorkDrive. - Action **Merge a Template and Send Email** Merges a template with data from a source and send mail. - Action **Translate document** Translates a Zoho Writer document into another language and stores the translation in a folder. Returns a status link for the translation job. - Action **Update document** Updates one property of a Zoho Writer document: its name, description, favourite flag, final state, lock, readiness or track changes. - Action **Upload Document With Text** Uploads a document file. - Action **Upload Document With URL** Uploads a document with the given URL ## Each app on its own - [ **ActiveTrail** ActiveTrail is a marketing automation platform designed to help you maintain active relationships with...](https://apiant.ai/connections/activetrail) - [ **Zoho Writer** Zoho Writer is a powerful word processor made for collaborative work.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-writer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ActiveTrail - [ **ActiveTrail to WoopSocial** WoopSocial is a social media management platform that helps you manage multiple accounts, automate...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-woopsocial) - [ **ActiveTrail to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-hubspot) - [ **ActiveTrail to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-salesforce) - [ **ActiveTrail to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-slack) - [ **ActiveTrail to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-google-sheets) - [ **ActiveTrail to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-gmail) ## More into Zoho Writer - [ **HubSpot to Zoho Writer** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-writer) - [ **Salesforce to Zoho Writer** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-writer) - [ **Slack to Zoho Writer** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-writer) - [ **Google Sheets to Zoho Writer** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-writer) - [ **Gmail to Zoho Writer** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-writer) - [ **Google Calendar to Zoho Writer** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-writer) Questions ## ActiveTrail and Zoho Writer, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ActiveTrail? Any of ActiveTrail's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Added to Group, Contact Removed From Group, Contact Updated and Contact Unsubscribed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zoho Writer when something happens in ActiveTrail? Any of Zoho Writer's 13 actions, including Update document, Upload Document With Text, Upload Document With URL and Add document. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho Writer to ActiveTrail? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Writer, your agent can act in ActiveTrail too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Writer's triggers and ActiveTrail's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveTrail or Zoho Writer? 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 ActiveTrail and Zoho Writer 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.