--- title: "Connect Apollo and Zoho Mail - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Account Updated\" fires in Apollo, your agent runs \"Create New Task\" in Zoho Mail, or \"New Email\" in Zoho Mail to \"Create Contact\" in Apollo." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-zoho-mail" --- # Connect Apollo and Zoho Mail When **Account Updated** fires in [Apollo](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo), your agent runs **Create New Task** in [Zoho Mail](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-mail), or **New Email** in Zoho Mail to **Create Contact** in Apollo. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Apollo **4** triggers Apollo **10** 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 Apollo 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 Apollo and Zoho Mail can do together ### From Apollo to Zoho Mail - When **Account Updated** in Apollo then **Create New Task** in Zoho Mail - When **Contact Updated** in Apollo then **Send Email** in Zoho Mail ### From Zoho Mail to Apollo - When **New Email** in Zoho Mail then **Create Contact** in Apollo - When **New Email Matching Search** in Zoho Mail then **Create Deal** in Apollo 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 Apollo and Zoho Mail ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 23 actions - Trigger **Account Updated** Polls Apollo accounts/search for new or updated accounts (dedup on MD5 of the record; accounts/search returns no updated_at). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Polls Apollo contacts/search for new or updated contacts (dedup on MD5 of the record). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Account** Polls Apollo accounts/search for newly created accounts (dedup on account id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Contact** Polls Apollo contacts/search for newly created contacts (dedup on contact id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Action **Create Account** An Account is a company that your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Contact** A Contact is a person your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Deal** Deals are records that you can use to track possible opportunities with your prospective customers. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task for the specified Apollo contact (via /tasks/bulk_create with a single contact). - Action **Find Contact** Find a contact in your Apollo instance by searching for their email. If you have multiple contacts with the same email address, this search returns the contact that was created first. - Action **Find Deal** Returns up to 100 deals (opportunities) that match the specified name. Leave name blank to return all deals. - Action **Find Task** Returns up to 100 tasks for the specified contact. Leave contact_id blank to return all tasks. - Action **Update Account** Update an existing Account. - Action **Update Contact** Update an already existing Contact. - Action **Update Deal** Update an already existing Deal. - 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 - [ **Apollo** Apollo is a unified engagement platform that is the foundation for your entire end-to-end sales strategy.](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo) - [ **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 Apollo - [ **Apollo to Streak** Streak is a flexible CRM and process management system that lives inside your Gmail inbox.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-streak) - [ **Apollo to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-hubspot) - [ **Apollo to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-salesforce) - [ **Apollo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-slack) - [ **Apollo to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-google-sheets) - [ **Apollo to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-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 ## Apollo and Zoho Mail, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Apollo? Any of Apollo's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Account Updated, Contact Updated, New Account and New Contact. 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 Apollo? 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 Apollo? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Mail, your agent can act in Apollo too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Mail's triggers and Apollo's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Apollo 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 Apollo 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.