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title: "Connect Bigin by Zoho CRM and Runn - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Event\" fires in Bigin by Zoho CRM, your agent runs \"Create Client\" in Runn."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-runn"
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# Connect Bigin by Zoho CRM and Runn

When **New Event** fires in [Bigin by Zoho CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/bigin-by-zoho-crm), your agent runs **Create Client** in [Runn](https://apiant.ai/connections/runn), or **New Assignment** in Runn to **Add tags to record** in Bigin by Zoho CRM. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Bigin by Zoho CRM **7** triggers Bigin by Zoho CRM **35** actions Runn **11** triggers Runn **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 Bigin by Zoho CRM and Runn 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 Bigin by Zoho CRM and Runn can do together

### From Bigin by Zoho CRM to Runn

- When **New Event** in Bigin by Zoho CRM then **Create Client** in Runn
- When **New Pipeline Record** in Bigin by Zoho CRM then **Create Project** in Runn

### From Runn to Bigin by Zoho CRM

- When **New Assignment** in Runn then **Add tags to record** in Bigin by Zoho CRM
- When **New Client** in Runn then **Create Contact** in Bigin by Zoho CRM

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 Bigin by Zoho CRM and Runn

## Triggers and actions 18 triggers · 48 actions

- Trigger

**New Event**

Triggers when a new event is added.

- Trigger

**New Pipeline Record**

Triggers when a new pipeline record is created.

- Trigger

**New Product**

Triggers when a new product is created.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when a new task is added.

- Trigger

**Updated Company**

Triggers when an existing company is updated.

- Trigger

**Updated Contact**

Triggers when an existing contact is updated.

- Trigger

**Updated Pipeline Record**

Triggers when a pipeline record is updated.

- Action

**Add note**

Adds a note to a Bigin contact, company, pipeline record, product, task, event or call.

- Action

**Add tags to record**

Add tags to a record.

- Action

**Create Call**

Adds a new call record (logged or scheduled call) in Bigin.

- Action

**Create Company**

Creates a new company

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a new contact.

- Action

**Create Event**

Creates a new event.

- Action

**Create or Update Company**

Creates a company in Bigin, or updates the existing company when one already matches on the company's unique fields (by default the company name).

- Action

**Create or Update Contact**

Creates a contact in Bigin, or updates the existing contact when one matches on the duplicate-check fields (such as email).

- Action

**Create or Update Pipeline Record**

Creates a pipeline record (deal) in Bigin, or updates the existing one that matches on its unique fields (the deal name by default).

- Action

**Create Pipeline Record**

Adds a new pipeline record (deal) to Bigin in the chosen sub-pipeline and stage.

- Action

**Create Product**

Creates a new product.

- Action

**Create Task**

Creates a new task.

- Action

**Delete company**

Deletes a company (Accounts module record) from Bigin.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Deletes a contact from Bigin by its ID.

- Action

**Delete pipeline record**

Deletes a pipeline record (deal) from Bigin by its ID.

- Action

**Delete Product**

deletes a product record from the Bigin Products module (Bigin v2 Delete Records API, same shape as the connector's Delete contact / Delete company ops).

- Action

**Delete task**

Deletes a task from Bigin by its ID.

- Action

**Get company**

Fetches a company by ID. An error occurs if the company is not found.

- Action

**Get contact**

Retrieves the full details of a single Bigin contact by its record ID, including any custom fields.

- Action

**Get pipeline record**

Retrieves one Bigin pipeline record (deal) by its ID, including its custom fields.

- Action

**Get Records Using COQL Query**

Runs a COQL SELECT query against a Bigin module (Contacts, Accounts, Pipelines, Products, Calls, Events, Tasks) and returns the matching records.

- Action

**Get Task**

Returns one Bigin task by its ID, with its subject, status, priority and owner.

- Action

**List Notes**

Returns the notes attached to a Bigin record, such as a company, contact or pipeline record.

- Action

**Search Company**

Returns the Bigin companies that match a search word, email address, phone number, or field criteria.

- Action

**Search Contact**

Returns the Bigin contacts that match a search word, email address, phone number or field criteria.

- Action

**Search Event**

Search Bigin events by a word, email, phone number or field criteria and return the matching events.

- Action

**Search Pipeline Record**

Returns the pipeline records (deals) that match a search word, email, phone number or field criteria.

- Action

**Search Product**

Returns the products that match a search word, email, phone number or field criteria.

- Action

**Search Task**

Searches Bigin tasks by word, email, phone or field criteria and returns the matches.

- Action

**Update Company**

Updates an existing company (Accounts module) in Bigin. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update Contact**

Updates an existing contact in Bigin. Only the fields you fill in are changed; blank fields are left as they are.

- Action

**Update Event**

Updates an existing event

- Action

**Update Pipeline Record**

Updates an existing pipeline record (deal) in Bigin. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update Product**

Updates an existing product in Bigin. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update Task**

Updates a new task.

- Trigger

**New Assignment**

Triggers when a new assignment is created in Runn, optionally limited to one person, role or project.

- Trigger

**New Client**

Triggers when a new client is created in Runn.

- Trigger

**New Contract**

Triggers when a new contract is added to a person in Runn.

- Trigger

**New Holiday Group**

Triggers when a new holiday group is added to your Runn account.

- Trigger

**New Person**

Triggers when a new person is added in Runn.

- Trigger

**New Project**

Triggers when a new project is created in Runn.

- Trigger

**New Rate Card**

Triggers when a new rate card is created in Runn.

- Trigger

**New Role**

Triggers when a new role is created in Runn.

- Trigger

**New Skill**

Triggers when a new skill is created in Runn.

- Trigger

**New Team**

Triggers when a new team is created in Runn.

- Trigger

**New User**

Triggers when a new user is added to your Runn account.

- Action

**Assign a Manager**

Adds a Runn user as a manager of a person or placeholder, keeping any managers they already have. Returns the updated person.

- Action

**Create Assignment**

Creates an assignment that schedules a person or placeholder on a project in a role for a date range, with the same number of minutes on each working day.

- Action

**Create Client**

Creates a new client in Runn with a name and, optionally, a website and links to external systems.

- Action

**Create Contract**

Adds a new contract to a person in Runn, setting their role, dates, employment type, cost and working hours.

- Action

**Create Person**

Creates a person in Runn, along with their first contract (role, employment type, cost and working hours).

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a project in Runn for a client, optionally setting its budget, pricing model, rate card, team and managers, or duplicating it from an existing template project.

- Action

**Create Role**

Creates a role in Runn, with optional default hourly cost, standard charge-out rate and external references.

- Action

**Create Skill**

Creates a new skill in Runn that can be assigned to people and placeholders.

- Action

**Create Timesheet (Actual)**

Records the time a person actually spent on a project for one day, creating the actual or overwriting an existing one for the same date, person, project, role and workstream.

- Action

**Find Client**

Returns Runn clients whose name contains the text you enter (case-insensitive), with each client's id, website, archived status and external references.

- Action

**Find Person**

Finds people in Runn by email, first name, last name or external id, returning every match and the first matching person.

- Action

**Find Project**

Returns the projects whose name contains the text you give (ignoring case), optionally narrowed by external ID or last-modified date.

- Action

**Find Role**

Finds roles in Runn whose name contains the text you give, ignoring case. Returns the matching roles, how many matched, and the first match.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM** Bigin is a sales pipeline management software that lets you manage deals, track activities and keep all the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/bigin-by-zoho-crm)
- [ **Runn** Runn is a resource management platform that helps teams align people, projects, and strategy with real-time...](https://apiant.ai/connections/runn)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to Zoho Campaigns** Zoho Campaigns lets you send email and social media campaigns to your subscribers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-zoho-campaigns)
- [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-hubspot)
- [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-salesforce)
- [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-slack)
- [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-google-sheets)
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## More into Runn

- [ **HubSpot to Runn** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-runn)
- [ **Google Sheets to Runn** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-runn)
- [ **Gmail to Runn** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-runn)
- [ **Google Calendar to Runn** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-runn)
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Questions

## Bigin by Zoho CRM and Runn, answered

###

### What can start an automation from Bigin by Zoho CRM?

Any of Bigin by Zoho CRM's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Event, New Pipeline Record, New Product and New Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Runn when something happens in Bigin by Zoho CRM?

Any of Runn's 13 actions, including Create Assignment, Create Client, Create Contract and Create Person. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Runn to Bigin by Zoho CRM?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Bigin by Zoho CRM or Runn?

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 Bigin by Zoho CRM and Runn 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.
