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title: "Connect EspoCRM and Zoho Mail - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New contact\" fires in EspoCRM, your agent runs \"Create New Task\" in Zoho Mail, or \"New Email\" in Zoho Mail to \"Add contact\" in EspoCRM."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-zoho-mail"
---

# Connect EspoCRM and Zoho Mail

When **New contact** fires in [EspoCRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm), your agent runs **Create New Task** in [Zoho Mail](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-mail), or **New Email** in Zoho Mail to **Add contact** in EspoCRM. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

EspoCRM **3** triggers EspoCRM **16** 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 EspoCRM 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.

[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 EspoCRM and Zoho Mail can do together

### From EspoCRM to Zoho Mail

- When **New contact** in EspoCRM then **Create New Task** in Zoho Mail
- When **New Lead** in EspoCRM then **Send Email** in Zoho Mail

### From Zoho Mail to EspoCRM

- When **New Email** in Zoho Mail then **Add contact** in EspoCRM
- When **New Email Matching Search** in Zoho Mail then **Add task** in EspoCRM

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 EspoCRM and Zoho Mail

## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 29 actions

- Trigger

**New contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in EspoCRM.

- Trigger

**New Lead**

Triggers when a new lead is created in EspoCRM.

- Trigger

**New opportunity**

Triggers when a new opportunity is created in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add account**

Creates a new account (company) in EspoCRM and returns its attributes.

- Action

**Add case**

Creates a new case (support ticket) in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add contact**

Creates a new contact in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add opportunity**

Creates a new opportunity (deal) in EspoCRM and returns the created record.

- Action

**Add task**

Creates a task in EspoCRM, optionally linked to an account, contact, lead, opportunity or case.

- Action

**Create Lead**

Creates a new lead in EspoCRM and returns the created lead record.

- Action

**Find accounts**

Finds EspoCRM accounts whose name matches the text you supply.

- Action

**Find contacts**

Finds contacts whose email address (or another chosen attribute) matches the value you supply, returning every matching contact.

- Action

**Find Lead**

Finds leads in EspoCRM matching a value on a chosen attribute (email address by default).

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a single EspoCRM contact by its ID, with all its attributes including custom fields.

- Action

**Get Lead**

Returns a single EspoCRM lead by its ID, with all of its fields.

- Action

**Get Task**

Returns one task by its ID, with its subject, status, dates, parent record and assignee.

- Action

**Update account**

Updates an existing account (company) in EspoCRM. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update contact**

Updates an existing contact in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in.

- Action

**Update Lead**

Updates an existing lead in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in, and returns the updated lead.

- Action

**Update opportunity**

Updates an existing opportunity in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in.

- 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

- [ **EspoCRM** EspoCRM is a highly customizable open source CRM software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm)
- [ **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 EspoCRM

- [ **EspoCRM to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-hubspot)
- [ **EspoCRM to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-salesforce)
- [ **EspoCRM to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-slack)
- [ **EspoCRM to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-google-sheets)
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- [ **EspoCRM to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-google-calendar)

## 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

## EspoCRM and Zoho Mail, answered

###

### What can start an automation from EspoCRM?

Any of EspoCRM's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New contact, New Lead and New opportunity. 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 EspoCRM?

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 EspoCRM?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for EspoCRM 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 EspoCRM 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.
