--- title: "Connect Files.com to Zoho Inventory - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Automation Run Completed\" fires in Files.com, your agent runs \"Add Invoice Attachment\" in Zoho Inventory." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-zoho-inventory" --- # Connect Files.com to Zoho Inventory When **Automation Run Completed** fires in [Files.com](https://apiant.ai/connections/files-com), your agent runs **Add Invoice Attachment** in [Zoho Inventory](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-inventory). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Files.com **7** triggers Files.com **16** actions Zoho Inventory **64** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Files.com and Zoho Inventory to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Files.com can start in Zoho Inventory - When **Automation Run Completed** in Files.com then **Add Invoice Attachment** in Zoho Inventory - When **Group Created** in Files.com then **Add Invoice Comment** in Zoho Inventory 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 Files.com and Zoho Inventory ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 80 actions - Trigger **Automation Run Completed** Triggered when a run of the selected Files.com automation finishes, whether it succeeded, failed or was canceled. Each run is reported once, after it completes. - Trigger **File Deleted** Triggered when a file or folder is deleted in Files.com. Reports the path that was deleted and who deleted it. - Trigger **Group Created** Triggered when a new group is created in Files.com. Reports the group's name, members and login permissions. - Trigger **New File or Folder Created** Triggered when a file or folder is created in Files.com, whether uploaded, copied or created by an automation. Reports the new path and who created it. - Trigger **New File Uploaded** Triggered when a new file appears in the folder you choose. Reports the file's path, name, size and last-modified time. - Trigger **Share Link Created** Triggered when a new share link is created in Files.com. Reports the link's public address, what it shares and when it expires. - Trigger **User Created** Triggered when a new user is created in Files.com. Reports the user's name, username, email and login permissions. - Action **Add User to Group** Adds an existing Files.com user to a group, optionally as a group administrator. Returns the new group membership, including the group name and the user's username. - Action **Copy File** Copies a file or folder in Files.com to a new path, leaving the original in place. Returns the copy status, plus a migration ID when a large copy continues in the background. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder at the given path in Files.com, optionally creating any missing parent folders. Returns the new folder's path, name and creation details. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in Files.com, optionally with its starting members, group administrators and login-protocol permissions. Returns the new group including its ID. - Action **Create Share Link** Creates a public share link for one or more files or folders in Files.com, optionally password-protected, expiring or use-limited. Returns the link's public address. - Action **Delete File** Deletes a file or folder from Files.com at the given path. Deleting a folder that still has contents requires the recursive option. - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a folder from Files.com at the given path. Use the recursive option to delete a folder that still has files or subfolders in it. - Action **Delete Group** Deletes a group from Files.com by its ID. The group's members keep their own accounts; only the group is removed. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from Files.com by their ID, removing their access to the site. - Action **Download File** Gets a temporary download address for a file in Files.com, along with the file's name, size and checksums. Pass the download address to a later step to fetch or attach the file. - Action **List Folder Contents** Lists the files and folders inside a Files.com folder, with each item's path, name, type, size and last-modified time. - Action **Move File** Moves or renames a file or folder in Files.com to a new path. The original path no longer exists afterwards. - Action **Remove User from Group** Removes a user from a Files.com group. Looks up the membership for the group and user you name, then removes it. - Action **Run Automation** Starts a run of the Files.com automation you choose, the same as pressing Run in Files.com. The run continues in the background. - Action **Update User** Updates a Files.com user's details, login permissions and access settings. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Upload File** Uploads a file into Files.com at the path you choose, fetching the bytes from the file's web address. Returns the stored file's path, name and size. - Action **Add Credit Note Comment** Tool to add a comment to a credit note in Zoho Inventory. Use when needing to add notes or comments to a specific credit note for record-keeping or audit purposes. - Action **Add Invoice Attachment** Tool to upload an attachment to a specific invoice. Use when you need to add a file attachment to an invoice. - Action **Add Invoice Comment** Tool to add a comment to a specific invoice in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to add notes, updates, or internal/client-visible comments to an invoice. - Action **Apply Credits To Invoices** Tool to apply credits from a credit note to one or more invoices. Use when you need to apply available credits from a credit note to settle invoice balances. - Action **Bulk Delete Sales Orders** Tool to bulk delete sales orders. Use this to remove multiple sales orders at once. - Action **Bulk Email Invoices** Sends multiple invoices by email to a contact in a single API call. Use this tool when you need to email up to 10 invoices at once to a customer. The invoices will be scheduled for delivery and the contact will receive individual emails for each invoice. If contact_id is not provided, the action will automatically fetch the customer_id from the first invoice and use that as the contact. - Action **Bulk Export Invoices** Tool to bulk export invoices as a single PDF. Use when you need to download multiple invoices in a single file for archiving or sharing. - Action **Bulk Print Invoices** Generate a consolidated PDF containing multiple invoices for printing or archiving. Use this tool to download one or more invoices as a single PDF document. The PDF can contain up to 25 invoices and is useful for bulk printing, record keeping, or sharing with customers. - Action **Bulk Print Packages** Tool to bulk print package slips as a consolidated PDF. Use when you need a PDF file of multiple package slips for printing or archiving. - Action **Create Bill** Tool to create a bill in Zoho Inventory. Use when a vendor supplies goods/services on credit and you need to track the amount owed. - Action **Create Contact** Tool to create a new contact (customer or vendor) in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to add a new business relationship to your organization. - Action **Create Contact Person** Tool to create a contact person. Use when you need to add a new contact person to an existing contact in Zoho Inventory. - Action **Create Credit Note** Tool to create a new credit note in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to issue a credit note to a customer for returns, refunds, or adjustments. - Action **Create Customer Payment** Tool to create a customer payment in Zoho Inventory. Use when recording a payment received from a customer against one or more invoices. - Action **Create Invoice** Tool to create a new invoice in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to invoice a customer for products or services sold. - Action **Create Item** Tool to create a new item in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to add a new product or service to your inventory catalog. - Action **Create Item Group** Tool to create an item group in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to create a new item group with multiple items that share common attributes like size or color variations. - Action **Create Package** Tool to create a package for a sales order in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to prepare items from a sales order for shipping. - Action **Create Purchase Order** Tool to create a purchase order in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to order goods or services from a vendor. - Action **Create Sales Order** Tool to create a sales order in Zoho Inventory. Use when a customer places an order for products and you need to track the sale before invoicing. - Action **Deactivate Contact** Tool to mark a contact as inactive in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to deactivate a contact without permanently deleting it. - Action **Deactivate Item** Tool to mark an item as inactive in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to deactivate an item without permanently deleting it. - Action **Deactivate Item Group** Tool to mark an item group as inactive in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to deactivate an item group and all its items without permanently deleting them. - Action **Delete Contact** Tool to delete a contact. Use when you need to remove an existing contact from your organization after confirming it is no longer needed. - Action **Delete Contact Person** Tool to delete a contact person. Use when you need to remove a contact person from your organization after confirming it is no longer needed. - Action **Delete Invoice** Tool to delete an invoice. Use when you need to remove an existing invoice that has no payments or credits applied. - Action **Delete Invoice Attachment** Tool to delete an invoice attachment. Use when you need to remove a file attached to an invoice. - Action **Delete Invoice Comment** Delete a specific comment from an invoice in Zoho Inventory. - Action **Delete Item** Tool to delete an item. Use when you need to remove an existing inventory item after confirming it is not referenced in any transactions. - Action **Delete Item Group** Tool to delete an item group. Use to remove an existing item group that is no longer needed. - Action **Delete Item Image** Tool to delete an image associated with an item. Use when you need to remove an item's image after ensuring it's no longer required. - Action **Delete Package** Tool to delete a package. Use when you need to remove an existing package created for a sales order. - Action **Delete Sales Order** Tool to delete a sales order. Use when you need to remove an existing sales order. - Action **Disable Payment Reminder** Tool to disable payment reminders for an invoice. Use when you want to stop automatic payment reminders for an invoice after it has been issued. - Action **Email Contact** Tool to email a contact in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to send an email to a specific contact with a custom subject and body. - Action **Email Contact Statement** Tool to email a statement of transactions to a contact. Use when you need to send account statements to customers or vendors. - Action **Email Credit Note** Tool to email a credit note to customers. Use when you need to send a credit note via email to recipients. - Action **Email Invoice** Tool to email a specific invoice to customers. Use when you need to send an invoice via email, with optional attachments. - Action **Enable Invoice Payment Reminder** Tool to enable payment reminders for an invoice. Use when you want to activate automatic payment reminders for an invoice after it has been issued. - Action **Get Contact** Tool to retrieve a specific contact by ID from Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to get detailed information about a customer or vendor contact. - Action **Get Contact Address** Tool to get contact address. Use when you need to retrieve address information for a specific contact. - Action **Get Credit Note** Tool to retrieve a credit note by ID. Use when you need to fetch detailed information about a specific credit note. - Action **Get Credit Note Email Content** Tool to get credit note email content including subject, body, recipients, and available templates. Use when you need to preview or retrieve the email content for a credit note before sending it. - Action **Get Current User** Tool to get details of the currently authenticated user in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to retrieve user profile information, permissions, or validate the authenticated user. - Action **Get Invoice** Retrieve the complete details of one existing invoice by invoice ID. - Action **Get Item** Retrieve the complete details of one existing inventory item by item ID. - Action **Get Package** Retrieve complete details for one existing package by ID. - Action **Get Purchase Order** Retrieve complete details for one existing purchase order by ID. - Action **Get Sales Order** Tool to retrieve the details of an existing sales order. Use when you need to get complete information about a sales order including line items, customer details, shipping information, and order status. - Action **Get Variant Opening Stock** Retrieve opening-stock configuration for one item variant. - Action **List Bills** Tool to list bills. Use when needing to fetch bills for an organization. - Action **List Contacts** Tool to list all contacts (customers and vendors) in Zoho Inventory. Use when needing to fetch contacts for an organization. - Action **List Credit Notes** Tool to list all credit notes. Use when needing to fetch credit notes for an organization. Supports filtering by status, customer, date, and other criteria. - Action **List Currencies** Tool to list all currencies configured in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to retrieve available currencies, exchange rates, or identify the base currency for an organization. - Action **List Customer Payments** List customer payments for a Zoho Inventory organization. - Action **List Invoice Payments** Tool to list all payments received for a specific invoice. Use when you need to retrieve payment records for an invoice. - Action **List Invoices** Tool to list all invoices in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to retrieve invoices for an organization. - Action **List Items** Tool to list all items in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to retrieve inventory items for an organization. - Action **List Organizations** Tool to list all organizations the user has access to in Zoho Inventory. Use when you need to get organization IDs or view available organizations. This action does not require organization_id as a parameter. - Action **List Purchase Orders** Tool to list purchase orders. Use when needing to fetch purchase orders for an organization. - Action **List Sales Orders** Tool to list sales orders. Use when needing to fetch sales orders for an organization. - Action **Update Contact** Update editable details for one customer or vendor contact. - Action **Update Item** Update editable catalog details for one existing Zoho Inventory item. - Action **Update Variant Opening Stock** Update organization-level or location-level opening stock for one variant. ## Each app on its own - [ **Files.com** Files.com is Smart Cloud Storage for modern teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/files-com) - [ **Zoho Inventory** Zoho Inventory helps businesses track stock, manage orders, and sync inventory across multiple sales...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-inventory) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Files.com - [ **Files.com to CVE.report** CVE records with NVD KEV and EPSS enrichment](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-cve-report) - [ **Files.com to LeadSimple** LeadSimple is the CRM that property management and real estate companies use to scale and grow.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-leadsimple) - [ **Files.com to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-hubspot) - [ **Files.com to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-salesforce) - [ **Files.com to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zoho Inventory when something happens in Files.com? Any of Zoho Inventory's 64 actions, including Create Bill, Create Contact, Create Contact Person and Create Credit Note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho Inventory to Files.com? Zoho Inventory has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Files.com. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Zoho Inventory's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Files.com or Zoho Inventory? 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 Files.com and Zoho Inventory 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.