--- title: "Connect Follow Up Boss and Zoho Writer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Deal Stage Updated\" fires in Follow Up Boss, your agent runs \"Merge a Template and Send Email\" in Zoho Writer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/follow-up-boss-to-zoho-writer" --- # Connect Follow Up Boss and Zoho Writer When **Deal Stage Updated** fires in [Follow Up Boss](https://apiant.ai/connections/follow-up-boss), 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 Tags to a Contact** in Follow Up Boss. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Follow Up Boss **8** triggers Follow Up Boss **29** 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 Follow Up Boss 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Follow Up Boss and Zoho Writer can do together ### From Follow Up Boss to Zoho Writer - When **Deal Stage Updated** in Follow Up Boss then **Merge a Template and Send Email** in Zoho Writer - When **New Appointment** in Follow Up Boss then **Add document** in Zoho Writer ### From Zoho Writer to Follow Up Boss - When **New Document** in Zoho Writer then **Add Tags to a Contact** in Follow Up Boss - When **New Document Moved to Folder** in Zoho Writer then **Create Contact Without Triggering Action Plans** in Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss and Zoho Writer ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 42 actions - Trigger **Deal Stage Updated** Triggers when a deal in Follow Up Boss is updated, including when it moves to a new pipeline stage. - Trigger **New Appointment** Triggers when a new appointment is created in Follow Up Boss. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added in Follow Up Boss. - Trigger **New Deal** Triggers when a new deal is created in Follow Up Boss. - Trigger **New task** Triggers when a new task is created in Follow Up Boss, optionally limited to a person, assignee, type or due range. - Trigger **Person Stage Updated** Triggers when a contact (person) in Follow Up Boss moves to a different stage. - Trigger **Tag Added to Contact** Triggers when one or more tags are added to a contact in Follow Up Boss. - Trigger **Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is added or updated in Follow Up Boss. - Action **Add appointment** Creates an appointment in Follow Up Boss, optionally inviting users and contacts. - Action **Add Collaborators** Sets the collaborating users on a Follow Up Boss contact. - Action **Add Tags to a Contact** Adds one or more tags to a Follow Up Boss contact, keeping the tags the contact already has. - Action **Apply an Action Plan to a Contact** Applies an existing action plan to a Follow Up Boss contact. - Action **Change Stage of a Contact** Moves a contact (person) in Follow Up Boss to a different stage. - Action **Create Contact Without Triggering Action Plans** Creates a contact (person) in Follow Up Boss directly, without running lead-flow automations, agent notifications or action plans. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a deal in Follow Up Boss in the chosen pipeline stage, optionally linked to contacts and agents. - Action **Create Note** Adds a note to a contact (person) in Follow Up Boss. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task on a Follow Up Boss contact, optionally assigned to an agent with a due date and reminder. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact (person) from Follow Up Boss by its id. - Action **Find a Contact** Searches Follow Up Boss contacts by email, phone, name, stage, tags and other criteria, and returns the matching people. - Action **Get Action Plan Assignment** Returns one action plan assignment — which action plan is applied to which contact, and its status. - Action **Get Appointment** Returns a single Follow Up Boss appointment by its ID. - Action **Get Call** Returns a single call logged in Follow Up Boss, looked up by its ID. - Action **Get contact** Returns a Follow Up Boss contact (person) by ID, including custom fields. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single deal by its id, including its pipeline, stage, price, linked people and users, and any deal custom fields. - Action **Get Note** Returns a single note by its id, including its subject, body and the contact it belongs to. - Action **List Action Plan Assignments** Returns the action plans applied to a contact, or the contacts on an action plan. - Action **List tasks** Returns a list of tasks in Follow Up Boss, optionally filtered by contact, assigned agent, name, type, completion status or due date. - Action **List users** Returns the users (agents, brokers, lenders) in the Follow Up Boss account, optionally filtered by role, name or email. - Action **Log Call** Logs a phone call on a Follow Up Boss contact, with its outcome, note and duration. - Action **Pause an Action Plan for a Contact** Pauses an action plan that is running for a contact, so its remaining steps stop until it is resumed. - Action **Reassign Agent** Reassigns a Follow Up Boss contact to a different agent, by user id or agent name. - Action **Send Inquiry or Website Event** Sends a lead inquiry or website activity event (registration, property inquiry, viewed page, etc.) to Follow Up Boss, creating or updating the matching contact. - Action **Update appointment** Updates an existing appointment in Follow Up Boss, such as its time, title, invitees, type or outcome. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact (person) in Follow Up Boss, including names, emails, phones, tags, stage, assignment and custom fields. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in Follow Up Boss, including its stage, people, agents, price, dates and custom field values. - Action **Update note** Edits an existing note's subject, content, or associated contact in Follow Up Boss. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task in Follow Up Boss, such as its name, type, assignee, related contact or completion status. - 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 - [ **Follow Up Boss** Simple lead management software for real estate agents and brokers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/follow-up-boss) - [ **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 Follow Up Boss - [ **Follow Up Boss to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/follow-up-boss-to-hubspot) - [ **Follow Up Boss to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/follow-up-boss-to-salesforce) - [ **Follow Up Boss 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 Writer when something happens in Follow Up Boss? 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 Follow Up Boss? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Writer, your agent can act in Follow Up Boss too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Writer's triggers and Follow Up Boss's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss 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.