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title: "Connect Freshdesk and Podio - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Company\" fires in Freshdesk, your agent runs \"Create Task\" in Podio, or \"Item Updated\" in Podio to \"Add Note to Ticket\" in Freshdesk."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-podio"
---

# Connect Freshdesk and Podio

When **New Company** fires in [Freshdesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshdesk), your agent runs **Create Task** in [Podio](https://apiant.ai/connections/podio), or **Item Updated** in Podio to **Add Note to Ticket** in Freshdesk. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Freshdesk **3** triggers Freshdesk **21** actions Podio **8** triggers Podio **14** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Freshdesk and Podio 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 Freshdesk and Podio can do together

### From Freshdesk to Podio

- When **New Company** in Freshdesk then **Create Task** in Podio
- When **New Contact** in Freshdesk then **Update task** in Podio

### From Podio to Freshdesk

- When **Item Updated** in Podio then **Add Note to Ticket** in Freshdesk
- When **New Activity** in Podio then **Create Contact** in Freshdesk

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 Freshdesk and Podio

## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 35 actions

- Trigger

**New Company**

Triggers when a new company is created.

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created.

- Trigger

**New Ticket**

Triggers when a new ticket is created.

- Action

**Add Note to Ticket**

Adds a private or public note to a ticket.

- Action

**Create Company**

Creates a new company.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a new contact.

- Action

**Create Ticket**

Creates a new ticket in Freshdesk.

- Action

**Delete Contact**

Deletes a contact by ID.

- Action

**Delete Ticket**

Deletes a ticket by ID.

- Action

**Get Agent**

Retrieves an agent by ID.

- Action

**Get Company**

Retrieves a company by ID.

- Action

**Get Contact**

Retrieves a contact by ID.

- Action

**Get Ticket**

Retrieves a single ticket by ID.

- Action

**List Agents**

Lists all agents.

- Action

**List Companies**

Lists companies.

- Action

**List Contacts**

Lists contacts.

- Action

**List Ticket Conversations**

Lists all conversations (replies and notes) on a ticket.

- Action

**List Tickets**

Lists tickets, most recently updated first.

- Action

**Reply to Ticket**

Adds a public reply to a ticket conversation.

- Action

**Search Contacts**

Searches contacts using a Freshdesk query string.

- Action

**Search Tickets**

Searches tickets using a Freshdesk query string.

- Action

**Update Company**

Updates a company by ID.

- Action

**Update Contact**

Updates a contact by ID.

- Action

**Update Ticket**

Updates an existing ticket by ID.

- Trigger

**Item Updated**

Fires when an item in the chosen Podio app is created or edited (each new item revision).

- Trigger

**New Activity**

Fires when activity occurs on any object (item, status, task, action, file) in the connected user's global Podio stream.

- Trigger

**New Application**

Fires when a new Podio app becomes available to the connected user.

- Trigger

**New Item**

Triggers when you add a new item, record or entry to an app (standard or custom).

- Trigger

**New Organization**

Triggers when you add a new organization.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when you add a new task.

- Trigger

**New View**

Fires when a new view is created on a Podio app.

- Trigger

**New Workspace**

Fires when a new workspace appears among the workspaces you are a member of, across all your organizations.

- Action

**Add comment**

Add a comment to an object (item, task, status).

- Action

**Attach File**

Upload a file to Podio and attach it to an item, task, comment, or status message.

- Action

**Create Item**

Create a new item, record or entry inside an app (standard or custom).

- Action

**Create Status**

Add a status update to a workspace stream.

- Action

**Create Task**

Create a new task.

- Action

**Delete item**

Delete an item.

- Action

**Find Item**

Find an item by title in an app.

- Action

**Get app**

Get an app definition including fields.

- Action

**Get item**

Get an item by id.

- Action

**Get Status**

Returns a status message posted to a workspace, with its text and author.

- Action

**Get task**

Get a task by id.

- Action

**List items**

List items in an app with paging/sort.

- Action

**Update Item**

Update an item, record or entry inside an app (standard or custom).

- Action

**Update task**

Update a task's text, due date, responsible etc.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Freshdesk** Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer support and helpdesk platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshdesk)
- [ **Podio** Podio is a collaborative work platform that's perfect for managing projects, teams, and anything else in...](https://apiant.ai/connections/podio)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Freshdesk

- [ **Freshdesk to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-hubspot)
- [ **Freshdesk to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-salesforce)
- [ **Freshdesk to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-slack)
- [ **Freshdesk to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-mailchimp)
- [ **Freshdesk to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-stripe)
- [ **Freshdesk to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-shopify)

## More into Podio

- [ **HubSpot to Podio** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-podio)
- [ **Google Sheets to Podio** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-podio)
- [ **Gmail to Podio** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-podio)
- [ **Google Calendar to Podio** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-podio)
- [ **Google Drive to Podio** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-podio)
- [ **Mailchimp to Podio** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-podio)

Questions

## Freshdesk and Podio, answered

###

### What can start an automation from Freshdesk?

Any of Freshdesk's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Company, New Contact and New Ticket. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Podio when something happens in Freshdesk?

Any of Podio's 14 actions, including Create Item, Create Status, Create Task and Update Item. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Podio to Freshdesk?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Freshdesk or Podio?

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 Freshdesk and Podio 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.
