--- title: "Connect Productive.io and Zoho Books - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New time entry\" fires in Productive.io, your agent runs \"Add customer payment\" in Zoho Books." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-zoho-books" --- # Connect Productive.io and Zoho Books When **New time entry** fires in [Productive.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/productive-io), your agent runs **Add customer payment** in [Zoho Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books), or **New bill** in Zoho Books to **Add Comment to Deal** in Productive.io. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Productive.io **1** trigger Productive.io **34** actions Zoho Books **6** triggers Zoho Books **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Productive.io and Zoho Books 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 Productive.io and Zoho Books can do together ### From Productive.io to Zoho Books - When **New time entry** in Productive.io then **Add customer payment** in Zoho Books - When **New time entry** in Productive.io then **Create Customer** in Zoho Books ### From Zoho Books to Productive.io - When **New bill** in Zoho Books then **Add Comment to Deal** in Productive.io - When **New Customer** in Zoho Books then **Add comment to task** in Productive.io 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 Productive.io and Zoho Books ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 52 actions - Trigger **New time entry** Triggers when a new time entry is tracked in Productive. - Action **Add Comment to Deal** Adds a comment to a deal in Productive. - Action **Add comment to task** Adds a comment to a task in Productive. - Action **Add expense** Creates a new expense in Productive, optionally allocated to a budget service. - Action **Add invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client company in Productive. - Action **Add time entry** Creates a time entry in Productive, logging minutes a person worked on a service (and optionally a task) on a given date. - Action **Create Booking** Creates a booking that schedules a person's time on a service or an absence event over a date range in Productive. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company (client) in Productive with its billing, invoicing and contact details. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact (person) in Productive, linked to a client company. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a new deal in Productive with a name, owner, deal type and date, plus optional value, company, contact and other deal details. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in Productive with a name, type, project manager and workflow, optionally linked to a client company. - Action **Create Service** Creates a service (a billable line of work) on a Productive deal or budget. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task in a Productive project task list, with optional assignee, dates, estimates, tags and recurrence. - Action **Create Task List** Creates a task list inside a project folder in Productive. - Action **Delete task** Permanently deletes a task in Productive. - Action **Find Company** Finds companies in Productive by name or company code and returns the matches. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts (client people) in Productive by search text, email or company, returning the matches and the first one. - Action **Find Deal** Finds deals in Productive by name, number or company and returns the matches. - Action **Find invoices by criteria** Returns invoices matching an invoice number and/or company, with the first match and a count. - Action **Find projects by criteria** Finds projects matching a name, client company, project manager or status, returning the matches and the first one. - Action **Find Task** Finds tasks matching a title, number, search text, project, task list, assignee or status, and returns the first match plus the full list. - Action **Find time entries by criteria** Returns time entries matching the criteria you give, such as person, service, task or date range. - Action **Find User** Finds users (team members) in your Productive organization by name or email and returns the matches. - Action **Get Booking** Returns a single booking (resource-planning allocation of a person to a service or event) by its ID, including dates, hours and custom fields. - Action **Get Comment** Returns a single comment by its ID, including its body, timestamps and the task, deal or other record it was posted on. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single expense by its ID, including amounts, dates, approval status, custom fields and related records. - Action **Get Service** Returns a single service (a budget or deal line item) by its ID, including its attributes and custom field values. - Action **Get Task List** Returns a single task list by its ID, including its name, position, archive status and its project, board and folder. - Action **Update booking** Updates an existing booking in Productive, such as its dates, booked time, note or assigned service. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing company in Productive. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact (person) in Productive. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Deal** Updates an existing deal or budget in Productive, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Update project** Updates an existing project in Productive. Only the values you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing task in Productive. Only the values you fill in are changed. - Action **Update time entry** Updates an existing time entry in Productive, changing only the fields you fill in. - Trigger **New bill** Triggered when a new bill is created - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when an expense is created. - Trigger **New Item** Triggers when a new item is created. - Trigger **New Sales Invoice** Triggers when a new sales invoice is created. - Action **Add bill** Creates a bill received from a vendor in Zoho Books. - Action **Add customer payment** Record a customer payment. - Action **Add expense** Create an expense. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer contact in a Zoho Books organization. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate. - Action **Create Item** Creates a new item. - Action **Create Sales Invoice** Creates a new sales invoice. - Action **Find customers by criteria** Returns the customers in a Zoho Books organization that match the specified criteria (name, company, contact person, address, email, phone, status or free text). - Action **Find Invoice** Returns up to 200 invoices that match the specified criteria, such as invoice number, customer, status or date range. - Action **Get Bill** Returns one vendor bill from Zoho Books, including its number, vendor, status and total. - Action **Get customer** Get a contact by id. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns one estimate (quote) from Zoho Books, including its number, customer, status and total. - Action **Get Expense** Returns one expense recorded in Zoho Books, including its amount, date and accounts. - Action **Get Item** Returns one item from your Zoho Books item list, including its name, rate and description. - Action **Get sales invoice** Retrieves the details of an existing invoice in Zoho Books. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer in Zoho Books. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update item** Update an item. - Action **Update sales invoice** Updates an existing sales invoice in Zoho Books. The line items you send replace the invoice's line items. ## Each app on its own - [ **Productive.io** Productive is a project management tool that includes everything you need to run a profitable agency.](https://apiant.ai/connections/productive-io) - [ **Zoho Books** Zoho Books is cloud-based accounting software in which you can record, audit and analyze all financial...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Productive.io - [ **Productive.io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-salesforce) - [ **Productive.io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-slack) - [ **Productive.io to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-stripe) - [ **Productive.io to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-shopify) - [ **Productive.io to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Productive.io to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-trello) ## More into Zoho Books - [ **HubSpot to Zoho Books** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-books) - [ **Salesforce to Zoho Books** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-books) - [ **Slack to Zoho Books** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-books) - [ **Google Sheets to Zoho Books** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-books) - [ **Gmail to Zoho Books** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-books) - [ **Google Calendar to Zoho Books** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-books) Questions ## Productive.io and Zoho Books, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Productive.io? Any of Productive.io's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New time entry. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zoho Books when something happens in Productive.io? Any of Zoho Books's 18 actions, including Create Customer, Create Estimate, Create Item and Create Sales Invoice. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho Books to Productive.io? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Books, your agent can act in Productive.io too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Books's triggers and Productive.io's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Productive.io or Zoho Books? 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 Productive.io and Zoho Books 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.