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title: "Connect Quaderno and Zoho FSM - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Quaderno, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in Zoho FSM, or \"New Module Entry\" in Zoho FSM to \"Add invoice payment\" in Quaderno."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/quaderno-to-zoho-fsm"
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# Connect Quaderno and Zoho FSM

When **New Contact** fires in [Quaderno](https://apiant.ai/connections/quaderno), your agent runs **Add contact** in [Zoho FSM](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-fsm), or **New Module Entry** in Zoho FSM to **Add invoice payment** in Quaderno. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Quaderno **3** triggers Quaderno **24** actions Zoho FSM **3** triggers Zoho FSM **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 Quaderno and Zoho FSM 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 Quaderno and Zoho FSM can do together

### From Quaderno to Zoho FSM

- When **New Contact** in Quaderno then **Add contact** in Zoho FSM
- When **New Invoice** in Quaderno then **Add work order** in Zoho FSM

### From Zoho FSM to Quaderno

- When **New Module Entry** in Zoho FSM then **Add invoice payment** in Quaderno
- When **New/Updated Module Entry** in Zoho FSM then **Create Contact** in Quaderno

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 Quaderno and Zoho FSM

## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 37 actions

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in Quaderno.

- Trigger

**New Invoice**

Triggers when a new invoice is created in Quaderno.

- Trigger

**New Sale**

Triggers when a new sale is recorded in Quaderno, i.e. a new invoice or receipt is created.

- Action

**Add invoice payment**

Records a payment against a Quaderno invoice. When total payments reach the invoice amount, the invoice is marked as paid.

- Action

**Add product**

Creates a new product in Quaderno that can be used as a line item on invoices, credit notes and expenses.

- Action

**Add receipt**

Creates a paid receipt in Quaderno for a completed sale, with its customer, line items and payment method.

- Action

**Calculate tax rate**

Calculates the tax rate and tax amount that applies to a sale for a given customer location and product type.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a new contact (customer or vendor) in Quaderno and returns the created contact.

- Action

**Create Estimate**

Creates an estimate (proforma) in Quaderno for a customer, with line items, dates and notes.

- Action

**Create Expense**

Creates an expense in Quaderno for a vendor, with its line items, and returns the new expense.

- Action

**Create Invoice**

Creates an invoice for a customer with line items; optionally records full payment so the invoice is marked paid.

- Action

**Create Paid Invoice**

Creates an invoice for a customer and records a full payment against it, so the invoice is marked paid.

- Action

**Create Sale**

Records a sale in Quaderno, which calculates taxes and issues the matching invoice or receipt for the customer.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Permanently deletes a contact (customer or vendor) from your Quaderno account.

- Action

**Find Contact**

Finds contacts whose name, email or tax ID matches the search text, or whose payment-processor ID matches.

- Action

**Find Sale**

Finds sales (invoices) by invoice number, customer name or PO number, payment processor transaction id, customer, state or issue date range, and returns the matches.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a single Quaderno contact (customer or vendor) by its ID.

- Action

**Get Estimate**

Returns a single estimate (proforma) by its id, including its number, customer, line items, taxes and totals.

- Action

**Get Expense**

Returns the details of an existing expense in your Quaderno account.

- Action

**Get invoice**

Returns a single invoice by its id, including number, contact, line items, taxes, totals and payments.

- Action

**Get product**

Returns a single product (item) from your Quaderno account by its id, including its name, code, price and tax settings.

- Action

**Get Receipt**

Returns a receipt by its id, including number, totals, taxes, contact and payment details.

- Action

**Update contact**

Updates an existing Quaderno contact. Fields left blank keep their current values.

- Action

**Update invoice**

Updates the editable fields of an existing invoice: PO number, tags, payment details, notes, custom metadata and billing address.

- Action

**Update product**

Updates an existing product in Quaderno. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Validate tax ID**

Checks whether a customer's tax ID (EU/UK VAT, ABN, NZBN, QST, Swiss UID) is valid and belongs to a real business.

- Action

**Void invoice**

Voids an existing invoice in Quaderno and returns the voided invoice.

- Trigger

**New Module Entry**

Triggers when a new record is created in the chosen Zoho FSM module, such as a work order, request or contact.

- Trigger

**New/Updated Module Entry**

Triggers when a record in the chosen Zoho FSM module is created or updated.

- Trigger

**Updated Module Entry**

Triggers when an existing record in the chosen Zoho FSM module is changed.

- Action

**Add asset**

Creates a new asset in Zoho FSM, optionally linked to a part, contact and company.

- Action

**Add company**

Creates a new company record in Zoho FSM.

- Action

**Add contact**

Creates a new contact in Zoho FSM and returns its id.

- Action

**Add estimate**

Creates a new estimate in Zoho FSM for a contact and company, with optional service and part line items.

- Action

**Add note**

Adds a note to a request, estimate, work order, service appointment, contact or asset record.

- Action

**Add request**

Creates a new service request in Zoho FSM for a contact or company.

- Action

**Add service appointment**

Creates a service appointment for line items of an existing work order in Zoho FSM, scheduled for the given start and end time.

- Action

**Add work order**

Creates a new work order in Zoho FSM with its service line items, customer and addresses.

- Action

**Create Module Entry**

Creates a new record in any Zoho FSM module (Companies, Contacts, Assets, Requests, Work Orders and more) from the field values you supply.

- Action

**Find Module Entry**

Finds records in a Zoho FSM module (such as Contacts, Companies or Work Orders) whose chosen field matches a search value.

- Action

**Get Related Records**

Returns the records related to a Zoho FSM record, such as the notes, work orders or service appointments linked to a contact.

- Action

**Update Module Entry**

Updates an existing record in a Zoho FSM module, such as a company, contact, asset, request or work order, with the field values you supply.

- Action

**Update work order**

Updates an existing work order in Zoho FSM, such as its summary, contact, company, addresses or service line items.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Quaderno** Quaderno is a tax software that handles sales tax, VAT, and GST for your online business.](https://apiant.ai/connections/quaderno)
- [ **Zoho FSM** Zoho FSM helps you manage work orders, streamline operations and run your field service business efficiently.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-fsm)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## Quaderno and Zoho FSM, answered

###

### What can start an automation from Quaderno?

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

###

### What can your agent do in Zoho FSM when something happens in Quaderno?

Any of Zoho FSM's 13 actions, including Create Module Entry, Update Module Entry, Update work order and Add asset. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Zoho FSM to Quaderno?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Quaderno or Zoho FSM?

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 Quaderno and Zoho FSM 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.
