--- title: "Connect Resource Planner and Zoho Books - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project\" fires in Resource Planner, your agent runs \"Add customer payment\" in Zoho Books." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-zoho-books" --- # Connect Resource Planner and Zoho Books When **New Project** fires in [Resource Planner](https://apiant.ai/connections/resource-planner), your agent runs **Add customer payment** in [Zoho Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books), or **New bill** in Zoho Books to **Create Project** in Resource Planner. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Resource Planner **2** triggers Resource Planner **11** 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 Resource Planner 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 Resource Planner and Zoho Books can do together ### From Resource Planner to Zoho Books - When **New Project** in Resource Planner then **Add customer payment** in Zoho Books - When **New Resource** in Resource Planner then **Create Customer** in Zoho Books ### From Zoho Books to Resource Planner - When **New bill** in Zoho Books then **Create Project** in Resource Planner - When **New Customer** in Zoho Books then **Update project** in Resource Planner 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 Resource Planner and Zoho Books ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 29 actions - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in the workspace. - Trigger **New Resource** Triggers when a new resource (person) is added to the Resource Planner workspace. - Action **Create Assignment** Creates an assignment that books a resource on a project for a date range, optionally with a linked task. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in your Resource Planner workspace, with optional color, note, estimated size in hours, and billing rates. - Action **Create Resource** Creates a new resource (a person) in your Resource Planner workspace, optionally inviting them with an access role. - Action **Delete assignment** Removes an assignment from the Resource Planner schedule. - Action **Delete project** Deletes a project and all of its assignments. - Action **Delete resource** Deletes a resource (person) from your Resource Planner workspace, along with all of their assignments. - Action **Find Project** Returns the projects whose ID matches, or whose title or note contains, the search text. - Action **Find Resource** Returns the resources (people) in your workspace whose ID, name, email or note matches the search text. - Action **Update assignment** Updates an existing assignment in Resource Planner — its date range, hours per day, note, project or resource, or linked task details. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update project** Updates an existing project's title, color, note, estimated hours, billing rate or per-person rate overrides. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update resource** Updates an existing resource (person) in Resource Planner, changing only the details you supply such as name, email, capacity, cost, work days or access settings. - 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 - [ **Resource Planner** Resource Planner is a tool for team planning and vacation management for team of all sizes.](https://apiant.ai/connections/resource-planner) - [ **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 Resource Planner - [ **Resource Planner to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-salesforce) - [ **Resource Planner to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-slack) - [ **Resource Planner to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-stripe) - [ **Resource Planner to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-shopify) - [ **Resource Planner to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-trello) - [ **Resource Planner to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-zoom) ## 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 ## Resource Planner and Zoho Books, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Resource Planner? Any of Resource Planner's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Project and New Resource. 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 Resource Planner? 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 Resource Planner? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Books, your agent can act in Resource Planner too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Books's triggers and Resource Planner's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Resource Planner 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 Resource Planner 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.