--- title: "Connect Teachworks and Zoho CRM - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Lesson Completed\" fires in Teachworks, your agent runs \"Add or update record (upsert)\" in Zoho CRM." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/teachworks-to-zoho-crm" --- # Connect Teachworks and Zoho CRM When **Lesson Completed** fires in [Teachworks](https://apiant.ai/connections/teachworks), your agent runs **Add or update record (upsert)** in [Zoho CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-crm), or **New or updated record** in Zoho CRM to **Add payment allocation** in Teachworks. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Teachworks **17** triggers Teachworks **28** actions Zoho CRM **2** triggers Zoho CRM **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 Teachworks and Zoho CRM 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 Teachworks and Zoho CRM can do together ### From Teachworks to Zoho CRM - When **Lesson Completed** in Teachworks then **Add or update record (upsert)** in Zoho CRM - When **New Availability** in Teachworks then **Add tag to record** in Zoho CRM ### From Zoho CRM to Teachworks - When **New or updated record** in Zoho CRM then **Add payment allocation** in Teachworks - When **New record** in Zoho CRM then **Add profile note** in Teachworks 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 Teachworks and Zoho CRM ## Triggers and actions 19 triggers · 41 actions - Trigger **Lesson Completed** Triggers when a lesson is marked completed in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Availability** Triggers when a new availability block is added for a teacher or employee. - Trigger **New Cost Premium** Triggers when a new cost premium is created in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Employee** Triggers when a new employee (teacher or staff member) is added in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Lesson** Triggers when a new lesson is scheduled in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Lesson Participant** Triggers when a student is added to a lesson as a new lesson participant. - Trigger **New Location** Triggers when a new location (or sub-location) is added in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Other Event** Triggers when a new other event (such as an open house or staff meeting) is added to the Teachworks calendar. - Trigger **New Package Balance Alert** Triggers when a customer's package balance is created or recalculated in Teachworks (for example after lessons use package units). - Trigger **New Payment** Triggers when a new payment is recorded in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Refund** Triggers when a new refund is recorded against a customer's payment in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Service** Triggers when a new service is created in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Student** Triggers when a new student is added in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Unavailability** Triggers when a new unavailability (time off) is added for an employee in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Wage Payment** Triggers when a new wage payment to an employee is recorded in Teachworks. - Trigger **New Wage Tier** Triggers when a new wage tier is created in Teachworks. - Action **Add location** Creates a new location in your Teachworks account. - Action **Add payment allocation** Allocates part or all of a payment to an invoice. - Action **Add profile note** Creates a profile note on a customer (family) or student. - Action **Add student to lesson** Adds a student to an existing scheduled lesson and returns the updated lesson with its participants. - Action **Add wage payment** Creates a wage payment for an employee in Teachworks. - Action **Complete lesson** Completes a Teachworks lesson: sets attendance status for the lesson or each participant, and records charges and lesson notes. - Action **Create Child Student** Creates a child student who belongs to a family, with their fees billed to that family. - Action **Create Employee** Creates a new employee (teacher or staff member) in Teachworks. - Action **Create Family** Creates a family customer in Teachworks. Families are billed for the lessons of their child students. - Action **Create Independent Student** Creates an independent student in Teachworks: a directly billed customer together with its associated student record. - Action **Create Lesson** Creates a single lesson in Teachworks with a teacher, service, students, location and start/end date and time. - Action **Create Payment** Creates a payment received from a customer (family or independent student). - Action **Find Child Student** Finds child students (students belonging to a family) matching the name, email, phone or other details you supply. - Action **Find Customer** Finds customers (families and independent students) matching name, email, phone, address, type or status, and returns the first match plus all matches. - Action **Find Employee** Finds employees (teachers and staff) matching the name, email, location, status or subject you give, and returns the first match plus the full list. - Action **Find Family** Finds family customers in Teachworks matching the name, email, phone, address or status you supply, returning the first match and the full list. - Action **Find Independent Student (Full Details)** Finds independent-student customers matching the search criteria and returns their full customer profile, including the student details and custom fields. - Action **Find Independent Student (Student Details)** Finds independent students matching name, email, phone, school, status or other criteria and returns their student details. - Action **Find Payment** Finds payments by customer and/or payment date, returning the first match and the full list of matching payments. - Action **Get lesson** Returns a single lesson, including its time, teacher, service, location and participants. - Action **List lessons** Returns lessons in your Teachworks account, optionally filtered by teacher, student, location, service, status or date range. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer in Teachworks — a family or an independent student — including contact details, status, notification preferences and invoice schedules. - Action **Update Customer Custom Field Values** Sets the values of up to 10 custom profile fields on a Teachworks customer. - Action **Update employee** Updates an existing employee's profile, wage settings and user permissions in Teachworks. - Action **Update lesson** Updates an existing lesson's details, schedule, cost override and participants, and returns the updated lesson. - Action **Update payment** Updates an existing payment's customer, date, amount, description, payment method or Stripe transaction ID. - Action **Update student** Updates an existing child student in Teachworks, such as their name, contact details, status, billing and default teachers. - Action **Update Student Custom Field Values** Sets the values of up to 10 custom profile fields on a Teachworks student. - Trigger **New or updated record** Fires when a record is created or updated in the specified Zoho CRM module. Polls newest-first by Modified Time. - Trigger **New record** Fires when a new record is created in the specified Zoho CRM module. Polls newest-first by Created Time. - Action **Add note** Adds a note to a record in any supported Zoho CRM module. - Action **Add or update record (upsert)** Insert a record, or update it if a duplicate is found, in the specified Zoho CRM module. - Action **Add tag to record** Add one or more tags (comma-separated names) to a record in the specified module. - Action **Convert lead** Convert a lead into a contact, account, and optionally a deal. Pass conversion options (e.g. Deals, assign_to) as the Conversion object. - Action **Create record** Create a new record in the specified Zoho CRM module. - Action **Delete record** Delete a record by ID from the specified Zoho CRM module. - Action **Find records** Search for records in a module using Zoho CRM criteria, e.g. (Email:equals:foo@bar.com). Returns up to 200 matching records. - Action **Get record** Retrieve a single record by ID from the specified Zoho CRM module. - Action **List notes** Lists notes across all records in Zoho CRM (requires an administrator profile). - Action **List users** Retrieves users in the Zoho CRM organization, optionally filtered by user type or IDs. - Action **Query records (COQL)** Run a Zoho CRM Object Query Language (COQL) SELECT statement and return the matching records. - Action **Remove tag from record** Remove one or more tags (comma-separated names) from a record in the specified module. - Action **Update record** Update an existing record by ID in the specified Zoho CRM module. ## Each app on its own - [ **Teachworks** Teachworks is a simple, easy-to-use system that education companies use for managing teachers, students...](https://apiant.ai/connections/teachworks) - [ **Zoho CRM** Zoho CRM makes it easy to get the complete picture of your sales cycle and stay on top of your business...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-crm) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Teachworks - [ **Teachworks to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/teachworks-to-trello) - [ **Teachworks to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teachworks-to-zoom) - [ **Teachworks to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teachworks-to-twilio) - [ **Teachworks to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/teachworks-to-typeform) - [ **Teachworks to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teachworks-to-webflow) - [ **Teachworks to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teachworks-to-wix) ## More into Zoho CRM - [ **HubSpot to Zoho CRM** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-crm) - [ **Salesforce to Zoho CRM** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-crm) - [ **Slack to Zoho CRM** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-crm) - [ **Google Sheets to Zoho CRM** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-crm) - [ **Gmail to Zoho CRM** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-crm) - [ **Google Calendar to Zoho CRM** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-crm) Questions ## Teachworks and Zoho CRM, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Teachworks? Any of Teachworks's 17 triggers in the catalog, including Lesson Completed, New Availability, New Cost Premium and New Employee. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zoho CRM when something happens in Teachworks? Any of Zoho CRM's 13 actions, including Create record, Update record, Add note and Add or update record (upsert). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho CRM to Teachworks? Yes. When something happens in Zoho CRM, your agent can act in Teachworks too. This page covers both directions: Zoho CRM's triggers and Teachworks's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Teachworks or Zoho CRM? 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 Teachworks and Zoho CRM 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.