--- title: "Connect Willo and Zendesk - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"List Users\" fires in Willo, your agent runs \"Create User\" in Zendesk, or \"New Messaging Conversation\" in Zendesk to \"Add department\" in Willo." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/willo-to-zendesk" --- # Connect Willo and Zendesk When **List Users** fires in [Willo](https://apiant.ai/connections/willo), your agent runs **Create User** in [Zendesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/zendesk), or **New Messaging Conversation** in Zendesk to **Add department** in Willo. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Willo **1** trigger Willo **19** actions Zendesk **3** triggers Zendesk **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 Willo and Zendesk 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 Willo and Zendesk can do together ### From Willo to Zendesk - When **List Users** in Willo then **Create User** in Zendesk - When **List Users** in Willo then **Update User** in Zendesk ### From Zendesk to Willo - When **New Messaging Conversation** in Zendesk then **Add department** in Willo - When **New Ticket** in Zendesk then **Add interview from template** in Willo 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 Willo and Zendesk ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 37 actions - Trigger **List Users** Triggers when a new user is added to your Willo account. - Action **Accept Candidate** Marks a participant in a Willo interview as Accepted and returns the updated participant. Can also update the participant's name, phone number and custom ID in the same step. - Action **Add department** Creates a new department in your Willo organisation and returns the department, including its key and branding. - Action **Add interview from template** Creates a new interview in Willo from one of your interview templates and returns the new interview. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company as a child organisation under your Willo organisation, with the owner you name. - Action **Create Interview** Creates a new video interview in Willo with its questions, department, message templates and settings. - Action **Delete interview** Deletes an interview from your Willo account. - Action **Delete participant** Deletes a participant from Willo. Returns whether the deletion was confirmed. - Action **Get interview** Returns a Willo interview by its key, including its questions, owner, department, reviewers, message templates and settings. An error occurs if the interview is not found. - Action **Get participant** Returns a Willo participant (candidate) with their contact details, status, interview, department, scores and answers. - Action **Get user** Returns a Willo user's details, including email, full name, phone, role and status. - Action **Invite Someone** Invites a person to a Willo interview as a participant and returns the new participant with their invite link. - Action **List departments** Returns the departments in your Willo organisation, optionally filtered by name, owner email or owner. - Action **List interviews** Returns the interviews in your Willo account, optionally narrowed by department, owner or a search term, and sorted the way you choose. - Action **List message templates** Returns the message templates (email and SMS) in your Willo account, optionally filtered by title, type or trigger. - Action **List participants** Returns the participants in your Willo account, optionally narrowed to an interview, department or owner, or by a text search. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your Willo account with their key, email and full name. - Action **Reject Candidate** Rejects a candidate by setting the participant's status to Rejected, optionally updating their name, phone or custom ID. - Action **Update interview** Updates an existing interview's details, questions, reviewers, message templates and settings, changing only the values you provide. Returns the updated interview. - Action **Update participant** Updates a participant's name, phone, status (Accepted or Rejected) or your own reference ID. - Trigger **New Messaging Conversation** Triggers when a customer starts a new conversation through Zendesk messaging (the web widget, mobile SDK or a social messaging channel). Each conversation arrives as its Zendesk ticket. - Trigger **New Ticket** Polling trigger that fires when a new ticket is created. - Trigger **New User** Polling trigger that fires when a new user is created. - Action **Add Comment to Ticket** Adds a public or private comment to an existing ticket. - Action **Create Organization** Creates a new organization. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a new ticket in Zendesk. - Action **Create User** Creates a new user (end-user or agent). - Action **Delete Ticket** Deletes a ticket by ID. - Action **Delete User** Soft-deletes a user by ID. - Action **Get Messaging User ID** Returns the Zendesk messaging ID for a user, so their messaging conversation can be looked up in Zendesk Messaging. - Action **Get Organization** Retrieves a single organization by ID. - Action **Get Ticket** Retrieves a single ticket by ID. - Action **Get User** Retrieves a single user by ID. - Action **List Organizations** Lists organizations in the account. - Action **List Ticket Comments** Lists all comments on a ticket. - Action **List Tickets** Lists tickets in the account. - Action **Search** Runs a Zendesk search query across tickets, users, and organizations. - Action **Search Users** Searches users by query (name, email, etc.). - Action **Update Organization** Updates an existing organization by ID. - Action **Update Ticket** Updates an existing ticket by ID. - Action **Update User** Updates an existing user by ID. ## Each app on its own - [ **Willo** Willo helps you get answers to your questions faster with video interviewing.](https://apiant.ai/connections/willo) - [ **Zendesk** Zendesk is a web-based help desk and customer support platform for managing tickets, users, and organizations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zendesk) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Willo - [ **Willo to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/willo-to-zoom) - [ **Willo 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/willo-to-wix) - [ **Willo to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/willo-to-linkedin) - [ **Willo to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/willo-to-facebook) - [ **Willo to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/willo-to-anthropic) - [ **Willo to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/willo-to-supabase) ## More into Zendesk - [ **HubSpot to Zendesk** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zendesk) - [ **Salesforce to Zendesk** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zendesk) - [ **Slack to Zendesk** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zendesk) - [ **Google Sheets to Zendesk** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zendesk) - [ **Gmail to Zendesk** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zendesk) - [ **Google Calendar to Zendesk** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zendesk) Questions ## Willo and Zendesk, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Willo? Any of Willo's 1 trigger in the catalog, including List Users. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zendesk when something happens in Willo? Any of Zendesk's 18 actions, including Create Organization, Create Ticket, Create User and Update Organization. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zendesk to Willo? Yes. When something happens in Zendesk, your agent can act in Willo too. This page covers both directions: Zendesk's triggers and Willo's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Willo or Zendesk? 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 Willo and Zendesk 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.