Integration
Connect Zoho Books to Ashby
When New bill fires in Zoho Books, your agent runs Create Candidate Note in Ashby. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Zoho Books and Ashby to do together?
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Zoho Books can start in Ashby
When New bill in Zoho Books
then Create Candidate Note in Ashby
When New Customer in Zoho Books
then Add candidate tag in Ashby
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 Zoho Books and Ashby
Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 35 actions
Trigger
New billTriggered when a new bill is created
Trigger
New CustomerTriggers when a new customer is created.
Trigger
New EstimateTriggers when a new estimate is created.
Trigger
New ExpenseTriggers when an expense is created.
Trigger
New ItemTriggers when a new item is created.
Trigger
New Sales InvoiceTriggers when a new sales invoice is created.
Action
Add billCreates a bill received from a vendor in Zoho Books.
Action
Add customer paymentRecord a customer payment.
Action
Add expenseCreate an expense.
Action
Create CustomerCreates a new customer contact in a Zoho Books organization.
Action
Create EstimateCreates a new estimate.
Action
Create ItemCreates a new item.
Action
Create Sales InvoiceCreates a new sales invoice.
Action
Find customers by criteriaReturns 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 InvoiceReturns up to 200 invoices that match the specified criteria, such as invoice number, customer, status or date range.
Action
Get BillReturns one vendor bill from Zoho Books, including its number, vendor, status and total.
Action
Get customerGet a contact by id.
Action
Get EstimateReturns one estimate (quote) from Zoho Books, including its number, customer, status and total.
Action
Get ExpenseReturns one expense recorded in Zoho Books, including its amount, date and accounts.
Action
Get ItemReturns one item from your Zoho Books item list, including its name, rate and description.
Action
Get sales invoiceRetrieves the details of an existing invoice in Zoho Books.
Action
Update customerUpdates an existing customer in Zoho Books. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
Action
Update itemUpdate an item.
Action
Update sales invoiceUpdates an existing sales invoice in Zoho Books. The line items you send replace the invoice's line items.
Action
Add candidate tagAdds an existing tag to a candidate in Ashby and returns the updated candidate.
Action
Add jobCreates a new job in Ashby with a title, department/team and location, optionally applying a job template, interview plan, employment type and brand.
Action
Add offerCreates an offer for a candidate's application in Ashby by submitting the offer form for an offer process that has already been started.
Action
Change Job Consideration StageMoves a candidate's application (their consideration for a job) to a different interview stage, optionally with an archive reason and rejection email when archiving.
Action
Consider Candidate for JobConsiders a candidate for a job in Ashby by creating a new application, optionally placing it in a specific interview plan and stage with a source and credited user.
Action
Create CandidateCreates a new candidate in Ashby with their name, contact details, social profiles, location and source.
Action
Create Candidate NoteAdds a note to a candidate's profile in Ashby, optionally as HTML, private, or with notifications to subscribed users.
Action
Find CandidateReturns up to 100 candidates whose email address and/or name match the values you supply.
Action
Find JobReturns up to 100 jobs whose title or requisition ID matches the text you search for.
Action
Find Job ConsiderationReturns the applications (candidates being considered) for a job in Ashby, optionally narrowed by application status and creation date.
Action
Find OpeningReturns the openings whose identifier matches the one you supply, including each opening's state, jobs, locations, hiring team and custom fields.
Action
Get candidateReturns the full details of a single Ashby candidate, including contact info, tags, applications, files and custom field values.
Action
List departmentsReturns all departments and teams in your Ashby account, optionally including archived ones or only those changed since a previous sync.
Action
List locationsReturns the office and remote locations set up in your Ashby account, optionally including archived locations and regions.
Action
Update CandidateUpdates an existing candidate's name, contact details, social links, source, credited user and location in Ashby. Fields left blank are not changed.
Action
Update jobUpdates an existing job in Ashby — its title, team, location, default interview plan, employment type or requisition id.
Action
Update OpeningUpdates an existing opening in Ashby, such as its identifier, description, department, target dates, backfill flag or employment type. Returns the updated opening.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Zoho Books and Ashby, answered
What can start an automation from Zoho Books?
Any of Zoho Books's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New bill, New Customer, New Estimate and New Expense. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Ashby when something happens in Zoho Books?
Any of Ashby's 17 actions, including Create Candidate, Create Candidate Note, Update Candidate and Update job. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Ashby to Zoho Books?
Ashby has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Zoho Books. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Ashby's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Zoho Books or Ashby?
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 Zoho Books and Ashby 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.