--- title: "Connect Zoho Books to AssemblyAI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bill\" fires in Zoho Books, your agent runs \"Upload file\" in AssemblyAI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-books-to-assemblyai" --- # Connect Zoho Books to AssemblyAI When **New bill** fires in [Zoho Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books), your agent runs **Upload file** in [AssemblyAI](https://apiant.ai/connections/assemblyai). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Zoho Books **6** triggers Zoho Books **18** actions AssemblyAI **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Zoho Books and AssemblyAI 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 Zoho Books can start in AssemblyAI - When **New bill** in Zoho Books then **Upload file** in AssemblyAI - When **New Customer** in Zoho Books then **Process Speech Understanding** in AssemblyAI 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 AssemblyAI ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 29 actions - 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. - Action **Delete Transcript** Deletes a transcript's data and marks it as deleted, along with any file uploaded for it. - Action **Get Paragraphs** Returns a completed transcript split into semantically segmented paragraphs, each with its text, timing, confidence and words. - Action **Get redacted audio** Returns the status and download URL of the PII-redacted audio for a transcript. Redacted audio files are available for 24 hours. - Action **Get Sentences** Returns a completed transcript split into sentences, with each sentence's text, timing, confidence, speaker and words. - Action **Get Transcript** Returns a transcript by its ID, including its status, text, words and any enabled audio-intelligence results. - Action **List transcripts** Returns the transcripts created in the last 30 days, newest first, optionally filtered by status or creation date (up to 200 per call). - Action **Process Speech Understanding** Runs a speech understanding task (translation, speaker identification, custom formatting, summarization or action items) on a completed transcript and returns the results. - Action **Prompt Transcript With LLM Gateway** Sends a prompt to an LLM through AssemblyAI's LLM Gateway, optionally injecting a transcript's text, and returns the model's response. - Action **Search Words** Searches a completed transcript for keywords or short phrases and returns each match with its count and timestamps. - Action **Transcribe** Submits an audio or video file at a public URL for transcription and returns the queued transcript, including its id and status. - Action **Upload file** Uploads an audio or video file to AssemblyAI and returns a private link you can use to transcribe it. ## Each app on its own - [ **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) - [ **AssemblyAI** Run speech-to-text and audio intelligence models from the AssemblyAI API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/assemblyai) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Zoho Books - [ **Zoho Books to Dust** Dust lets you build custom AI assistants with access to your company's data.](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-books-to-dust) - [ **Zoho Books to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-books-to-zoom) - [ **Zoho Books to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-books-to-linkedin) - [ **Zoho Books to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-books-to-facebook) - [ **Zoho Books to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-books-to-anthropic) - [ **Zoho Books to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-books-to-supabase) ## More into AssemblyAI - [ **HubSpot to AssemblyAI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-assemblyai) - [ **Salesforce to AssemblyAI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-assemblyai) - [ **Slack to AssemblyAI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-assemblyai) - [ **Google Sheets to AssemblyAI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-assemblyai) - [ **Gmail to AssemblyAI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-assemblyai) - [ **Google Calendar to AssemblyAI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-assemblyai) Questions ## Zoho Books and AssemblyAI, 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 AssemblyAI when something happens in Zoho Books? Any of AssemblyAI's 11 actions, including Upload file, Get Paragraphs, Get redacted audio and Get Sentences. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from AssemblyAI to Zoho Books? AssemblyAI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Zoho Books. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads AssemblyAI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Zoho Books or AssemblyAI? 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 AssemblyAI 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.