--- title: "Connect Zoho Books and ilert - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bill\" fires in Zoho Books, your agent runs \"Find User on Call\" in ilert." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ilert-to-zoho-books" --- # Connect Zoho Books and ilert When **New bill** fires in [Zoho Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books), your agent runs **Find User on Call** in [ilert](https://apiant.ai/connections/ilert), or **New or Updated Incident** in ilert to **Add customer payment** in Zoho Books. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Zoho Books **6** triggers Zoho Books **18** actions ilert **1** trigger ilert **12** 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 ilert 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 Zoho Books and ilert can do together ### From Zoho Books to ilert - When **New bill** in Zoho Books then **Find User on Call** in ilert - When **New Customer** in Zoho Books then **Add Alert** in ilert ### From ilert to Zoho Books - When **New or Updated Incident** in ilert then **Add customer payment** in Zoho Books - When **New or Updated Incident** in ilert then **Create Customer** in Zoho Books 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 ilert ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 30 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. - Trigger **New or Updated Incident** Triggers when an incident (alert) on the chosen ilert alert source is created or changes: assigned, escalated, accepted, raised, commented on, resolved, or a responder is added or removed. - Action **Accept Incident** Accepts a pending ilert alert (formerly called an incident) on behalf of the connected user, stopping its escalation, and returns the updated alert. - Action **Add Alert** Creates an alert in ilert on the chosen alert source, which then escalates according to the source's escalation policy (or a policy or responders you specify). - Action **Add maintenance window** Creates a maintenance window in ilert that suppresses alerts for the chosen alert sources and services between a start and end time. - Action **Create Incident** Creates a new incident in ilert, optionally marking affected services and adding responders. Depending on the affected services, subscribers may be notified. - Action **Find User on Call** Finds the user currently on call for an on-call schedule, along with the start and end of their current shift. Returns found=false when nobody is on call. - Action **Get alert** Returns a single ilert alert by its id, including its summary, status, priority, alert source, escalation policy and responders. - Action **Get incident** Returns a single ilert incident by its id, including its status, severity, affected services and responders. - Action **Get maintenance window** Fetches a maintenance window by ID. An error occurs if the maintenance window is not found. - Action **List Alert Sources** Returns all alert sources in your ilert account, including each source's integration type, integration key, status and escalation policy. - Action **List incidents** Returns the incidents in your ilert account, optionally filtered by status, affected service, severity and declaration date. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your ilert account, with their name, email, role and contact settings. - Action **Resolve Incident** Resolves an ilert alert (formerly called an incident), closing it and stopping further escalation. ## 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) - [ **ilert** ilert is a platform for alerting, on-call management, and status pages.](https://apiant.ai/connections/ilert) 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 ilert - [ **HubSpot to ilert** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ilert) - [ **Google Sheets to ilert** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ilert) - [ **Gmail to ilert** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ilert) - [ **Google Calendar to ilert** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ilert) - [ **Google Drive to ilert** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-ilert) - [ **ActiveCampaign to ilert** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-ilert) Questions ## Zoho Books and ilert, 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 ilert when something happens in Zoho Books? Any of ilert's 12 actions, including Create Incident, Accept Incident, Add Alert and Add maintenance window. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ilert to Zoho Books? Yes. When something happens in ilert, your agent can act in Zoho Books too. This page covers both directions: ilert's triggers and Zoho Books's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Zoho Books or ilert? 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 ilert 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.