--- title: "Connect Zoho CRM and Zoho Mail - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or updated record\" fires in Zoho CRM, your agent runs \"Create New Task\" in Zoho Mail." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-crm-to-zoho-mail" --- # Connect Zoho CRM and Zoho Mail When **New or updated record** fires in [Zoho CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-crm), your agent runs **Create New Task** in [Zoho Mail](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-mail), or **New Email** in Zoho Mail to **Add or update record (upsert)** in Zoho CRM. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Zoho CRM **2** triggers Zoho CRM **13** actions Zoho Mail **3** triggers Zoho Mail **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 Zoho CRM and Zoho Mail 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 CRM and Zoho Mail can do together ### From Zoho CRM to Zoho Mail - When **New or updated record** in Zoho CRM then **Create New Task** in Zoho Mail - When **New record** in Zoho CRM then **Send Email** in Zoho Mail ### From Zoho Mail to Zoho CRM - When **New Email** in Zoho Mail then **Add or update record (upsert)** in Zoho CRM - When **New Email Matching Search** in Zoho Mail then **Add tag to record** in Zoho CRM 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 CRM and Zoho Mail ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 26 actions - 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. - Trigger **New Email** Triggered when a new email arrives in a Zoho Mail account. - Trigger **New Email Matching Search** Fires for each new email in a Zoho Mail account that matches a saved search. - Trigger **New Tagged Email** Fires once for each email in the account that carries the chosen tag, newest first. - Action **Create Draft** Composes an email and saves it as a draft in a Zoho Mail account. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in a Zoho Mail account, optionally nested under a parent folder. - Action **Create New Task** Creates a personal task, or a group task when a group is chosen, in Zoho Mail Tasks. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a new label (tag) in a Zoho Mail account. - Action **Delete email** Delete a message. - Action **Find emails by search** Returns up to 10 emails that match the specified Zoho Mail search criteria. - Action **Get email** Get a message's content by id. - Action **List emails** Lists emails in a Zoho Mail account, optionally limited to one folder and filtered by read status, flag, label, thread or email type. - Action **List folders** Lists all folders in a Zoho Mail account. - Action **List tags** List labels/tags. - Action **Reply to email** Sends a reply to a received email from a Zoho Mail account, optionally scheduled for later delivery. - Action **Send Email** Sends an email from a Zoho Mail account. - Action **Update email** Updates one or more emails in a Zoho Mail account: mark read/unread, move to a folder, set a flag, apply or remove labels, archive/unarchive, or mark as spam/not spam. ## Each app on its own - [ **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) - [ **Zoho Mail** Zoho Mail is a collaborative business communication platform for the modern workforce.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-mail) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Zoho CRM - [ **Zoho CRM to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-crm-to-zoom) - [ **Zoho CRM to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-crm-to-linkedin) - [ **Zoho CRM to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-crm-to-facebook) - [ **Zoho CRM to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-crm-to-anthropic) - [ **Zoho CRM to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-crm-to-supabase) - [ **Zoho CRM to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-crm-to-elevenlabs) ## More into Zoho Mail - [ **HubSpot to Zoho Mail** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Salesforce to Zoho Mail** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Slack to Zoho Mail** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Google Sheets to Zoho Mail** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Gmail to Zoho Mail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-mail) - [ **Google Calendar to Zoho Mail** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-mail) Questions ## Zoho CRM and Zoho Mail, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Zoho CRM? Any of Zoho CRM's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New or updated record and New record. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zoho Mail when something happens in Zoho CRM? Any of Zoho Mail's 13 actions, including Create Draft, Create Folder, Create New Task and Create Tag. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho Mail to Zoho CRM? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Mail, your agent can act in Zoho CRM too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Mail's triggers and Zoho CRM's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Zoho CRM or Zoho Mail? 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 CRM and Zoho Mail 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.