--- title: "Connect Zoho Invoice to GoCardless - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Zoho Invoice, your agent runs \"Add customer\" in GoCardless." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-gocardless" --- # Connect Zoho Invoice to GoCardless When **New Contact** fires in [Zoho Invoice](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-invoice), your agent runs **Add customer** in [GoCardless](https://apiant.ai/connections/gocardless). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Zoho Invoice **9** triggers Zoho Invoice **14** actions GoCardless **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 Zoho Invoice and GoCardless 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 Invoice can start in GoCardless - When **New Contact** in Zoho Invoice then **Add customer** in GoCardless - When **New Contact Person** in Zoho Invoice then **Add customer bank account** in GoCardless 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 Invoice and GoCardless ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 32 actions - Trigger **Customer Payment** Triggered when a new customer payment is recorded - Trigger **Invoice Status Change** Triggers when an invoice status is changed. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggered when a new contact is created - Trigger **New Contact Person** Triggers when a new point of contact is added to an existing contact. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new Credit Note is created. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a New Estimate is Created. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new sales invoice is created. - Trigger **New Item** Triggers when New Item is created. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggered when an invoice is created or updated - Action **Create Contact Person** Creates a new point of contact for a specific contact. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a new credit note for a customer - Action **Create New Contact** Creates a new contact. - Action **Create New Estimate** Create New Estimate - Action **Create New Invoice** Create a New Invoice - Action **Create New Item** Create New Item - Action **Find Contact** Returns the contacts that match the specified search criteria. - Action **Find Organization** Finds an Organization - Action **Get Credit Note** Retrieve a credit note by its ID; returns number, status, customer, reference number and line items. - Action **Get Estimate** Fetches an estimate by ID. An error occurs if the estimate is not found. - Action **Get Item** Returns one item by item_id - Action **Record Payment** Make payment to an Invoice. - Action **Update Contact** Action used to Update a existing Contact in Zoho Billing. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing Zoho Invoice invoice. Line items not included in the list are removed. - Action **Add billing request** Creates a GoCardless billing request to collect a Direct Debit mandate, a one-off payment, or both from a customer. - Action **Add customer** Creates a new customer record in GoCardless with their name, contact details and address. - Action **Add customer bank account** Creates a bank account for an existing GoCardless customer, using local bank details or an IBAN. - Action **Cancel mandate** Cancels a Direct Debit mandate so no further payments can be collected against it, and returns the cancelled mandate. - Action **Cancel payment** Cancels a pending GoCardless payment so it is not collected, and returns the updated payment. - Action **Cancel subscription** Cancels a GoCardless subscription so no further payments are collected under it, and returns the cancelled subscription. - Action **Create Direct Debit Payment** Collects a one-off Direct Debit payment from a customer against their existing mandate. - Action **Create Instant Bank Payment** Creates a billing request for a one-off instant bank payment (Pay By Bank) for the given amount and currency. - Action **Create Mandate Authorisation Request** Creates a Direct Debit mandate request for a payer and returns a hosted authorisation link you can send them to set up the mandate. - Action **Create Subscription** Creates a recurring subscription that collects a fixed amount on a schedule against an existing GoCardless mandate. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single GoCardless customer by its ID, including contact details, address and metadata. - Action **Get mandate** Returns a single Direct Debit mandate, including its status, scheme, reference and linked customer bank account and creditor. - Action **Get payment** Returns a single GoCardless payment by its ID, including amount, status, charge date and linked mandate. - Action **Get subscription** Returns the details of a single GoCardless subscription, including its amount, schedule, status and upcoming payments. - Action **Retry payment** Retries a failed payment, resubmitting it for collection on the next available date or a date you choose. - Action **Search for a Billing Request** Searches billing requests, optionally filtered by customer, status and creation date, and returns the matches. - Action **Search for a Customer** Searches your GoCardless customers by email, company name, surname, currency or creation date and returns the matches. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing GoCardless customer's name, contact details, address or metadata. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Zoho Invoice** Zoho Invoice is an easy invoice software meant for small businesses and freelancers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-invoice) - [ **GoCardless** GoCardless is a payments platform helping businesses collect payments directly from customer bank accounts.](https://apiant.ai/connections/gocardless) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Zoho Invoice - [ **Zoho Invoice to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-zoom) - [ **Zoho Invoice to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-linkedin) - [ **Zoho Invoice to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-facebook) - [ **Zoho Invoice to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-anthropic) - [ **Zoho Invoice to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-supabase) - [ **Zoho Invoice to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-elevenlabs) ## More into GoCardless - [ **HubSpot to GoCardless** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-gocardless) - [ **Salesforce to GoCardless** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-gocardless) - [ **Slack to GoCardless** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in GoCardless when something happens in Zoho Invoice? Any of GoCardless's 18 actions, including Create Direct Debit Payment, Create Instant Bank Payment, Create Mandate Authorisation Request and Create Subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from GoCardless to Zoho Invoice? GoCardless has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Zoho Invoice. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads GoCardless's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Zoho Invoice or GoCardless? 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 Invoice and GoCardless 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.