# Connect Zoho Invoice to NameAPI When **New Contact** fires in [Zoho Invoice](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-invoice), your agent runs **Detect contact risk** in [NameAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/nameapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Zoho Invoice **9** triggers Zoho Invoice **14** actions NameAPI **7** 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 NameAPI 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 NameAPI - When **New Contact** in Zoho Invoice then **Detect contact risk** in NameAPI - When **New Contact Person** in Zoho Invoice then **Format person name** in NameAPI 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 NameAPI ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 21 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 **Detect contact risk** Risk Detector: scores a person/email/address record for fake or risky data. - Action **Detect disposable email address** Disposable Email Address Detector: checks whether an email is disposable. - Action **Format person name** Name Formatter: formats a person name (e.g. salutation/full name) per locale. - Action **Genderize person name** Name Genderizer: infers gender from a person name. - Action **Match person names** Name Matcher: compares two person names and returns a match type/confidence. - Action **Parse email name** Email Name Parser: extracts a person name from an email address. - Action **Parse person name** Name Parser: splits a full name into components (given/family names, title, gender). ## 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) - [ **NameAPI** API for parsing, genderizing, matching, and formatting personal names.](https://apiant.ai/connections/nameapi) 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 GoHighLevel** All-in-one sales and marketing platform agencies white-label and resell to their clients — contacts...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-gohighlevel) - [ **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) ## More into NameAPI - [ **HubSpot to NameAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-nameapi) - [ **Salesforce to NameAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-nameapi) - [ **Slack to NameAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of NameAPI's 7 actions, including Detect contact risk, Detect disposable email address, Format person name and Genderize person name. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NameAPI to Zoho Invoice? NameAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Zoho Invoice. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NameAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Zoho Invoice or NameAPI? 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 NameAPI 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.