--- title: "Connect Zoho Invoice to Pdforge - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Zoho Invoice, your agent runs \"Add template\" in Pdforge." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-invoice-to-pdforge" --- # Connect Zoho Invoice to Pdforge When **New Contact** fires in [Zoho Invoice](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-invoice), your agent runs **Add template** in [Pdforge](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdforge). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Zoho Invoice **9** triggers Zoho Invoice **14** actions Pdforge **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 Invoice and Pdforge 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 Pdforge - When **New Contact** in Zoho Invoice then **Add template** in Pdforge - When **New Contact Person** in Zoho Invoice then **Update PDF metadata** in Pdforge 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 Pdforge ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 27 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 template** Starts AI creation of a new PDF template from a text prompt (and optional reference file). Creation runs asynchronously and usually takes a couple of minutes; the returned template id can be used to check its status. - Action **Compress PDF** Compresses a PDF from a public URL to reduce its file size, returning a signed download URL for the compressed file. - Action **Convert HTML to PDF** Converts HTML into a PDF (or PNG) synchronously and returns a temporary signed URL to the generated file. If rendering takes longer than 30 seconds, the job is queued and a request id and status URL are returned instead. - Action **Convert Markdown to PDF** Convert Markdown text (headings, lists, tables, code blocks) into a styled PDF document. - Action **Generate PDF from template** Generates a PDF (or PNG) from one of your PDF Noodle templates and waits for it to finish, returning a temporary download link. - Action **Get PDF status** Retrieve the status of a single PDF generation request, and its download link once rendering succeeds. - Action **Get template** Retrieves a template's full details, or its creation status if it is still being created with AI. - Action **Get template variables** Retrieves the variable schema for a template: every data placeholder (including nested objects and arrays) that can be supplied when generating a PDF from it. - Action **Get tool status** Retrieve the status of a PDF tool operation (merge, split, compress, markdown to PDF, metadata update) using the request id returned by an async request or a synchronous request that timed out. - Action **List templates** Lists every template available in your pdf noodle account, with each template's id and display name. - Action **Merge PDFs** Combine two or more publicly accessible PDF files into a single PDF, merged in the order given. Returns a temporary download link to the merged file, or a request id to check later when the merge runs in the background. - Action **Split PDF** Split a single PDF into multiple smaller PDFs by page ranges or regular intervals. - Action **Update PDF metadata** Updates the embedded metadata (title, author, subject, keywords and more) of a PDF at a public URL and returns a link to the updated file. The original PDF content is preserved. ## 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) - [ **Pdforge** No-code builder and API for generating PDF documents/reports at scale for SaaS apps.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdforge) 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 Pdforge - [ **HubSpot to Pdforge** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdforge) - [ **Salesforce to Pdforge** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdforge) - [ **Slack to Pdforge** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdforge) - [ **Google Sheets to Pdforge** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdforge) - [ **Gmail to Pdforge** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdforge) - [ **Google Calendar to Pdforge** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdforge) Questions ## Zoho Invoice and Pdforge, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Zoho Invoice? Any of Zoho Invoice's 9 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Contact Person, New Credit Note and New Estimate. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Pdforge when something happens in Zoho Invoice? Any of Pdforge's 13 actions, including Update PDF metadata, Add template, Compress PDF and Convert HTML to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Pdforge to Zoho Invoice? Pdforge has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Zoho Invoice. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Pdforge's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Zoho Invoice or Pdforge? 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 Pdforge 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.