--- title: "Connect Zoho Mail to OpenVan - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Email\" fires in Zoho Mail, your agent runs \"Get event\" in OpenVan. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-mail-to-openvan" --- # Connect Zoho Mail to OpenVan When **New Email** fires in [Zoho Mail](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-mail), your agent runs **Get event** in [OpenVan](https://apiant.ai/connections/openvan). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Zoho Mail **3** triggers Zoho Mail **13** actions OpenVan **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 Mail and OpenVan 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 Mail can start in OpenVan - When **New Email** in Zoho Mail then **Get event** in OpenVan - When **New Email Matching Search** in Zoho Mail then **Calculate route cost** in OpenVan 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 Mail and OpenVan ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 31 actions - 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. - Action **Calculate route cost** Estimate the fuel and travel cost of a road-trip route between locations. - Action **Check visa requirement** Check whether a passport needs a visa for a given destination country. - Action **Compare food prices** Compare VanBasket food-price index values between two countries. - Action **Find news stories** Semantically search vanlife news stories by topic (RAG-based search). - Action **Get event** Get details for a single vanlife event. - Action **Get fuel prices** Get current fuel prices by country, for trip budgeting and route comparison. - Action **Get story** Get the full details of a single vanlife news story. - Action **Get temporary vehicle import rules** Get temporary vehicle-import rules for a country. - Action **Get VanBasket country** Get the VanBasket food-price index detail for a single country. - Action **Get VanSky weather for a country** Get the vanlife-oriented weather suitability score for a single country. - Action **Get visa rules changelog** Get the change log of visa and vehicle-import rule updates. - Action **Get visa rules for route** Get visa and vehicle-import rules for every country along a whole road-trip route in one request. - Action **List event articles** List news articles related to a vanlife event. - Action **List events** List vanlife-oriented events. - Action **List stories** List vanlife news stories. - Action **List VanBasket countries** List all countries covered by the VanBasket food-price index. - Action **List VanSky weather scores** List vanlife-oriented weather suitability scores for all countries. - Action **List visa-free destinations for a passport** List all destinations a given passport can enter without a prior visa. ## Each app on its own - [ **Zoho Mail** Zoho Mail is a collaborative business communication platform for the modern workforce.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-mail) - [ **OpenVan** OpenVan publishes travel-cost and conditions data aimed at RV, campervan and road-trip planning.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openvan) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Zoho Mail - [ **Zoho Mail to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-mail-to-zoom) - [ **Zoho Mail to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-mail-to-linkedin) - [ **Zoho Mail to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-mail-to-facebook) - [ **Zoho Mail to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-mail-to-anthropic) - [ **Zoho Mail to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-mail-to-supabase) - [ **Zoho Mail to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoho-mail-to-elevenlabs) ## More into OpenVan - [ **Pipedrive to OpenVan** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-openvan) - [ **HubSpot to OpenVan** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-openvan) - [ **Salesforce to OpenVan** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-openvan) - [ **Slack to OpenVan** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-openvan) - [ **Google Sheets to OpenVan** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-openvan) - [ **Gmail to OpenVan** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-openvan) Questions ## Zoho Mail and OpenVan, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Zoho Mail? Any of Zoho Mail's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Email, New Email Matching Search and New Tagged Email. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenVan when something happens in Zoho Mail? Any of OpenVan's 18 actions, including Calculate route cost, Check visa requirement, Compare food prices and Find news stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from OpenVan to Zoho Mail? OpenVan has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Zoho Mail. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads OpenVan's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Zoho Mail or OpenVan? 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 Mail and OpenVan 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.