Zendesk MCP connector
The Zendesk connector brings tickets, comments, requesters, attachments and audit logs into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so each agent works their queue as themselves with every action recorded.
- OAuth or API key
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Summarize open Zendesk tickets for the escalations queue.
Working in Zendesk with Elaichi
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List all Zendesk users
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Get single Zendesk user by ID
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List all Zendesk tickets
How to connect Zendesk to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Zendesk MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Zendesk MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.
Terminal
$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.
Zendesk MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Zendesk MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Zendesk MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.
- Server URL
- https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0
- Type
- Dynamic discovery
Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.
Connect Zendesk to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
What teams do with Zendesk through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Zendesk is logged.
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Support
Catch a ticket up after a call
Tell the agent what the customer said on the phone and it adds the internal note, changes the status and sets the priority on the Zendesk ticket for you.
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Support
Find every ticket about one issue
Ask for all open Zendesk tickets mentioning a login error this week and get a short read of what customers are reporting and how many are waiting.
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Support leadership
Reassign a backlog in one pass
Move every unassigned ticket tagged billing to the billing group and mark them pending, then check the count to confirm the queue is clear.
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Customer success
Brief yourself before a renewal call
Pull a customer's recent Zendesk tickets and the comment history, and get a plain summary of what went wrong, what was fixed and what is still open.
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Sales
Check a prospect's support history first
Before a follow-up, see whether anyone at the account has an open or recently escalated ticket so the conversation does not start on the wrong foot.
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IT and admin
See who changed what in Zendesk
Ask which admin edited a ticket field, custom status or account setting last month and get the answer from the Zendesk audit log without clicking through it.
Try asking
- “Summarize open Zendesk tickets for the escalations queue.”
- “How many tickets did each agent close this week?”
- “Find tickets with comments still waiting on a reply.”
What connecting Zendesk gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Zendesk account.
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Summarize open Zendesk tickets for the escalations queue.
How many tickets did each agent close this week?
Find tickets with comments still waiting on a reply.
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask about tickets, read the answer.
Plain language questions answered from live Zendesk tickets, users and comments.
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
One Zendesk endpoint for every MCP client.
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot connect over OAuth, no SDK, no shared API key.
Tool catalog
384 Zendesk tools, no custom code.
Tickets, users, comments, search and audit logs, each with methods listed.
Toolboxes
Every team gets its own Zendesk toolbox.
Support, escalations and reporting each see a curated set of Zendesk tools.
Shared connections
Teammates use Zendesk without seeing credentials.
Each connection shows who connected it and which teams and members share it.
Audit log
Every Zendesk call is on the record.
When, who, what happened, type and resource for each ticket and user action.
From answering questions to doing the work
A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.
Zendesk digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch tickets
Zendesk
1.4s -
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Zendesk
Queued
Automations
A schedule fires, the ticket digest ships.
Zendesk tickets are fetched, grouped, drafted by an agent, approved, then posted back.
Zendesk health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the tickets collection
Tickets
1,284 ↓ 12%
Users
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Tickets created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Support EMEA 34%
Support Americas 27%
Escalations 21%
Customer Success 18%
Collections and dashboards
Zendesk ticket numbers, computed not asked.
Four metrics, 14 days of tickets created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Zendesk
All three can connect Zendesk to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Zendesk tools | Allow or restrict single Zendesk tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per Zendesk call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |
Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.
Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.
Zendesk tools for your AI agents
384 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Zendesk, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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Showing 339 of 384 Zendesk tools here. Connect Zendesk and call search_tools or tools/list over the MCP endpoint for the complete set.
Questions, answered
How do I connect Zendesk to Claude?
Connect Zendesk in Elaichi first. Zendesk asks for an OAuth application registered inside your own Zendesk admin center, so a Zendesk admin creates it once and brings its client ID and secret to Elaichi; after that, each person simply signs in to Zendesk with their own account, or an API token can be used instead. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. There is nothing else to generate on the Claude side.
Does Zendesk work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Zendesk is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Zendesk once and every client sees it.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Zendesk data?
It can find tickets by keyword, requester or status, read the comment thread, create a new ticket, update the status, priority or assignee on one ticket or many at once, count how many are waiting, look up and edit users, download or attach files, and read the audit log and account settings. Zendesk exposes a lot through this connector, so short concrete asks such as "reassign the open billing tickets to Dana" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting Zendesk give the AI everything in my help center?
No. Every request runs as the person who signed in to Zendesk, so an agent who cannot see another group's tickets or edit account settings in Zendesk cannot do it through Claude either. Elaichi can narrow that access further, for example to read-only, but it can never grant more than the person already has in Zendesk.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Zendesk?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading and commenting on Zendesk tickets while restricting deleting tickets or users, or restricting bulk updates entirely. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
What happens to a Zendesk connection when someone leaves?
When you offboard a person in Elaichi their access to Zendesk through every AI client ends at once. A Zendesk connection they shared with the team keeps working for everyone else. If you want Zendesk gone altogether, disconnect it once in Elaichi and it disappears from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client at the same time.
Does the Zendesk MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Zendesk is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.
Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Zendesk?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Zendesk. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Zendesk call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Zendesk?
Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Zendesk: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Zendesk in front of your team
14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.
Add one link to your AI app
The same link for everyone on your team.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
ChatGPT
Claude
Cursor
Microsoft Copilot