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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.

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ChatGPT Elaichi connected

Summarize open Zendesk tickets for the escalations queue.

Working in Zendesk with Elaichi

  • List all Zendesk users
  • Get single Zendesk user by ID
  • List all Zendesk tickets
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Zendesk List all Zendesk tickets Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Zendesk Get single Zendesk user by ID Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Zendesk List all Zendesk users Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Zendesk Update a Zendesk user by ID Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
Zendesk Create a Zendesk user Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Zendesk to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Zendesk MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    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

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    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

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Zendesk MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    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

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    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

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.”

See all 384 Zendesk tools →

What connecting Zendesk gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Zendesk account.

Elaichi Agent

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.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

AI apps

One Zendesk endpoint for every MCP client.

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot connect over OAuth, no SDK, no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Zendesk users List List users in Zendesk. Returns up to 100 users per page with id, name, email, role, and created_at fields.
Get single Zendesk user by ID Get Get information about a specific user in Zendesk. Requires id. Returns id, name, email, role, active status and other user details.
Delete a Zendesk user by ID Delete Delete user id in Zendesk. Requires id. Returns user.id, active, and deleted fields to confirm deletion.
Update a Zendesk user by ID Update Update users id in Zendesk. Requires id. Response returns id, name, email, role, suspended, created_at, updated_at.
Create a Zendesk user Create Create a user in Zendesk. Requires user.name; email is strongly recommended because it is the end user's login and notification address. Returns the new user with id, name, email, role, organization_id, created_at.

Tool catalog

384 Zendesk tools, no custom code.

Tickets, users, comments, search and audit logs, each with methods listed.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Support toolbox

Zendesk · tickets and comments

Zendesk starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Escalations toolbox

Zendesk · high priority tickets

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Customer Success toolbox

Zendesk · users and organizations

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Quality toolbox

Zendesk · ticket comments and audits

Zendesk starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Operations toolbox

Zendesk · bulk ticket updates

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Analytics toolbox

Zendesk · ticket counts and search

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Zendesk toolbox.

Support, escalations and reporting each see a curated set of Zendesk tools.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
ZE

Zendesk (Support EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
ZE

Zendesk (Support Americas)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
ZE

Zendesk (Escalations)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
ZE

Zendesk (Customer Success)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
ZE

Zendesk (Billing Queue)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
ZE

Zendesk (Trust and Safety)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates use Zendesk without seeing credentials.

Each connection shows who connected it and which teams and members share it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Zendesk Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Zendesk Tickets Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Zendesk Tickets List Toolbox

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

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch tickets

    Zendesk

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. 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

Live

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.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Zendesk, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp 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.

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 my team share one Zendesk connection?

Yes. One person, usually a Zendesk admin, connects Zendesk in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, so nobody else touches the OAuth application or an API token. Each teammate still signs in to Zendesk as themselves, so the audit log names the real person behind every ticket change.

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