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Zoho CRM MCP connector

Connecting Zoho CRM through Elaichi lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client look up leads, update deals, add notes, and schedule follow-up events in plain language, with each person working inside their own Zoho CRM access.

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Zoho CRM to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Zoho CRM once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Zoho CRM.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Approve it in Zoho CRM. Zoho CRM's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

zoho crm
Zoho CRM
Affinity
Attio
EveryAction
Google Contacts
Highlevel
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Connect Zoho CRM to 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.

Connect Zoho CRM to 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 today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Connect Zoho CRM to 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.

Connect Zoho CRM 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.

Use cases

What teams do with Zoho CRM through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Sales

    Catch a deal up after a call

    Describe how the call went and the deal in Zoho CRM gets its stage, amount, and close date updated, with a note added so the next person knows where things stand.

  • Sales

    Find out where a lead stands

    Ask about a lead by name and get their details, recent notes, and attached files back in one answer instead of clicking through tabs in Zoho CRM.

  • Marketing

    Review new leads before handoff

    Pull the leads that came in this week, check what is filled in and what is missing, and tidy up notes before they go to a rep.

  • Customer success

    Schedule the next check-in

    After a renewal conversation, create the follow-up event in Zoho CRM and add a note about what was agreed, all from the same chat.

  • Sales ops

    Add a field without opening settings

    Ask for a new field on the deal or lead module, or change how an existing one is set up, and it is created in Zoho CRM as described.

  • Sales ops

    Reassign records when territories change

    When a rep changes role or leaves, move their leads and deals to a colleague, update the user, and see which groups and roles are affected.

Try asking

  • “List Zoho CRM deals closing this month by owner.”
  • “Which Zoho CRM users own deals above 50k?”
  • “Show attachments on the Acme renewal deal.”

See all 243 Zoho CRM tools below

AI tools

Zoho CRM tools for your AI agents

243 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Zoho CRM, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Zoho CRM gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Zoho CRM account.

The agent

Ask about Zoho CRM deals in plain language.

Starter prompts pull answers from live Zoho CRM deals, users and modules.

  • deals
  • users
  • fields
  • attachments

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List Zoho CRM deals closing this month by owner.

Which Zoho CRM users own deals above 50k?

Show attachments on the Acme renewal deal.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor share one endpoint.

Connect Zoho CRM from any MCP client over OAuth, no SDK, no shared key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

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

Emma Laurent

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

243 Zoho CRM tools ready to call.

Deals, users, fields, modules and attachments covered without writing custom code.

  • Get single Zoho CRM module by ID
  • List all Zoho CRM users
  • Get single Zoho CRM user by ID
  • Zoho CRM users me
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Get single Zoho CRM module by ID Get Get a single Zoho CRM module by its numeric id. Returns: id, api_name, generated_type. Required: id.
List all Zoho CRM users List List users in zohocrm. Returns: id, type. Max 200 users per response.
Get single Zoho CRM user by ID Get Get a single zohocrm user by id. Returns: id, type. Required: id.
Zoho CRM users me Action Get the current authenticated user in zohocrm. Returns: id, type.
Update a Zoho CRM user by ID Update Update User. Update single user by ID. API exposed to customers

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Zoho CRM toolbox.

Curate one toolbox per team so each sees only the modules it works in.

  • Sales
  • Sales Ops
  • Marketing
  • Customer Success
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Sales toolbox

Zoho CRM · deals and pipeline stages

Zoho CRM starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Sales Ops toolbox

Zoho CRM · fields, modules and user records

9 Mar 2, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Zoho CRM · leads and campaign records

24 Feb 27, 2026

Customer Success toolbox

Zoho CRM · accounts and renewal deals

Zoho CRM starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Finance toolbox

Zoho CRM · closed deals and quotes

31 Jan 30, 2026

Support toolbox

Zoho CRM · contacts and deal attachments

12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates use Zoho CRM without a credential.

One connected Zoho CRM account, shared with named teams and members, credential never exposed.

  • Sales EMEA
  • Sales AMER
  • Marketing
  • Customer Success
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
ZO

Zoho CRM (Sales EMEA)

Connected by Emma Laurent

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
ZO

Zoho CRM (Sales AMER)

Connected by James Whitfield

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
ZO

Zoho CRM (Marketing)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
ZO

Zoho CRM (Customer Success)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

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

Zoho CRM (Finance)

Connected by Clara Nowak

Personal • Active Not shared
ZO

Zoho CRM (Sales Ops)

Connected by Michael Brennan

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Zoho CRM call is on the record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, in an append only log.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

Zoho CRM Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

Zoho CRM Deals Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

Zoho CRM Deals List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule drafts the deal digest for you.

Fetch Zoho CRM deals, group them, draft a digest, approve, post it back.

Zoho CRM digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. Fetch deals

    Zoho CRM

    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 Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Zoho CRM

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Zoho CRM health, counted not guessed.

Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

Zoho CRM health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the deals collection

Live

Deals

1,284 ↓ 12%

Users

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Deals created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Sales EMEA 34%

Sales AMER 27%

Marketing 21%

Customer Success 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Zoho CRM to Claude?

First, connect Zoho CRM in Elaichi. Zoho CRM connects over OAuth, so you sign in to your Zoho account and approve access, with no client ID or secret to generate and no application to register on the Zoho side. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and Zoho CRM is ready in Claude.

Does Zoho CRM work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Zoho CRM is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Zoho CRM once and every client uses that one connection.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Zoho CRM data?

It can look up leads and deals, read and update notes, add attachments to a deal, create events for follow-ups, and update deal details after a call, all in plain language. It can also list users and roles, transfer records when someone changes territory, and create or edit fields on a module. Because Zoho CRM has a large number of actions, short concrete asks such as "update the Acme deal to negotiation" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Zoho CRM give the AI access to everything in my CRM?

No. Every call runs as the person who signed in, so the AI sees only the leads, deals, and modules that person's Zoho CRM role and profile already allow. Elaichi can narrow that further by blocking specific actions, but it can never grant access beyond what the person has in Zoho CRM itself.

Can my team share one Zoho CRM connection?

Yes. One person connects Zoho CRM in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, so nobody else ever handles a credential or signs in to Zoho separately. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so every update to a deal or lead is recorded under their own name in the audit log.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Zoho CRM?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading leads and deals while blocking deletion of notes or calls, or blocking any update at all for a given team. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other client, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Zoho CRM connection when someone leaves?

When you offboard someone in Elaichi, their access to Zoho CRM through every AI client ends at once. A shared Zoho CRM connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you want to remove Zoho CRM entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client at the same time.

Put Zoho CRM in front of your team

Fourteen days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.