Hello Biginners!
We're excited to introduce Zoho MCP for Bigin, a completely new way of interacting with Bigin data using AI. With Zoho MCP, you can securely connect your Bigin account with popular AI agents like Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code, which enables AI agents to fetch records, apply advanced filters, trigger workflows, and automate tasks while staying completely aligned with Bigin's access permissions.
What is Zoho MCP?
Before we look at Zoho MCP, it's important to know what MCP is in general. Model context protocol (MCP) is an open standard that defines how applications communicate with large language models (LLMs). MCP enables AI agents—also known as MCP clients such as Claude, Windsurf, Cursor, or VS Code (Copilot)—to understand context and interact with other applications by requesting structured actions called Tools. With MCP, you can prompt an AI agent in natural language and it will perform complex workflows across multiple applications with little to no manual intervention.
Zoho MCP is Zoho's version of this protocol and enables you to create your own MCP server, which acts like a secure control center that handles your MCP client's prompts and permissions, as well as the background tasks necessary to complete your requests. With Zoho MCP, your AI agent can work with more than 950 Zoho and third-party services. Each service provides specific tools, such as fetching records, updating information, sending emails, or creating reports. Once everything is connected, your MCP client can carry out entire workflows simply by receiving a natural language prompt.
How does Zoho MCP help you interact with Bigin?
To illustrate how Zoho MCP can transform your experience with Bigin, let's look at a simple, practical use case.
Use case: Managing follow-ups and pipeline progress
Let's say Zylker Services is a small business that manages all incoming deals and customer activities in Bigin. Their sales team spends most of their days checking overdue activities, drafting follow-up emails, updating deal stages, and confirming next steps for each prospect.
With Zoho MCP, Zylker's sales team can hand over these tasks to an AI agent and focus on actual customer conversations.
For example, a salesperson can simply ask an AI agent:
- Show me deals that have no follow-up scheduled for the next three days.
- Draft a follow-up email for Emma Scott based on the yesterday's call.
- Update a deal stage to Negotiation for any deal that received a reply today.
The MCP-connected AI agent fetches record details, analyzes activity timelines, applies advanced filtering, drafts content, and updates records in Bigin—all through a single prompt.
There's no need to switch between multiple views, search for information manually, run reports, or perform updates. The workflow is completed automatically using the tools configured in your MCP server, all while following the access permissions set in Bigin.
This enables teams to work faster, maintain accurate data, and attain a complete overview of their pipeline without manual work.
Zoho MCP vs. traditional Bigin APIs
Zoho MCP enables a completely different approach to interacting with Bigin compared to what traditional APIs offers. Here's how Zoho MCP differs when executing operational requirements inside Bigin:
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Category
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Zoho MCP (for Bigin)
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Traditional Bigin APIs
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Operations
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MCP clients independently handle operations end to end using natural language prompts. No need for scripts, schedulers, or manual interventions beyond the initial setup.
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Requires manual intervention or custom code. API calls should always be executed through scripts, integrations, or third-party tools.
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Operational style
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Is completely autonomous, meaning the MCP client can fetch data, apply logic, link actions, and execute workflows independently.
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Can be automated but never autonomous, meaning each API action must be programmed, monitored, and executed as part of a predefined integration.
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Workflow orchestration
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MCP clients understand context and can coordinate multiple Bigin tools (records, filters, workflows, and other Zoho apps) using a single MCP server. All tools execute seamlessly without any additional configuration.
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Each API endpoint operates independently and requires custom orchestration logic for coordinating record updates, filters, lookups, or cross-app tasks.
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Operation discovery
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MCP clients automatically discover available tools, supported actions, and parameter structures from the MCP server and there's no need for external documentation or mapping.
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Developers must manually explore API documentation to understand endpoints, payloads, and authentication requirements.
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Parameter handling
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Supports dynamic and context-aware parameter resolution. MCP can analyze human instructions and convert them into structured operations within Bigin.
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Requires strict and static parameters. Each API call must be explicitly constructed with exact fields, formats, and schema.
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Data filtering and searching
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MCP clients can apply deep, cross-field, context-driven queries compared to what UI filters offers without writing a single line of code.
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Requires manual construction of queries, field mappings, and custom conditions for API-based filtering.
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Overall workflow optimization
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Any workflow in Bigin becomes completely autonomous once tools are configured. MCP handles all logic, decision-making, and sequencing, which reduces operational effort.
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Optimization depends completely on manual implementation. APIs can only automate individual actions and never achieve unified, autonomous workflows without custom development.
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How does this work?
To get started with Zoho MCP for Bigin, you'll first set up a Zoho MCP Server in the MCP portal, which will act as the secure bridge between your AI agents and your Bigin data.
Once the server is configured, you can connect it with supported AI agents such as Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code. After connecting, your MCP-enabled AI agent will be able to understand context, retrieve data, and perform actions in Bigin using natural instructions. You retain full control over permissions, authorizations, and connected tools through the Zoho MCP portal.
Availability
Zoho MCP for Bigin is now available for anyone who
signs up on the
Zoho MCP website. If your organization has access to Zoho MCP, you can start setting up your MCP server and adding Bigin tools. Once configured, you can begin connecting your MCP server with supported AI agents and start working with Bigin through natural language.
We hope that you find this information helpful. Feel free to try this out and provide your feedback in the comment section. If you have any queries or suggestions, you can also contact us at
support@bigin.com at any time.
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