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Zoho Desk

Hosted help desk with a Free Forever edition for three agents and an official Zoho MCP server.

Operable ProductAPI / service Deterministic MCP server

Zoho Desk is Zoho's customer support product: multichannel tickets, help center, SLAs, automation, and Zia AI on higher plans. Zoho's own MCP server (zoho.com/mcp) lists Desk among the apps it serves, uses OAuth, and runs under the connecting user's permissions. The Free edition gives three user licenses with limited capabilities.

Use it when
  • we are a three-person team on Zoho's free plan and want our agent to triage and answer tickets without paying for a seat
  • we already live in Zoho (CRM, Books) and want one OAuth connector that reaches Desk tickets alongside the rest
Gotchas
  • Whether the Free edition can use the MCP server is not stated; Zoho gates API and integration features by plan
  • Pricing page served INR at fetch time; USD list prices differ
  • No public tool list for the Desk MCP; Reach is inferred from one example prompt

Last activity unknown. Fit: adaptable 0, operable 2.

Editions

Free · Free closed source

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For agents: JSON · Markdown

Operable: what an agent can drive

Interface

OfficialMCP serverpublished by the builderremote

How an agent can drive an Operable Listing, in five levels: native (built for the agent as the primary interface), official (the Builder ships an agent interface), wrapped (a third party wraps the software's API), config (an agent can only drive it by editing files), gui (screen control only). An interface is official only when it is published by the same organization that ships the software. GUI-level Listings are allowed and sorted last.

Docs
www.zoho.com/mcp/

Reach

Partial coverage. 3 of 9 jobs reachable through the stated interface.

JobThrough the interfaceEvidence
Search ticketsReachablezoho.com/mcp example prompt: Search the desk for any open tickets
Update ticket statusReachablesame example: Mark them as in progress
Reply to a ticketReachablesame example: send a reply that we are working on it
Create ticketsUndeterminedno tool list published on the MCP page; Desk REST API supports it, MCP coverage unconfirmed
Manage contacts and accountsUndeterminednot stated on the MCP page
Write help center articlesUndeterminednot stated
Configure SLAs and automation rulesNot reachableMCP page describes acting under user permissions on records; admin configuration is not an example and is unlikely
Run reports and dashboardsUndeterminednot stated
Handle chat, phone, and social channelsNot reachablelive chat is Zoho SalesIQ on the Enterprise plan; channels are set up in the UI

Code stack

Languages
none
Frameworks
none
Package manager
–
Database
none
Hosting target
none
Built
Human-written (recorded, never ranked)

Evidence and confidence

FieldWhere it was seenConfidence
formFactorhosted SaaS; agent interface is a remote MCP with OAuth90%
executionModelno model at runtime in the core product; Zia AI is an add-on on paid plans80%
operabilityzoho.com/mcp: MCP integrates with many Zoho apps, including CRM, Mail, Calendar, Desk, Cliq, Projects, and WorkDrive; OAuth-based authorization85%
editionszoho.com/desk/pricing.html: Free edition gives you 3 users with limited capabilities; Express, Standard, Professional, Enterprise tiers70%
activeZoho MCP page and pricing live in 2026; no dated changelog captured–
reach40%

Open questions

  • Endpoint URL and tool list of the Zoho MCP server for Desk
  • Is MCP or API access included in the Free edition
  • USD prices for each plan

Sources