Zapier MCP

Connect your AI agent to 8,000+ apps via Zapier's MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration. This skill provides:

• Full UI Dashboard — Configure your MCP URL, test connections, browse available tools
• No OAuth Complexity — Zapier handles all authentication flows
• MCP Integration — Tools are accessible via mcporter

Overview

Zapier MCP exposes your configured Zapier actions as tools your agent can call. Unlike Pipedream (which requires OAuth token management), Zapier MCP uses a simple URL-based authentication — just paste your MCP URL and you're connected.

Prerequisites

1. Zapier Account — Sign up at zapier.com
2. mcporter — MCP tool runner (npm install -g mcporter)
3. Clawdbot Gateway — v2026.1.0 or later with UI enabled

Quick Start

Step 1: Get Your Zapier MCP URL

1. Go to zapier.com/mcp and sign in
2. Configure which actions to expose (e.g., "Send Slack message", "Create Google Sheet row")
3. Copy your personalized MCP URL (looks like https://actions.zapier.com/mcp/...)

Step 2: Configure in Clawdbot UI

1. Open Clawdbot Dashboard → Tools → Zapier
2. Click Configure
3. Paste your MCP URL
4. Click Save

That's it! Zapier will validate the URL and show how many tools are available.

Step 3: Use Your Tools

Once connected, tools are available via mcporter:

# List available tools
mcporter list zapier-mcp --schema

# Call a tool
mcporter call zapier-mcp.<tool_name> --args '{"instructions": "your request"}'

Usage Patterns

The instructions Parameter

Every Zapier tool accepts an instructions parameter. Zapier's AI interprets this to fill in missing parameters:

# ❌ Vague - may prompt for clarification
mcporter call zapier-mcp.slack_send_message \
  --args '{"instructions": "Send a message"}'

# ✅ Specific - AI can resolve parameters
mcporter call zapier-mcp.slack_send_message \
  --args '{"instructions": "Send \"Hello team!\" to the #general channel"}'

The output_hint Parameter

Control what data is returned:

mcporter call zapier-mcp.google_sheets_find_row \
  --args '{
    "instructions": "Find row where email is [email protected]",
    "output_hint": "name, email, phone number"
  }'

Common Tool Patterns

# Slack
mcporter call zapier-mcp.slack_send_message \
  --args '{"instructions": "Send \"Build complete!\" to #deployments"}'

# Gmail
mcporter call zapier-mcp.gmail_send_email \
  --args '{"instructions": "Send email to [email protected] with subject \"Meeting\" and body \"See you at 3pm\""}'

# Google Sheets
mcporter call zapier-mcp.google_sheets_create_row \
  --args '{"instructions": "Add row with Name=John, [email protected] to Sales Leads spreadsheet"}'

# Notion
mcporter call zapier-mcp.notion_create_page \
  --args '{"instructions": "Create page titled \"Meeting Notes\" in the Team Wiki database"}'