sdk

Zapier SDK

Connect your app, agent, or backend to 9,000+ apps. Run actions, manage user connections, chain multiple apps to complete one task. The SDK handles token refresh, retries, and API differences.

This repo is the docs and examples corpus for @zapier/zapier-sdk on npm. The SDK source isn't published here yet.

Five-minute path to a working call

npm install @zapier/zapier-sdk
npm install -D @zapier/zapier-sdk-cli @types/node typescript
npx zapier-sdk login

import { createZapierSdk } from "@zapier/zapier-sdk";

const zapier = createZapierSdk();

const { data: connection } = await zapier.findFirstConnection({
  app: "slack",
  owner: "me",
});

const slack = zapier.apps.slack({ connection: connection.id });

await slack.write.direct_message({
  inputs: { channel: "U12345", text: "Hello from Zapier SDK" },
});

For agents

If you are an AI agent: read AGENTS.md first. It explains how this repo is laid out, where to find worked examples for any JTBD, and the rules of engagement (no hallucinating method names; use listActions / getActionInputFieldsSchema to discover capabilities at runtime).

To install this as a skill in your runtime: npx skills add zapier/sdk — adds skills/zapier-sdk/SKILL.md to your local skills directory.

For humans

You want to…	Go to…
Get started in 5 minutes	The block above, then examples/
See real automation examples	examples/ — sorted three ways
See what Zapier really does — chain multiple apps	examples/chained/
Look up a method	docs.zapier.com/sdk/reference
Use the CLI	docs.zapier.com/sdk/cli-reference
Use Zapier from an MCP client	github.com/zapier/zapier-mcp

Why use this

• One auth surface for 9,000+ apps. OAuth handled. Tokens never leave Zapier.
• Safe by default. Org-level governance, audit trail, intercept/log/report what your agents do with your APIs.
• Discoverable at runtime. listApps, listActions, getActionInputFieldsSchema — agents can explore the API without you hardcoding it.
• Type-safe. Per-app, per-action types generated from the live integration catalog.

Examples

The examples/ directory is the heart of this repo — runnable automations indexed three ways:

• by-pattern/ — when you know the shape (notify-on-event, data-sync, lead-routing, scheduled-report) but not the apps
• by-app/ — when you know the app (Slack, Salesforce, Notion, Zapier Tables) and want to see what's possible
• chained/ — multi-app workflows. The Zapier superpower: connecting apps to complete a task no single integration can. Start here.

Read examples/README.md for the corpus map.

Companion

• zapier-mcp — Zapier as an MCP server. Use when you want tool-calling from inside Cursor, Claude Desktop, or Codex without writing code.

Contributing

PRs and feature requests welcome. Start with CONTRIBUTING.md. For SDK security issues, email [email protected] — don't open a public issue.

License

This SDK's source code is licensed under the MIT License (see LICENSE). The MIT License covers the code only. Using the Zapier service and APIs through this SDK is governed separately by the Zapier Terms of Service or your other agreement with Zapier for use of the Zapier service, which apply regardless of the code license.