Zoom automation

Zoom Automation via Rube MCP

Automate Zoom operations including meeting scheduling, webinar management, cloud recording retrieval, participant tracking, and usage reporting through Composio's Zoom toolkit.

Prerequisites

• Rube MCP must be connected (RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS available)
• Active Zoom connection via RUBE_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS with toolkit zoom
• Always call RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS first to get current tool schemas
• Most features require a paid Zoom account (Pro plan or higher)

Setup

Get Rube MCP: Add https://rube.app/mcp as an MCP server in your client configuration. No API keys needed — just add the endpoint and it works.

1. Verify Rube MCP is available by confirming RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS responds
2. Call RUBE_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS with toolkit zoom
3. If connection is not ACTIVE, follow the returned auth link to complete Zoom OAuth
4. Confirm connection status shows ACTIVE before running any workflows

Core Workflows

1. Create and Schedule Meetings

When to use: User wants to create a new Zoom meeting with specific time, duration, and settings

Tool sequence:

1. ZOOM_GET_USER - Verify authenticated user and check license type [Prerequisite]
2. ZOOM_CREATE_A_MEETING - Create the meeting with topic, time, duration, and settings [Required]
3. ZOOM_GET_A_MEETING - Retrieve full meeting details including join_url [Optional]
4. ZOOM_UPDATE_A_MEETING - Modify meeting settings or reschedule [Optional]
5. ZOOM_ADD_A_MEETING_REGISTRANT - Register participants for registration-enabled meetings [Optional]

Key parameters:

• userId: Always use "me" for user-level apps
• topic: Meeting subject line
• type: 1 (instant), 2 (scheduled), 3 (recurring no fixed time), 8 (recurring fixed time)
• start_time: ISO 8601 format (yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ for UTC or yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss with timezone field)
• timezone: Timezone ID (e.g., "America/New_York")
• duration: Duration in minutes
• settings__auto_recording: "none", "local", or "cloud"
• settings__waiting_room: Boolean to enable waiting room
• settings__join_before_host: Boolean (disabled when waiting room is enabled)
• settings__meeting_invitees: Array of invitee objects with email addresses

Pitfalls:

• start_time must be in the future; Zoom stores and returns times in UTC regardless of input timezone
• If no start_time is set for type 2, it becomes an instant meeting that expires after 30 days
• The join_url for participants and start_url for host come from the create response - persist these
• start_url expires in 2 hours (or 90 days for custCreate users)
• Meeting creation is rate-limited to 100 requests/day
• Setting names use double underscores for nesting (e.g., settings__host_video)

2. List and Manage Meetings

When to use: User wants to view upcoming, live, or past meetings

Tool sequence:

1. ZOOM_LIST_MEETINGS - List meetings by type (scheduled, live, upcoming, previous) [Required]
2. ZOOM_GET_A_MEETING - Get detailed info for a specific meeting [Optional]
3. ZOOM_UPDATE_A_MEETING - Modify meeting details [Optional]

Key parameters:

• userId: Use "me" for authenticated user
• type: "scheduled" (default), "live", "upcoming", "upcoming_meetings", "previous_meetings"
• page_size: Records per page (default 30)
• next_page_token: Pagination token from previous response
• from / to: Date range filters

Pitfalls:

• ZOOM_LIST_MEETINGS excludes instant meetings and only shows unexpired scheduled meetings
• For past meetings, use type: "previous_meetings"
• Pagination: always follow next_page_token until empty to get complete results
• Token expiration: next_page_token expires after 15 minutes
• Meeting IDs can exceed 10 digits; store as long integers, not standard integers

3. Manage Recordings

When to use: User wants to list, retrieve, or delete cloud recordings

Tool sequence:

1. ZOOM_LIST_ALL_RECORDINGS - List all cloud recordings for a user within a date range [Required]
2. ZOOM_GET_MEETING_RECORDINGS - Get recordings for a specific meeting [Optional]
3. ZOOM_DELETE_MEETING_RECORDINGS - Move recordings to trash or permanently delete [Optional]
4. ZOOM_LIST_ARCHIVED_FILES - List archived meeting/webinar files [Optional]

Key parameters:

• userId: Use "me" for authenticated user
• from / to: Date range in yyyy-mm-dd format (max 1 month range)
• meetingId: Meeting ID or UUID for specific recording retrieval
• action: "trash" (recoverable) or "delete" (permanent) for deletion
• include_fields: Set to "download_access_token" to get JWT for downloading recordings
• trash: Set true to list recordings from trash

Pitfalls:

• Date range maximum is 1 month; API auto-adjusts from if range exceeds this
• Cloud Recording must be enabled on the account
• UUIDs starting with / or containing // must be double URL-encoded
• ZOOM_DELETE_MEETING_RECORDINGS