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Patricia works your Zoho Books.

Ask her in Slack. She reads the ledger, chases the overdue invoices, and drafts the new ones, but nothing that moves money sends without your yes.

265+ actions, one OAuth click

What that looks like at month-end:

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Thibaut HennauJust now

@Pati how did the month land, and who still owes us?

PatriciaAppJust now

June came in at $68,300 revenue against $46,900 in expenses. Two receivables need a nudge:

  • Fernbrook: $4,200 invoice, 29 days overdue
  • Northwind: $3,100 invoice, due in 6 days, on track
  • Want me to draft a reminder for Fernbrook? I will hold it until you approve.
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Thibaut HennauJust now

Draft it, and pull me the P&L for the partners.

PatriciaAppJust now

Reminder is drafted and waiting for your yes before it goes to Fernbrook. Here is June's profit and loss, income and expenses broken out by account.

PDFBrightside-June-ZohoBooks.pdfProfit & loss
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What she does in Zoho books.

Real actions she takes on your say-so, not a list of API endpoints.

Read the books like a bookkeeper

Profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash position pulled on demand and answered in the channel, so you know where the month stands without opening Zoho Books.

Chase overdue invoices

Aged receivables surfaced in Slack, which client owes what and for how long, so nothing slips past 30 days unnoticed and unpaid.

Draft invoices and estimates

She builds the invoice or estimate from the contact and the amount, ready for your review. It sends only after you approve, never on her own.

Keep contacts and bills current

New customers and vendors added, addresses and details kept accurate, and bills and purchase orders read, so your payables and receivables reflect who you actually work with.

Answer the money questions on the spot

What a client has paid, what a vendor is owed, how this month compares to last, pulled from the ledger without a finance back-and-forth.

Keep money-moving locked behind approval

Sending an invoice, recording a customer payment, or applying a credit note is drafted and shown to you first. Nothing that moves money happens until you say yes in Slack.

Things to ask her on day one.

@Pati

How did we close last month on profit and loss?

@Pati

Which client invoices are overdue, and by how many days?

@Pati

Draft an invoice for Fernbrook's June retainer for me to review before it sends

@Pati

What's our cash position right now?

@Pati

Pull the P&L for the partners with income and expenses by account

Setup

Zoho books, connected in minutes.

1

Add Patricia to Slack

She joins your workspace like any teammate. Two minutes, no engineering.

Patricia joined #brightside-finance

Today at 9:00 AM

2

Connect Zoho Books

One OAuth click reaches the organization you name. She gets only the access you approve, and you can disconnect her anytime.

Zoho books connected

3

Ask

Mention @Pati with the question. Reads and reports happen on their own; anything that moves money waits for your yes.

@Pati How did we close last month on profit and loss?

On it.

FAQ

Zoho books questions, answered.

What can Patricia actually do in Zoho Books?

She reads profit and loss, balance sheet, contacts, bills, purchase orders, and bank transactions, and drafts invoices and estimates. Reads and reports are instant; sending an invoice or recording a payment waits for approval.

Will she send an invoice or record a payment on her own?

No. Sending an invoice, recording a customer payment, or applying a credit note is drafted and shown to you in Slack first, and happens only after your explicit yes. Reading the books and chasing receivables run on their own.

Which Zoho Books plan do we need?

Any Zoho Books organization works. She connects through Zoho's official OAuth flow, the same way other approved apps do, and only sees the organization you connect.

We keep separate books per client. Does that stay separate?

Yes, that is the setup she expects at an agency. Connect the books you run for each client and their invoices, bills, and reports stay walled off from every other client.

What does the Zoho Books integration cost?

Nothing extra. Every integration is included, on every plan.

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Everybody deserves a Patricia.

She handles the mess. You keep the clients. See what changes in your first week.

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