---
ref: tool:zoom/create-meeting
name: Create a meeting
company: company:zoom
workflows: []
access: [mcp, api]
tags: [capability:host-meetings, category:video, has:api, has:mcp]
docs: "https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/meetings/#tag/meetings/POST/users/{userId}/meetings"
updated: 2026-09-27
---

# Create a meeting

Schedules a meeting for a user and returns its ID, the join URL to share and the host's start URL.

Note: Share only the `join_url`: the `start_url` is the host's and, for regular users, expires after two hours. Allows 100 requests per meeting host per day.

## Set up

Use the first option your agent supports.

### MCP (official, remote)

Add this server to your agent's MCP settings, then sign in when asked.

```json
{ "mcpServers": { "zoom": { "url": "https://mcp.zoom.us/mcp/zoom/streamable" } } }
```

Call the MCP tool `meeting_create`.

Server URL: https://mcp.zoom.us/mcp/zoom/streamable

Note: Create an OAuth app on the Zoom App Marketplace first: the server has no dynamic client registration, so your agent needs the app's client ID and secret.

### API (official)

- Base URL: https://api.zoom.us/v2
- Endpoint: `POST /users/{userId}/meetings`
- Auth: an OAuth access token, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`
- Docs: https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/

Note: Get the access token from an OAuth app you create on the Zoom App Marketplace. Webinar calls need a Pro or higher plan with the Webinar add-on.

Before anything else, confirm access with the cheapest read-only call, like a list or a search. Never send or change anything to test access.

## Rules

- Ask the user before anything that sends messages, costs money, or changes data, and say how many records it touches. One approval covers a batch the user has seen.
- Never print API keys.