# Zapier

> Zapier is a workflow automation platform evolving into an agentic orchestration layer, with 7,000+ integrations becoming tool libraries that AI agents can compose.

Source: https://metavert.io/zapier  
Published: 2026-03-16  
Updated: 2026-03-16

Agentic Economy

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Layer 2: Creation & Orchestration as Zapier

**Zapier** is a workflow automation platform that connects over 7,000 applications, enabling automated workflows ("Zaps") between services without code. Founded in 2011, Zapier became the dominant no-code automation tool of the Engineering Era of software.

In the agentic economy, Zapier's position is evolving from workflow automation into **agentic orchestration**. Its thousands of existing integrations are becoming tool libraries that AI agents can compose—transforming the world's existing software into agent-accessible services. This evolution reflects the broader pattern Jon Radoff describes in [Software's Creator Era Has Arrived](https://metavert.io/softwares-creator-era-has-arrived): LLMs are becoming the universal middleware that routes around bespoke API integrations.

In the [Seven Layers of the Agentic Economy](https://metavert.io/seven-layers), Zapier sits at **Layer 2: Creation & Orchestration**, in the Orchestration & Protocols subcategory, alongside MCP ([Anthropic](https://metavert.io/anthropic)), A2A ([Google](https://metavert.io/google-deepmind)), and frameworks like LangChain.

## Related Topics

- [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://metavert.io/model-context-protocol) — Agent connectivity standard
- [Agent Orchestration](https://metavert.io/agent-orchestration) — Multi-agent coordination
- [Anthropic](https://metavert.io/anthropic) — MCP creator

## Further Reading

- [Zapier](https://zapier.com) — Official website