What does getContact do?

Get one of the caller's personal contacts in full by its id. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

How do I use getContact from Claude or ChatGPT?

Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "open this contact", and it calls getContact.

Is getContact safe to let an AI call?

getContact is read-only: it changes nothing.

Contacts & CRM

`getContact`

Get Contact

Get one of the caller's personal contacts in full by its id.

read

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "open this contact", and it calls getContact.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "contactId": "<contactId>"
  },
  "name": "getContact"
}

Arguments

contactIdstringrequiredThe contact id (from listContacts, searchContacts, or resolveContact).

Returns

Returns null if the contact does not exist or is not the caller's.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

open this contact
show me Jane's details
what's the email for contact X

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

Questions

What does getContact do?
Get one of the caller's personal contacts in full by its id. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use getContact from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "open this contact", and it calls getContact.
Is getContact safe to let an AI call?
getContact is read-only: it changes nothing.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.