Contacts & CRM
previewContactImport
Preview Contact Import
Show what an import would do: how many people are new, how many match a contact already in the book, which existing contact each duplicate would merge into, and the normalized rows to pass to…
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "what would importing these do", and it calls previewContactImport.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {},
"name": "previewContactImport"
}Arguments
rawRowsobject[]optionalRaw Square export rows. Use with source `square`.rowsobject[]optionalThe rows to preview (max 200 per call).sourcestringoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Declared limits
rawRows: maximum items 200rows: maximum items 200
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- what would importing these do
- preview this import
- how many of these are new
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does previewContactImport do?
Show what an import would do: how many people are new, how many match a contact already in the book, which existing contact each duplicate would merge into, and the normalized rows to pass to… It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use previewContactImport 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 "what would importing these do", and it calls previewContactImport.
Is previewContactImport safe to let an AI call?
previewContactImport changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.
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.