Contacts & CRM
previewContactImport
Preview Contact Import
Show what an import would do before anything is written: how many people are new, how many match a contact already in the book, and which existing contact each duplicate would merge into.
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": {
"rows": [
{}
]
},
"name": "previewContactImport"
}Arguments
rowsobject[]requiredThe rows to preview (max 200 per call).
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Declared limits
rows: 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 before anything is written: how many people are new, how many match a contact already in the book, and which existing contact each duplicate would merge into. 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 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.