Contacts & CRM
readChannelOfRecord
Read Channel of Record
Read the channel a person answers on, with its evidence and, for iMessage, the chat id and the Messages box.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "how does this client talk to us", and it calls readChannelOfRecord.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {},
"name": "readChannelOfRecord"
}Arguments
contactIdstringoptionalThe contact (from searchContacts). Pass this or spaceId.spaceIdstringoptionalA client Space (from listPageSpaces): its default channel for the owners who have none of their own. Pass this or contactId.
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- how does this client talk to us
- where does Heidi answer
- what channel should this go on
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does readChannelOfRecord do?
Read the channel a person answers on, with its evidence and, for iMessage, the chat id and the Messages box. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use readChannelOfRecord 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 "how does this client talk to us", and it calls readChannelOfRecord.
Is readChannelOfRecord safe to let an AI call?
readChannelOfRecord 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.