Contacts & CRM
setChannelOfRecord
Set Channel of Record
Record the channel a person actually answers on (imessage, email, sms, telegram, instagram, slack or x), with the evidence: the id or the date of their last inbound message there.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "she answers in the iMessage group", and it calls setChannelOfRecord.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {
"channel": "<channel>"
},
"name": "setChannelOfRecord"
}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.channelstringrequiredThe channel the person answers on.chatIdstringoptionaliMessage only: the chat id as Messages reports it, e.g. "any;+;chat123456789".evidenceAtstringoptionalISO date of their last inbound message on that channel.evidenceMessageIdstringoptionalThe id of their last inbound message on that channel.machineIdstringoptionaliMessage only: your box signed in to Messages (from listMachines).
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- she answers in the iMessage group
- Heidi reads texts, not email
- set the channel for this client
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does setChannelOfRecord do?
Record the channel a person actually answers on (imessage, email, sms, telegram, instagram, slack or x), with the evidence: the id or the date of their last inbound message there. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use setChannelOfRecord 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 "she answers in the iMessage group", and it calls setChannelOfRecord.
Is setChannelOfRecord safe to let an AI call?
setChannelOfRecord 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.