Contacts & CRM
updateChannel
Update Channel
Rename an interaction channel, change its description, archive it, take it on or off the shop calendar, or rename and hide its BUILTIN columns.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "rename the leads channel to enquiries", and it calls updateChannel.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {
"channelId": "<channelId>"
},
"name": "updateChannel"
}Arguments
builtinPropertiesobject[]optionalRename or hide builtin columns. Only the keys you name change; omit `name` to restore the default.channelIdstringrequiredChannel id from listChannels.descriptionstringoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.isArchivedbooleanoptionalTrue takes the tab off the bar; entries stay.namestringoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.showOnCalendarbooleanoptionalWhether this channel's dated entries show on the shop calendar. On by default. False removes them; true puts them back.
Returns
showOnCalendar is the shop calendar switch: every channel is on by default, and turning it off removes that lane's dated entries from the calendar while leaving the entries themselves untouched:…
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- rename the leads channel to enquiries
- keep enquiries off the calendar
- put wholesale back on the shop calendar
- call the Occasion field Event type
- archive the old wholesale tab
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does updateChannel do?
Rename an interaction channel, change its description, archive it, take it on or off the shop calendar, or rename and hide its BUILTIN columns. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use updateChannel 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 "rename the leads channel to enquiries", and it calls updateChannel.
Is updateChannel safe to let an AI call?
updateChannel 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.