Givebutter ACTION
Create Contact
Create a new contact/donor in Givebutter, returning the created contact with its assigned
id. For an individual contact, provide firstName and lastName; the email value is submitted as the API primary_email field. See the documentation- Action
- Writes data
- API key
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Givebutter account once, then configure and run Create Contact from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "givebutter-create-contact",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
givebutter: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
firstName: "First Name",
lastName: "Last Name",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "givebutter-create-contact",
"configured_props": {
"givebutter": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"firstName": "First Name",
"lastName": "Last Name"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "givebutter",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "givebutter-create-contact",
arguments: {
firstName: "First Name",
lastName: "Last Name",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
firstName First Name | string | Contact's first name (max 255 chars). For an individual contact without email or phone, provide both first and last names. Maps to the API first_name field. Optional |
lastName Last Name | string | Contact's last name (max 255 chars). Maps to the API last_name field. Optional |
email Email | string | Contact's primary email address. Submitted to Givebutter as the primary_email field. Example: jane@example.com. Optional |
phone Phone | string | Contact's primary phone number. Maps to the API primary_phone field. Example: +15555550100. Optional |
type Type | string | Type of contact to create. For company, provide Company Name instead of first/last name. Optional |
companyName Company Name | string | Company name (max 255 chars). Required when Type is company. Maps to the API company_name field. Optional |
tags Tags | string[] | Optional list of tag strings to attach to the contact (max 64 tags). Example: ["vip", "newsletter"]. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- givebutter-create-contact
- Version
- 0.0.2
- App
- Givebutter
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗