Microsoft Outlook Email ACTION
Find Contacts
Search and list contacts in the authenticated user's Outlook contacts. Returns
{ count, contacts } where count is the Graph-reported total contact count (@odata.count) and contacts is the filtered result array. Omit searchString to return all contacts up to maxResults. When searchString is provided, filters contacts by displayName, givenName, surname, or email address (case-sensitive substring match). Important: maxResults now bounds how many contacts are fetched from Graph before filtering — contacts beyond that window will not be searched. Example: find-contacts(searchString="George Costanza", maxResults=200) → scans the first 200 contacts and returns matches. Example: find-contacts(searchString="george@vandelay.com") → matches by email address. Use the returned contact id with Save Contact to update the contact. See the documentation- Action
- Read only
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Microsoft Outlook Email account once, then configure and run Find Contacts 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: "microsoft_outlook-find-contacts",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
microsoft_outlook: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
searchString: "Search String",
maxResults: 10,
},
})
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": "microsoft_outlook-find-contacts",
"configured_props": {
"microsoft_outlook": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"searchString": "Search String",
"maxResults": 10
}
}'// 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": "microsoft_outlook",
},
},
},
)
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: "microsoft_outlook-find-contacts",
arguments: {
searchString: "Search String",
maxResults: 10,
},
})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 |
|---|---|---|
searchString Search String | string | Optional case-sensitive substring to match against displayName, givenName, surname, or email address. Omit to return all contacts up to maxResults. Optional |
maxResults Max Results | integer | Maximum number of contacts to fetch from Graph before applying the client-side filter. Contacts beyond this window will not be searched. 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
- microsoft_outlook-find-contacts
- Version
- 1.0.2
- App
- Microsoft Outlook Email
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- Yes
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗