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Create Contact

Create a new contact (person) in Nutshell. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Nutshell 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: "nutshell-create-contact",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    nutshell: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    name: "Name",
    email: ["Email"],
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Contact inputs
Property Type Description
name Name string
The contact's full name, e.g. Jane Doe.
Required
email Email string[]
Array of email objects as JSON strings, e.g. {"isPrimary":true,"value":"jane@acme.com"}.
Optional
phone Phone string[]
Array of phone objects as JSON strings, e.g. {"isPrimary":true,"value":"+15125551234"}.
Optional
companyId Company ID string
The company (account) ID.
Optional Dynamic

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
nutshell-create-contact
Version
1.0.1
App
Nutshell
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes