Rex ACTION
Create Contact
Creates a new contact in Rex. See the documentation
- Action
- Writes data
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Rex 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: "rex-create-contact",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
rex: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
type: "Type",
firstName: "First 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": "rex-create-contact",
"configured_props": {
"rex": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"type": "Type",
"firstName": "First 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": "rex",
},
},
},
)
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: "rex-create-contact",
arguments: {
type: "Type",
firstName: "First 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 |
|---|---|---|
type Type | string | Whether contact is person or company Required |
firstName First Name | string | Contact's first name Required |
lastName Last Name | string | Contact's last name Required |
email Email | string | Contact's email address Optional |
phone Phone | string | Contact's phone number Optional |
address Address | string | Contact's address Optional |
addressPostal Address Postal | string | Contact's postal address Optional |
companyName Company Name | string | Company name - company contact only Optional |
websiteUrl Website URL | string | Company website URL - company contact only Optional |
isDnd Is DND? | boolean | Whether contact can be contacted for marketing purposes Optional |
nameLegal Name Legal | string | Contact's legal name Optional |
nameSalutation Name Salutation | string | Contact's name as salutation Optional |
nameAddressee Name Address | string | Contact's name as addressee 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
- rex-create-contact
- Version
- 0.0.2
- App
- Rex
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗