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Search contacts

Returns the users and leads whose attributes, such as email, email domain, name, phone or a custom attribute, match your filters.

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Updated Sep 27, 2026Available asMCPAPI

Description

The API takes a `query` of field, operator and value filters joined with `AND` or `OR` (up to 15 filters per group and 2 levels of nesting) and returns 50 contacts per page by default; page with `starting_after`. A contact created in the last few minutes may not show up yet, and merged contacts never do.

search-contacts.md

Search contacts

Returns the users and leads whose attributes, such as email, email domain, name, phone or a custom attribute, match your filters.

The API takes a query of field, operator and value filters joined with AND or OR (up to 15 filters per group and 2 levels of nesting) and returns 50 contacts per page by default; page with starting_after. A contact created in the last few minutes may not show up yet, and merged contacts never do.

Set up

Use the first option your agent supports.

MCP (official, remote)

Add this server to your agent's MCP settings, then sign in when asked.

{ "mcpServers": { "intercom": { "url": "https://mcp.intercom.com/mcp" } } }

Call the MCP tool search_contacts.

Server URL: https://mcp.intercom.com/mcp

API (official)

Before doing anything else, make one read-only call to confirm access.

Rules

  • Ask the user before anything that sends messages, costs money, or changes data.
  • Never print API keys.

Built from these files in the repository

The layout and the rules come from lib/catalog/render-markdown.ts, the set-up wording from lib/catalog/render-access.ts.

Ways in

RouteSourceCallRequiredDocs
MCPOfficial · remotesearch_contactsOAuthDocs
APIOfficialPOST /contacts/searchAPI key in $INTERCOM_API_KEYDocs

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