Googlecontacts

Tools

• Batch create contacts

  Create a batch of new contacts in Google Contacts. This action creates up to 200 contacts in a single API call and returns the PersonResponses for the newly created contacts. Use this action when you need to create multiple contacts at once

• Batch Delete Google Contacts

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  Delete a batch of contacts from Google Contacts. Any non-contact data will not be deleted. Use this action when you need to permanently remove multiple contacts from the user's Google Contacts list at once. This action is irreversible — the

• Batch get contact groups

  Get a list of contact groups owned by the authenticated user by specifying a list of contact group resource names. Use when you need to retrieve details for specific contact groups, such as getting group metadata, member counts, or group na

• Batch get people

  Batch retrieves information about multiple people from Google Contacts. Use this action when you need to fetch contact information for several people in a single API call rather than making individual requests per person. This improves effi

• Batch Update Google Contacts

  Update a batch of contacts in Google Contacts and return the updated contact data. Use this action when you need to modify multiple contacts at once, such as: - Updating names, phone numbers, or email addresses for several contacts - Making

• Copy Other Contact to My Contacts

  Copies an Other contact to a new contact in the user's myContacts group. Use this action when you need to save an existing "Other contact" (from Google's contact suggestions) to your permanent contacts in the myContacts group. Mutate reques

• Create Contact

  Create a new contact in Google Contacts and return the person resource for that contact. Use when you need to add a new person to the authenticated user's Google Contacts. The request returns a 400 error if more than one field is specified

• Create Contact Group

  Create a new contact group owned by the authenticated user. The group name must be unique among the user's contact groups. Use this action when you need to create a new contact group to organize the user's Google Contacts. Attempting to cre

• Delete contact group

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  Deletes an existing contact group owned by the authenticated user by specifying the contact group resource name. This action is irreversible — once deleted, the contact group cannot be recovered. Use this action when you need to remove a co

• Delete Contact Photo

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  Delete a contact's photo from Google Contacts. Use when you need to remove a profile picture from a specific contact. This action is irreversible — once the photo is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Mutate requests for the same user should

• Delete Google Contact

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  Delete a contact person from Google Contacts. Any non-contact data will not be deleted. Use this action when you need to permanently remove a contact from the user's Google Contacts list. This action is irreversible — the contact cannot be

• Get Contact Group

  Retrieves a specific contact group owned by the authenticated user by specifying the contact group resource name. Use when you need to get details about a specific contact group, including its name, member count, and metadata. This is a rea

• Get Person

  Provides information about a person by specifying a resource name. Use when you need to retrieve detailed information about a specific person, including their names, email addresses, phone numbers, organizations, and other profile data. Use

• List Connections

  Lists the connections (contacts) for the authenticated user. Use when you need to retrieve a paginated list of all contacts with optional sorting, filtering, and incremental sync support. Sync tokens expire 7 days after a full sync — reques

• List Contact Groups

  List all contact groups owned by the authenticated user. Use when you need to retrieve all contact groups (e.g., "My Contacts", "Starred", custom groups) for organizing or managing contacts. Members of the contact groups are not populated i

• List Directory People

  Lists domain profiles and domain contacts in the authenticated user's domain directory. Use when you need to retrieve directory information for all users in a Google Workspace domain, including their contact details like names, emails, and

• List Other Contacts

  Lists "Other contacts" from Google People API. Other contacts are contacts that are not in a contact group, typically auto-created from interactions like emails sent or received. Use this action when you need to retrieve contacts that exist

• Modify Contact Group Members

  Modifies the members of a contact group by adding or removing contact resource names. Only system contact groups 'contactGroups/myContacts' and 'contactGroups/starred' can have members added. Other system contact groups are deprecated and c

• Search Contacts

  Searches the authenticated user's contacts for matches against the provided query. The query matches against names, nicknames, email addresses, phone numbers, and organizations. Use this action when you need to find specific contacts in the

• Search Domain Directory People

  Search domain directory people in Google Contacts. Provides a list of domain profiles and domain contacts in the authenticated user's domain directory that match the search query. Use this action when you need to find people within your org

• Search Other Contacts

  Searches other contacts from Google People API that match a query string. Other contacts are contacts not in any contact group, typically auto-created from interactions like emails sent or received. This action searches across names, email

• Update Contact Group

  Update the name of an existing contact group owned by the authenticated user. Use this action when you need to rename a contact group or update its metadata. Attempting to create a group with a duplicate name will return an HTTP 409 error.

• Update Contact Photo

  Update a contact's photo. Use when you need to change or set the profile picture for an existing Google Contact. Mutate requests for the same user should be sent sequentially to avoid increased latency and failures. The photo should be prov

• Update Google Contact

  Update contact data for an existing contact person. Any non-contact data will not be modified. Use this action when you need to update information (such as name, email, phone) for an existing contact in Google Contacts. Important notes: - A

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How Switchy teams use it

Starter prompts

@Googlecontacts create a new contact for Jane Doe, email jane.doe@example.com, mobile +1-555-0199, works at Acme Corp as VP of Sales.

@Googlecontacts show me all my contact groups with their names and member counts.

@Googlecontacts find all contacts with phone numbers starting +1-415 and update them to +1-628, then confirm how many were changed.

@Googlecontacts get the full contact card for Michael Chen including all phone numbers, email addresses, and company details.

@Googlecontacts create a contact group called 'Q1 Launch Team' and add sarah@example.com, tom@example.com, and priya@example.com to it.

Example outputs

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Use-case deep-dives

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