Search contacts
Contacts by name, email or company, with phone numbers and addresses.
MCP tool nextcloud_read → search_contacts
read
Searches your address books and returns matching contacts with name, company, emails and phone numbers. Use it before add_contact to avoid duplicates. An empty query lists the first contacts of the address book.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query string | string | Part of a name, email or company. |
| address_book string | string | Address book name. Default: 'contacts'. |
| limit integer | integer | Maximum results. Default: 50. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "nextcloud_read",
"arguments": {
"operation": "search_contacts",
"arguments": {}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"contacts": [
{
"contact_id": "c7f2e1a0-3b44-4d6e-8a19-2f5d9c0b7e31",
"name": "Maria Silva",
"company": "Brightly",
"emails": [
"maria@brightly.example"
],
"phones": [
"+351 21 000 0000"
],
"address_book": "contacts"
}
]
},
"isError": false
}