Get person
One People profile with contact details and the notes you can see.
MCP tool planning_center_read → get_person
read
Returns the name, emails and phone numbers on the profile, and its notes with category, date and author. Notes from categories your account cannot view are left out. Nothing on the profile changes.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| person_id string required | string | Person id from search_people or list_first_timers. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "planning_center_read",
"arguments": {
"operation": "get_person",
"arguments": {
"person_id": "person_8c41d2"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"person_id": "51207",
"name": "Hannah Cole",
"emails": [
"hannah@example.org"
],
"phone_numbers": [
"+1 555 0142"
],
"notes": [
{
"category": "General",
"date": "2026-10-12",
"author": "Grace Miller",
"body": "Asked about the youth group."
}
]
},
"isError": false
}