Read and update Pobuca Connect contacts and organizations; look up teams and custom fields. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pobuca-connect": {
"url": "https://pobuca-connect.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"pobuca-connect": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://pobuca-connect.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
The login page asks for your Pobuca Connect API key.
Create it in Pobuca Connect → Settings → Data Management → API Keys → Manage → Create API Key (API keys are an Enterprise-plan feature). The key acts as the coworker it impersonates; a dedicated coworker makes its activity easy to track. Your key is used only to call the Pobuca Connect API on your behalf; it is never shown to anyone.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Pobuca Connect API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
Turn on the Pobuca Connect connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
pobuca_get_me | read | Get current user The Pobuca Connect user this API key acts as: id, first name, last name and email. GET /api/v1/Users/Me. |
pobuca_list_contacts | read | List contacts List contacts (people) with names, phones, emails, addresses, organization, team, tags and custom fields. Paged: 50 per call at most; pass next_skip as skip for the next page. Supports OData $filter and $orderby. To find recently changed contacts use $filter like "updatedat ge 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z". GET /api/v1/Contacts. |
pobuca_get_contact | read | Get contact One contact by id, with all phone numbers, emails, addresses, organization, team, tags and custom fields. GET /api/v1/Contacts/{id}. |
pobuca_create_contact | write | Create contact WRITE: create a new contact in the Pobuca Connect address book. Needs at least a first name, last name or email. Not idempotent: calling it twice creates two contacts, so search with pobuca_list_contacts first. POST /api/v1/Contacts. |
pobuca_update_contact | write | Update contact WRITE: change fields of an existing contact; only the fields you pass are sent. Overwrites the previous values (tags and customFields are replaced as given). Look the contact up first and confirm the right one. PATCH /api/v1/Contacts/{id}. |
pobuca_list_organizations | read | List organizations List organizations (companies) with phone, email, website, billing and shipping addresses, type, industry, tags and custom fields. Paged: 50 per call at most; pass next_skip as skip for the next page. Supports OData $filter and $orderby. GET /api/v1/Organizations. |
pobuca_get_organization | read | Get organization One organization by id, with addresses, type, industry, primary contact, tags and custom fields. GET /api/v1/Organizations/{id}. |
pobuca_create_organization | write | Create organization WRITE: create a new organization (company) in Pobuca Connect. Not idempotent: calling it twice creates two organizations, so search with pobuca_list_organizations first. POST /api/v1/Organizations. |
pobuca_update_organization | write | Update organization WRITE: change fields of an existing organization; only the fields you pass are sent. Overwrites the previous values (tags and customFields are replaced as given). Look the organization up first and confirm the right one. PATCH /api/v1/Organizations/{id}. |
pobuca_list_teams | read | List teams List teams (the groups that own and share contacts). Paged: 50 per call at most; pass next_skip as skip for the next page. Supports OData $filter and $orderby. GET /api/v1/Teams. |
pobuca_get_team | read | Get team One team by id. GET /api/v1/Teams/{id}. |
pobuca_list_team_members | read | List team members List which users belong to which team, with their role in the team. Paged: 50 per call at most; pass next_skip as skip for the next page. Supports OData $filter and $orderby. GET /api/v1/UserTeams. |
pobuca_list_departments | read | List departments List departments (ids for the departmentId of a contact). Paged: 50 per call at most; pass next_skip as skip for the next page. Supports OData $filter and $orderby. GET /api/v1/Departments. |
pobuca_list_industries | read | List industries List industries (ids for the industryId of an organization). Paged: 50 per call at most; pass next_skip as skip for the next page. Supports OData $filter and $orderby. GET /api/v1/Industries. |
pobuca_list_organization_types | read | List organization types List organization types (ids for the organizationTypeId of an organization). Paged: 50 per call at most; pass next_skip as skip for the next page. Supports OData $filter and $orderby. GET /api/v1/OrganizationTypes. |
pobuca_list_countries | read | List countries List countries with their codes. Paged: 50 per call at most; pass next_skip as skip for the next page. Supports OData $filter and $orderby. GET /api/v1/Countries. |
pobuca_list_custom_fields | read | List custom fields List the custom fields defined for contacts, organizations ('Group') or users, with type (Text or Dropdown) and, for dropdowns, the available options. Use the ids and option ids in the customFields of a contact or organization. GET /api/v1/CustomFields/{entityType}. |
pobuca_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current usage: the plan, calls used this month, the limit of the plan (the free monthly cap or the Pro fair use limit), remaining, and whether the limit is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
pobuca_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Pobuca Connect tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
pobuca_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Pobuca Connect (the free tier caps monthly usage). Plans: "monthly" — $9/month; "yearly" — $90/year (2 months free). Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. *A fair use limit applies. Returns a short link to open in your browser (it opens Stripe Checkout); after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
pobuca_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Pobuca Connect Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; Pro continues until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run pobuca_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited* |
*Pro fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month on this server. For more, write to [email protected].
Pro covers this Pobuca Connect server only. Subscribe with pobuca_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with pobuca_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running pobuca_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Pobuca Connect. The server calls the Pobuca Connect API with your own Pobuca Connect access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Pobuca Connect API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Pobuca Connect API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Pobuca Connect API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Pobuca Connect.
Yes, if you approve it. 4 of the 17 Pobuca Connect tools can create or change data. The other 13 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month), for this Pobuca Connect server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run pobuca_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run pobuca_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run pobuca_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with pobuca_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.