MCP Reference

Available Tools

The tools exposed by the Parcel MCP server, split into data tools and workspace tools.

The Parcel MCP server exposes data tools that read Parcel’s global datasets, and workspace tools that read and write the data in your own workspace — including shared Views. Connect any MCP client over OAuth (see the client setup guides in this section) and your workspace is pinned automatically, so you never pass a workspace id. Each tool maps to a Parcel API endpoint; the API Reference carries the full arguments, filter grammar, and response shapes.

Data tools

Read-only access to Parcel’s global datasets. There are no data write tools.

Tool	What it does
`search_accounts`	Search the global account dataset with filters, a full-text query, and sorting.
`get_accounts`	Fetch one or more accounts by id, with optional related records.
`search_contacts`	Search the global contact dataset with filters, a full-text query, and sorting.
`get_contacts`	Fetch one or more contacts by id, with optional related records.
`search_projects`	Search the global project dataset with filters, a full-text query, and sorting.
`get_projects`	Fetch one or more projects by id, with optional related records.
`search_signals`	Search the global signal dataset with filters, a full-text query, and sorting.
`get_signals`	Fetch one or more signals by id, with optional related records.
`search_fields`	Discover the filterable fields, enum values, and relational sub-fields of any dataset. Call it before composing a search.
`get_fields`	Fetch one or more field descriptors by key, with every enum value and its meaning.

Permissions and safety

Every tool below is governed by the same rules whether it is called by Spec inside Parcel or by an external client over MCP. Scope is what you grant this connection on the sign-in screen; Availability is what Parcel permits at all. Deleting records and changing workspace membership are not available to AI clients in any client, and no workspace setting can turn them on.

Tools marked Reversible write still require approval inside Spec. Parcel cannot draw its approval card inside a third-party client, so over MCP they rely on the permission you granted plus your client’s own confirmation prompt.

Tool	Group	Scope	Role	Plan	Risk	Retry	Availability
`search_accounts`	Global data	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`get_accounts`	Global data	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`search_contacts`	Global data	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`get_contacts`	Global data	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`search_projects`	Global data	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`get_projects`	Global data	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`search_signals`	Global data	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`get_signals`	Global data	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`search_fields`	Field discovery	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`get_fields`	Field discovery	`data:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_search_accounts`	Workspace book	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_get_account`	Workspace book	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_search_projects`	Workspace book	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_get_project`	Workspace book	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_search_contacts`	Workspace book	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_get_contact`	Workspace book	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_search_views`	Views	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_manage_views`	Views	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available, except its destructive actions
`workspace_upsert_account`	Workspace book	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`workspace_delete_account`	Workspace book	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Destructive	Safe to retry	Not available to AI clients
`workspace_upsert_project`	Workspace book	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`workspace_delete_project`	Workspace book	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Destructive	Safe to retry	Not available to AI clients
`workspace_upsert_contact`	Workspace book	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`workspace_delete_contact`	Workspace book	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Destructive	Safe to retry	Not available to AI clients
`workspace_list_subscriptions`	Subscriptions	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_upsert_subscription`	Subscriptions	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`workspace_delete_subscription`	Subscriptions	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Destructive	Safe to retry	Not available to AI clients
`workspace_list_members`	Members and invitations	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_update_member`	Members and invitations	`workspace:admin`	Owner or admin	Pro	Admin / security	Safe to retry	Not available to AI clients
`workspace_delete_member`	Members and invitations	`workspace:admin`	Owner or admin	Pro	Admin / security	Safe to retry	Not available to AI clients
`workspace_create_invitation`	Members and invitations	`workspace:admin`	Owner or admin	Pro	Admin / security	Verify before retrying	Not available to AI clients
`workspace_list_invitations`	Members and invitations	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_delete_invitation`	Members and invitations	`workspace:admin`	Owner or admin	Pro	Admin / security	Safe to retry	Not available to AI clients
`workspace_get_info`	Workspace book	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`workspace_get_credits`	Workspace book	`workspace:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`submit_data_feedback`	Data feedback	`workspace:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Verify before retrying	Available

Skills

Tool	Group	Scope	Role	Plan	Risk	Retry	Availability
`find_skill`	Skills	`skills:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`list_skills`	Skills	`skills:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`get_skill`	Skills	`skills:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`get_skill_file`	Skills	`skills:read`	Any member	Pro	Read	Safe to retry	Available
`create_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`update_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`publish_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`unpublish_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`delete_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Destructive	Retry with the same key	Available
`transfer_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Owner or admin	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`move_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`fork_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`install_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available
`uninstall_skill`	Skills	`skills:write`	Any member	Pro	Reversible write	Retry with the same key	Available

Workspace tools

Read and write the data in your own workspace. Workspace tools cover the accounts, projects, and contacts you save and annotate, shared Views, personal Favorites, signal subscriptions, members, invitations, Skills, and data-issue reports against the global index.

Read

Tool	What it does
`workspace_search_accounts`	Search the accounts you have saved to your workspace, including your ICP tier, status, tags, and Atlas score. Optional `view_id` runs View-record search instead of the book.
`workspace_get_account`	Fetch one saved account by id, with your annotations and its Atlas score.
`workspace_search_projects`	Search the projects you have saved to your workspace, with workspace status, tags, and filters. Optional `view_id` for View-scoped search.
`workspace_get_project`	Fetch one saved project by id, with your annotations.
`workspace_search_contacts`	Search the contacts you have saved to your workspace, with workspace status, tags, and filters. Optional `view_id` for View-scoped search.
`workspace_get_contact`	Fetch one saved contact by id, with your annotations.
`workspace_search_views`	List or look up shared Views by id, name, dataset, type, or Favorites. Discover a View id before passing `view_id` to entity search. 0 credits.
`workspace_list_subscriptions`	List all signal type subscriptions for the workspace, including priority, channels, cadence, recipients, and untriaged signal count per type.
`workspace_list_members`	List workspace members and their roles.
`workspace_list_invitations`	List pending workspace invitations.
`workspace_get_info`	Return the workspace plan, entitlements, seat usage, and settings. 0-credit read; never throttled.
`workspace_get_credits`	Return the 24h rolling credit residual (remaining = ceiling - used). 0-credit read; never throttled.
`find_skill`	Search skills in this workspace and return content-free summaries (name, description, audience, lifecycle, locator). Never returns instructions or file contents. Spec-runtime callable. Requires Pro and `skills:read`. 0 credits.
`list_skills`	List skills as content-free summaries, including both sides of an override. `find_skill` is the surface that applies override precedence. Spec-runtime callable. Requires Pro and `skills:read`. 0 credits.
`get_skill`	Fetch one skill by locator, including its instructions, metadata, and file list. Spec-runtime callable. Requires Pro and `skills:read`. 0 credits.
`get_skill_file`	Fetch one file inside a skill by locator and path. Spec-runtime callable. Requires Pro and `skills:read`. 0 credits.

Write

Tool	What it does
`workspace_upsert_account`	Save an account to your workspace, or update its ICP tier, status, notes, and tags. Identify it by id or by domain. Pass `inputs` (up to 100 records) to write many in one call.
`workspace_delete_account`	Remove an account and your annotations from your workspace. The global account is untouched. Pass `ids` (up to 100) to remove many in one call.
`workspace_upsert_project`	Save a project to your workspace, or update its status, notes, and tags. Identified by project id. Pass `inputs` (up to 100 records) to write many in one call.
`workspace_delete_project`	Remove a project from your workspace. The global project is untouched. Pass `ids` (up to 100) to remove many in one call.
`workspace_upsert_contact`	Save a contact to your workspace, or update its status, notes, and tags. Identify it by id or by email. Pass `inputs` (up to 100 records) to write many in one call.
`workspace_delete_contact`	Remove a contact from your workspace. The global contact is untouched. Pass `ids` (up to 100) to remove many in one call.
`workspace_manage_views`	Mutate Views via `action`: create, update, delete, add_records, remove_records, favorite, unfavorite. Prefer one batch call (up to 100). `favorite` also sets Favorite order: send every Favorite in one batch with its `position`. Dynamic definitions use the View FilterState union, not SearchRequest. Presentation sorting is client metadata and does not control View-record result order. Favorite actions need the OAuth user session. 0 credits.
`workspace_upsert_subscription`	Subscribe to a signal type or update its settings (priority, channels, cadence, recipients). Idempotent, keyed by signal_type.
`workspace_delete_subscription`	Remove a signal subscription by id. No further alerts are sent for that type. Idempotent.
`workspace_update_member`	Change a workspace member’s role.
`workspace_delete_member`	Remove a member from the workspace.
`workspace_create_invitation`	Invite a user by email (single email, seat-limited).
`workspace_delete_invitation`	Revoke a pending workspace invitation.
`submit_data_feedback`	Report a data issue in the global index. Identify the entity with `target_type` (project, account, contact, or signal) and `target_id`, and describe what looks wrong, missing, or stale in `body`. The report is verified and triaged before any change is made.
`create_skill`	Create a Personal or Workspace skill from a portable bundle. The new skill starts as a draft. MCP-only; not offered to a normal Spec run. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`update_skill`	Replace or restore the draft of a skill you may edit. Provide `bundle` or `restoreRevisionId`. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`publish_skill`	Publish the current draft as the next immutable revision. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`unpublish_skill`	Remove a skill from future discovery without deleting revisions. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`delete_skill`	Mark a skill deleted. Discovery stops and no bundle is returned afterwards. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`transfer_skill`	Transfer maintainership of a Workspace skill to another current member. Owners and admins only. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`move_skill`	Move a custom skill you may edit between Personal and Workspace. The mover becomes its owner or maintainer. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`fork_skill`	Fork a skill you can read into a new Personal or Workspace draft. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`install_skill`	Install an official skill release, or re-pin an existing installation. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.
`uninstall_skill`	Deactivate an official skill installation. MCP-only. Requires Pro and `skills:write`. Pass `inputs` (up to 100) to write many in one call. 0 credits.

Arguments

Search tools take a full-text query, filters, sort, and pagination (limit, offset, search_after). Get tools take an id and an optional include for related records. Write tools take an identifier (id, domain for accounts, or email for contacts) plus the fields to set. submit_data_feedback instead takes target_type, target_id, and a free-text body. Skill read tools take a query (find_skill), list facets (list_skills), or a locator (get_skill, get_skill_file). Skill write tools take the matching /workspace/skills/* body plus idempotencyKey, or inputs (never both). See Workspace Skills.

View-scoped entity search (`view_id`)

workspace_search_accounts, workspace_search_contacts, and workspace_search_projects accept an optional view_id:

Without view_id, the tool searches only the existing workspace book (same as the REST entity search routes, which never take view_id).
With view_id, the handler dispatches to /workspace/views/{id}/records/search. Saved Dynamic criteria or Static membership form the base; this call’s filters only narrow it for the request.
Discover View ids with workspace_search_views. The tool must match the View’s dataset.
With view_id, Account and Contact sorts are name, created_at or projects_count; Project sorts are last_signal_at, name, created_at or signals_count. Overlay updated_at and atlas_score sorts remain book-only.

Stored Dynamic definitions use a dataset-discriminated { version, q, fields } union (web filter state). They are not the nested SearchRequest filter objects used at search time. See Workspace Views.

Discovering enum values

For enum-backed filter fields (for example stage, primary_use, signal_type, account_type, icp_tier, and the role relational fields), each search tool’s input schema advertises structure (fields, types, and relational sub-fields) and points to the fields tools for values: call search_fields for a dataset’s full vocabulary, or get_fields for specific keys, each value with a one-line meaning. An agent or client discovers valid values in one 0-credit call, without sampling rows first. Passing a value outside the allowed set returns a 400 (the same shape documented in Errors) rather than an empty result. See Search Fields and Enums for the full reference. View definition enums follow the same vocabularies where the web tables expose them; Project disposition is not part of stored View definitions.