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CardDAV address book

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Connects an iCloud or Fastmail address book to browse collections, read vCards and save contacts by version.

What you can do (5)

What you can do

Available commands: 5 (3 read, 2 write). Enable only the commands your application needs.

Command Effect
Browse address books — carddav.books Read
Browse contact files — carddav.resources Read
Read contact vCard — carddav.contact.get Read
Save contact by version — carddav.contact.put Write
Delete a contact by version — carddav.contact.delete Write

Connect and use

Connect and use

Open the integration's connection form to check the available credential source. The source has not been resolved for this documentation export. The instructions below apply when using your own provider account.

Get your provider credentials

Follow these steps for CardDAV address book, then enter the issued values in the connection form below.

  1. Open your mail, calendar or file provider's security settings and create an app password when supported. Obtain the server URL and account identifiers from its CalDAV, CardDAV or WebDAV setup guide; enter those values in the connection form.

Official credential setup

Where to enter credentials

In the integration page, sign in, choose your workspace and open Connect. If a Credentials choice is shown, select Use my credentials. Fill the following connection fields and save. Provider credentials belong in this form, never in an MCP configuration or tool input.

Connection field Requirement
Provider Required
Account Required
App-specific password Required

Open API keys and create a Tooluse.net key for the enabled commands.

Set TOOLUSE_API_KEY in your client and use the shared MCP configuration.

Configure Claude Code, Codex or Cursor once

Permissions and results

If you have more than one workspace, check the selected workspace in the connection or API-key dialog before saving. Roles, enabled commands, expiry and revocation use Tooluse.net's existing permissions. Disabling a connection or revoking a key immediately prevents new calls.

Send one Claude tool_use block per request. Keep the same Idempotency-Key when retrying the same request; use a new key for a new call. The response includes the shared Tooluse.net receipt and Claude tool_result. Check both HTTP status and the returned tool result before treating a call as successful.

Your connection's daily allowance and key permissions also apply. Adding a connection does not make a provider request.

Calls return the shared execution receipt and a Claude tool_result. Provider output varies by operation; consult the provider documentation for its response fields. Unconfirmed calls should be checked before retrying.

Call from your client

Use the shared MCP configuration. Refresh your client's tool list after saving the connection or changing key permissions, then call the returned tool name with the example input below.

Configure Claude Code, Codex or Cursor once

Discover your enabled tools

List permitted tools in Claude format. Read every page using page and size (maximum 100) until all results have been received. Use the returned name, not a catalog capability identifier, in the tool_use block.

curl 'https://api.tooluse.net/v1/tools' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLUSE_API_KEY"

Find this command in the tool list permitted by your key. Replace svc_FROM_YOUR_TOOL_LIST with its returned name. Use a new Idempotency-Key for each new call and retain it when retrying that same call.

HTTP call

curl 'https://api.tooluse.net/v1/tool-calls' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLUSE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: replace-with-a-new-call-id' \
  --data '{
  "type": "tool_use",
  "id": "toolu_example",
  "name": "svc_FROM_YOUR_TOOL_LIST",
  "input": {}
}'

Send one Claude tool_use block per request. Keep the same Idempotency-Key when retrying the same request; use a new key for a new call. The response includes the shared Tooluse.net receipt and Claude tool_result. Check both HTTP status and the returned tool result before treating a call as successful.

Commands

Browse address books — carddav.books

Run Browse address books with CardDAV address book. This is a read command; it does not grant access beyond the connected account's permissions.

This is a read operation. Provider rate limits and data access rules still apply.

Connect and use

Parameters

Requiredness is local to the containing object. A required child is required only when its parent object or array item is provided. Alternative schemas are identified in the Constraints column; the linked full JSON Schema is authoritative.

This tool has no input parameters.

Full JSON Schema

Full JSON Schema

Example input

{}

At most 3 provider requests per invocation; timeout: 30 seconds.

Browse contact files — carddav.resources

Run Browse contact files with CardDAV address book. This is a read command; it does not grant access beyond the connected account's permissions.

This is a read operation. Provider rate limits and data access rules still apply.

Connect and use

Parameters

Requiredness is local to the containing object. A required child is required only when its parent object or array item is provided. Alternative schemas are identified in the Constraints column; the linked full JSON Schema is authoritative.

Parameter Type Required in parent Description Constraints
href string Required Resource URL minLength: 1; maxLength: 2000; format: "uri"

Full JSON Schema

Full JSON Schema

Example input

{
  "href": "https://contacts.icloud.com/addressbook/"
}

At most 1 provider requests per invocation; timeout: 30 seconds.

Read contact vCard — carddav.contact.get

Run Read contact vCard with CardDAV address book. This is a read command; it does not grant access beyond the connected account's permissions.

This is a read operation. Provider rate limits and data access rules still apply.

Connect and use

Parameters

Requiredness is local to the containing object. A required child is required only when its parent object or array item is provided. Alternative schemas are identified in the Constraints column; the linked full JSON Schema is authoritative.

Parameter Type Required in parent Description Constraints
href string Required Resource URL minLength: 1; maxLength: 2000; format: "uri"

Full JSON Schema

Full JSON Schema

Example input

{
  "href": "https://contacts.icloud.com/addressbook/contact.vcf"
}

At most 1 provider requests per invocation; timeout: 30 seconds.

Save contact by version — carddav.contact.put

Run Save contact by version with CardDAV address book. This command can change provider data. Review the target and input before invoking it.

This operation can change provider data. Review the input before allowing an agent to call it.

Connect and use

Parameters

Requiredness is local to the containing object. A required child is required only when its parent object or array item is provided. Alternative schemas are identified in the Constraints column; the linked full JSON Schema is authoritative.

Parameter Type Required in parent Description Constraints
href string Required Resource URL minLength: 1; maxLength: 2000; format: "uri"
uid string Required Contact UID minLength: 1; maxLength: 2000
vcard string Required Contact vCard minLength: 1; maxLength: 64000
etag string Required Expected version ETag; use * when creating minLength: 1; maxLength: 2000

Full JSON Schema

Full JSON Schema

Example input

{
  "href": "https://contacts.icloud.com/addressbook/contact.vcf",
  "uid": "contact",
  "vcard": "BEGIN:VCARD\nVERSION:3.0\nFN:Jane Doe\nEND:VCARD",
  "etag": "*"
}

At most 1 provider requests per invocation; timeout: 30 seconds.

Delete a contact by version — carddav.contact.delete

Run Delete a contact by version with CardDAV address book. This command can change provider data. Review the target and input before invoking it.

This operation can change provider data. Review the input before allowing an agent to call it.

Connect and use

Parameters

Requiredness is local to the containing object. A required child is required only when its parent object or array item is provided. Alternative schemas are identified in the Constraints column; the linked full JSON Schema is authoritative.

Parameter Type Required in parent Description Constraints
href string Required Resource URL minLength: 1; maxLength: 2000; format: "uri"
etag string Required Expected version ETag minLength: 1; maxLength: 2000

Full JSON Schema

Full JSON Schema

Example input

{
  "href": "https://contacts.icloud.com/addressbook/contact.vcf",
  "etag": "\"current-version\""
}

At most 1 provider requests per invocation; timeout: 30 seconds.

Errors

Check the key's expiry, revocation, workspace and allowed operations.

Reuse the same idempotency key only for the same request.

The connection or provider limit has been reached. Check the receipt before retrying.

Test the connection

Open the integration's commands below to inspect parameters and examples. Start with a read command for an account or resource you can access. Refresh your client's tool list, use the returned tool name, and check the execution result and usage. Provider charges and permissions still apply. Never test a write against production data without reviewing it.

Official provider documentation

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