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Summary
Drive Folk (modern relationship CRM) from any AI agent: people, companies, groups, deals, custom fields. 9 tools, Bearer auth.
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Example prompts for Folk
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Folk + ChatGPT
Drive Folk (modern relationship CRM) from any AI agent: people, companies, groups, deals, custom fields. 9 tools, Bearer auth.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
FOLK_API_TOKEN
Step 1 — Get credentials
folk.app).
Setup:
- Sign in to https://app.folk.app → bottom-left avatar → API & Integrations → API → Generate API token.
- Set
FOLK_API_TOKEN. - Note your workspace's groups — Folk's groups are loose collections (use them like tags).
Authentication: Authorization: Bearer ${FOLK_API_TOKEN}.
People / Companies / Deals: standard CRM objects, plus the relationship-graph idea — every person is linked to one or more companies, plus a free-form network of contacts.
Groups: flexible — Folk's primary segmentation. Add a person to multiple groups; each group has its own custom fields visible only when the person is in that group.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in ChatGPT
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
ChatGPT connects to MCP servers as custom apps in developer mode, available on paid plans (not on Free). On Business and Enterprise workspaces an admin may have to allow it first.
- In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
- Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and click +.
- Enter a name and a short description, e.g. Name:
Folk. - Under Connection, enter the MCP server URL
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_IDand create the connection. - When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP (OAuth) and allow access.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
folk_me | Return the user the token belongs to |
folk_list_people | List people with cursor pagination |
folk_get_person | Fetch a person by ID with full contact details + groups + companies |
folk_create_person | Create a person |
folk_update_person | Update a person (PATCH) |
folk_list_companies | List companies |
folk_create_company | Create a company |
folk_list_groups | List groups (collections) |
folk_list_group_custom_fields | List custom fields defined on a specific group |
FAQ
Does the free ChatGPT plan work with custom MCP connectors? No. Custom MCP connections need developer mode, which is only on paid plans.
Next steps
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