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How to Connect Folk to Gemini — via MCP

Drive Folk (modern relationship CRM) from any AI agent: people, companies, groups, deals, custom fields. 9 tools, Bearer auth.

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Folk

Drive Folk (modern relationship CRM) from any AI agent: people, companies, groups, deals, custom fields. 9 tools, Bearer auth.

Tools

9

Region

INTL

Category

crm

Authentication

Bearer Token

Required env vars

FOLK_API_TOKEN
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Sign in, install the Folk in one click, paste the credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server to run.

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TL;DR

Drive Folk (modern relationship CRM) from any AI agent: people, companies, groups, deals, custom fields. 9 tools, Bearer auth.

💡 No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly. Sign in, click Connectors → Folk, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server.

Folk + Gemini

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:

  1. Sign in to https://app.folk.app → bottom-left avatar → API & Integrations → API → Generate API token.
  2. Set FOLK_API_TOKEN.
  3. 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

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Gemini

Gemini CLI reads MCP servers from ~/.gemini/settings.json (or %APPDATA%\gemini\settings.json on Windows). Add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "httpUrl": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key.
  2. Save the file and restart gemini.
  3. Run /mcp inside the Gemini CLI — Folk should be listed as available.
  4. Vertex AI Studio: pass https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp to the tools array of your request with the same Bearer header.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
folk_meReturn the user the token belongs to
folk_list_peopleList people with cursor pagination
folk_get_personFetch a person by ID with full contact details + groups + companies
folk_create_personCreate a person
folk_update_personUpdate a person (PATCH)
folk_list_companiesList companies
folk_create_companyCreate a company
folk_list_groupsList groups (collections)
folk_list_group_custom_fieldsList custom fields defined on a specific group

FAQ

Does Gemini 1.5 Pro or 2.x support MCP? Yes — Gemini CLI ≥ 0.4 and Vertex AI tools API both accept MCP httpUrl connectors with Bearer headers.

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