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Merge a lead and a user

An MCP tool from the Intercom API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Merge a lead and a user You can merge a contact with a role of lead into a contact with a role of user. {% admonition type="warning" name="Merged contacts are not retrievable via the API" %} Once a merge is completed, the… [POST /contacts/merge]

Name on the gateway: intercom_api__merge_contact · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
from requiredstringThe unique identifier for the contact to merge away from. Must be a lead.
into requiredstringThe unique identifier for the contact to merge into. Must be a user.

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "intercom_api__merge_contact",
  "arguments": {
    "from": "…",
    "into": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the Intercom API server directly, which lists 108 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-intercom-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/intercom-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

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Use the merge a lead and a user tool with from set to ….

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