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Look up an Identity user by email
An MCP tool from the Netlify API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Look up an Identity user by email Returns the one Identity user with this exact email. Matching ignores case and trailing spaces. Partial matches and pagination are not supported, and an unknown email returns 404. Agent runner… [POST /sites/{site_id}/identity/{identity_id}/users/lookup]
Name on the gateway: netlify_api__lookup_identity_user · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
site_id required | string | site_id parameter |
identity_id required | string | The site's Identity instance ID, returned as… |
email required | string |
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:
{
"name": "netlify_api__lookup_identity_user",
"arguments": {
"site_id": "…",
"identity_id": "…",
"email": "…"
}
}Or connect the Netlify API server directly, which lists 188 tools including this one:
claude mcp add --transport http hj-netlify-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/netlify-api \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Try asking
Use the look up an identity user by email tool with site_id set to ….