How to Manage Your Contacts

Add, view, update, and delete entries in your Outlook personal contacts book.

View a Contact’s Full Details

tool: manage-contact
params:
  action: "get"
  id: "contact-id..."

Create a New Contact

“Add a contact for Jane Smith at jane@company.com”

tool: manage-contact
params:
  action: "create"
  displayName: "Jane Smith"
  email: "jane@company.com"

With additional details:

tool: manage-contact
params:
  action: "create"
  displayName: "Jane Smith"
  email: "jane@company.com"
  mobilePhone: "+61 400 000 000"
  companyName: "Acme Corp"
  jobTitle: "Product Manager"
  notes: "Met at the Melbourne conference"

If displayName contains a space, it’s automatically split into first and last name.

Update an Existing Contact

“Update Jane’s email to jane.smith@newcompany.com”

tool: manage-contact
params:
  action: "update"
  id: "contact-id..."
  email: "jane.smith@newcompany.com"

Only the fields you specify are updated — existing fields are preserved.

Delete a Contact

tool: manage-contact
params:
  action: "delete"
  id: "contact-id..."

Parameter Reference

Parameter	What it does	Used with
action	list, search, get, create, update, delete	All
id	Contact ID	get, update, delete
displayName	Full name	create, update
email	Primary email address	create, update
mobilePhone	Mobile phone number	create, update
companyName	Company name	create, update
jobTitle	Job title	create, update
notes	Personal notes	create, update
query	Search text	search
count	Number of results	list, search

Tips

• At least displayName or email is required when creating a contact
• Use search-people for broader searches (directory + recent contacts) — see Find Contacts and People
• Contacts sync across Outlook desktop, web, and mobile

Related

• Find Contacts and People — search for people across all sources
• Tools Reference — manage-contact