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Close MCP connector

The Close connector brings leads, contacts, opportunities, calls, emails, and notes from Close into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent, so each person can ask about their pipeline inside their own Close access, with every request logged.

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Close to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Close once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Close.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Approve it in Close. Close's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

close
Close
Affinity
Attio
Clazar
EveryAction
Follow Up Boss
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Close MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Close MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Close MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Close to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Close through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Sales

    Prep for a call in one question

    Ask for everything on a lead before you dial: the contacts, the open opportunity, the last email thread, and the notes your colleague left. The answer comes from live Close records, not a stale export.

  • Sales

    Review what happened on yesterday's calls

    Pull the meeting transcripts and call records from the day and get a summary of what each prospect said, what they objected to, and what you promised to send.

  • Sales development

    Work a smart view without clicking through it

    Ask which leads in a saved smart view have had no activity this week, which status they sit in, and who owns them, then decide where to spend the morning.

  • Sales leadership

    Get a pipeline picture before the Monday meeting

    Ask how many opportunities sit in each status, which ones moved since last week, and which have gone quiet, totaled by rep or by month.

  • Customer success

    Catch up on an account before renewal

    Read the full history of a lead in Close, including emails, notes, calls, and tasks, and get a short account summary before you reach out.

  • Finance

    Check invoices against closed deals

    Look up the invoices attached to a lead in Close, compare them with the won opportunities, and spot anything billed late or not at all.

Try asking

  • “Which opportunities in the Q3 pipeline haven't had a call this week?”
  • “Summarize yesterday's meeting transcript with Acme and list the follow-ups”
  • “Show me leads in the Trial ending soon smart view”

See all 121 Close tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Close

All three can connect Close to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Close, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Close tools Allow or restrict single Close tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Close call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Close tools for your AI agents

121 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Close, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi. Close builds and runs these tools.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Close gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Close account.

The agent

Ask about your pipeline, get answers from Close.

Live leads, opportunities, and call notes, answered in plain language.

  • leads
  • contacts
  • opportunities
  • calls

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which opportunities in the Q3 pipeline haven't had a call this week?

Summarize yesterday's meeting transcript with Acme and list the follow-ups

Show me leads in the Trial ending soon smart view

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Close works in every client through one endpoint.

Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor connect to Close over OAuth, with no SDK or shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

121 Close tools, ready without writing code.

Leads, contacts, opportunities, calls, emails, notes, and tasks, covered with no custom code.

  • Activity search
  • Aggregation
  • Close product knowledge search
  • Customized builtin labels
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Activity search Search Search for activities. Results are returned ordered by date descending. Examples: * To list activities on a lead, use the lead_ids filter. * To list conversations, filter for calls and meetings. * Filter for Email to get individual messages, or EmailThread to get one result…
Aggregation Action Perform an aggregation to answer questions like: * How many emails were sent this week? * Calls by user this week (Who made the most?) You MUST first fetch the list of available fields using the `get_fields` tool.
Close product knowledge search Search Search Close product documentation and knowledge base for relevant information. Use this tool when users ask about: * How to use specific Close features * Close API documentation and integration * Workflow automation and best practices * Product capabilities and limitations *…
Customized builtin labels Action Return the customized builtin labels. Only renamed labels are returned - an empty result means the default names apply.
Fetch Action Retrieve the contents of an arbitrary object by its ID. Currently supported are leads and contacts.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Close toolbox.

Sales, finance, and success each see the Close tools that fit their work.

  • Sales
  • Sales development
  • Customer success
  • Finance
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Sales toolbox

Close · leads and opportunities

Close starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Sales development toolbox

Close · new leads and call tasks

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Customer success toolbox

Close · account history and renewals

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Finance toolbox

Close · invoices and won deals

Close starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Close · lead sources and email templates

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Revenue operations toolbox

Close · statuses, smart views, and reporting

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share Close access, never share a credential.

One person connects Close; teammates work through it without seeing a login.

  • Sales EMEA
  • Sales US
  • Outbound
  • Customer success
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
CL

Close (Sales EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
CL

Close (Sales US)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
CL

Close (Outbound)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
CL

Close (Customer success)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
CL

Close (Finance)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
CL

Close (Leadership)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Close request is logged with a name.

When, who, and which lead or opportunity was touched, kept in an append-only log.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Close Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Close Leads Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Close Leads List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule turns Close activity into real work.

Calls and emails are fetched, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, and posted back to Close.

Close digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch leads

    Close

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Close

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Close pipeline health, computed without a model.

Leads created over 14 days, broken down by team, refreshed on a schedule.

Close health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the leads collection

Live

Leads

1,284 ↓ 12%

Contacts

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Leads created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Sales EMEA 34%

Sales US 27%

Outbound 21%

Customer success 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Close to Claude?

Connect Close in Elaichi first. Close connects over OAuth, so you sign in to Close with your normal login and approve the access; there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude will ask you to sign in to Elaichi and Close is ready to use.

Does Close work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Close is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Close once and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Close data?

It can find leads, contacts, and opportunities in Close, read the calls, emails, notes, tasks, meeting transcripts, and invoices attached to them, and summarize what it finds. It can also total things up, such as opportunities by status or activity by rep, and look at your saved smart views and lead statuses. Short, specific asks tend to work better than long paragraphs, for example a lead name and the question you have about it.

Does connecting Close give the AI access to every lead in my organization?

No. Each person signs in to Close as themselves, so the agent sees only the leads, contacts, and opportunities that person can already see in Close. Elaichi can narrow that further by role or by action, but it can never widen access beyond what Close itself allows the signed-in person.

Can my team share one Close connection?

Yes. One person connects Close in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles a credential or sets anything up. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every request to Close.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Close?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading leads and opportunities while blocking anything that edits or removes records in Close. A restricted action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other client at all, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.

What happens to a Close connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Close through every connected client at once, including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. A Close connection they shared with a team keeps working for everyone else. If you want Close gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from every client.

Does the Close MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Close is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Close?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Close. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Close call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Close?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Close: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Close in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.