Lawmatics MCP Tool - Get Contact

Q: What does the Get Contact tool do?

This page documents the Get Contact tool (lawmatics_get-contact). Fetch a single contact from Lawmatics by ID, including standard fields, custom fields, and a relationships envelope of {id,type} pointers to related records (creating user, client, company, custom contact type, matters, tags, emails, phone numbers, addresses, notes, files, folders). It is one of the Lawmatics Contacts tools, invoked through your firm's Weave MCP connection and available to members whose access level permits it.

Get Contact (lawmatics_get-contact)

Fetch a single contact from Lawmatics by ID, including standard fields, custom fields, and a `relationships` envelope of {id,type} pointers to related records (creating user, client, company, custom contact type, matters, tags, emails, phone numbers, addresses, notes, files, folders).

Tool Input

contactIdstring— ID of the contact to fetch; a numeric string(pattern: ^\d+$)

Tool Output

idstring— Lawmatics contact ID

firstNamestringnull— Contact's first/given name; null if unset

lastNamestringnull— Contact's last/family name; null if unset

emailstringnull— Primary email address; null if unset

emailAddressstringnull— Alternate email field returned by the API; may duplicate or differ from `email`; null if unset

phonestringnull— Primary phone number as stored; null if unset

phoneNumberstringnull— Alternate phone field returned by the API; may duplicate or differ from `phone`; null if unset

birthdatestringnull— Date of birth as an ISO 8601 date; null if unset

namePrefixstringnull— Honorific before the name (e.g. Mr., Dr.); null if unset

middleNamestringnull— Contact's middle name; null if unset

nameSuffixstringnull— Suffix after the name (e.g. Jr., III); null if unset

informalNamestringnull— Preferred informal/nickname for the contact; null if unset

employerstringnull— Contact's employer or organization; null if unset

occupationstringnull— Contact's occupation or job role; null if unset

citizenshipstringnull— Contact's citizenship; null if unset

biostringnull— Free-text biography or notes about the contact; null if unset

titlestringnull— Job title; null if unset

hobbiesstringnull— Free-text hobbies or interests; null if unset

socialSecuritystringnull— Social Security number as stored; null if unset

agenumbernull— Contact's age in years; null if unset

driverLicensestringnull— Driver's license number as stored; null if unset

genderstringnull— Contact's gender as stored; null if unset

maritalStatusstringnull— Contact's marital status as stored; null if unset

timezonestringnull— Contact's timezone identifier; null if unset

trackingSourceIdstringnull— ID of the tracking source the contact came from; null if unset

dateOfLastContactstringnull— Date of the most recent contact as an ISO 8601 date; null if never contacted

daysSinceLastContactnumbernull— Whole days elapsed since the last contact; null if never contacted

photoUrlstringnull— URL of the contact's photo; null if unset

contactTypestringnull— Contact classification as stored (e.g. lead, client); null if unset

createdAtstringnull— When the contact was created, as an ISO 8601 timestamp; null if unknown

updatedAtstringnull— When the contact was last updated, as an ISO 8601 timestamp; null if unknown

customFieldsarray— Account-defined custom fields on the contact; empty array if none

[]object

idstring— Custom field definition ID, as a numeric string

namestringnull— Custom field display name; null if unset

fieldTypestringnull— Custom field data type (e.g. text, date, select); null if unset

valueany— Raw custom field value; type varies by `fieldType`

formattedValueany— Display-formatted custom field value; type varies by `fieldType`

relationshipsobject— JSON:API relationship pointers to related records as {id,type} stubs. Not materialized — follow a pointer by calling that resource's own get/find tool (e.g. type 'prospect' -> get-matter, type 'user' -> get-user, type 'company' -> get-company).

createdByobjectnull— Creating user pointer; null when unset