Can Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor use Contact Book directly?

Yes, via the MCP server. It's a stdio JSON-RPC server that wires into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-aware client in five lines of config. The list of tools matches your data model 1:1 - whatever a CRUD type exposes in the UI is exposed identically to the agent.

Do agent calls share the same auth + access controls?

Yes. The MCP server authenticates with the same JWT or PAT a human session uses. Sharing rules, org membership, rate limits, suspicion bans - all of it applies. There's no "agent backdoor" that bypasses the access matrix.

Is there an audit trail for agent actions?

Yes. Every mutation goes through the same audit-log path as a UI click. The transport (UI / API / CLI / MCP) is recorded as channel metadata so you can filter "what did the agent do this hour" from your account history.

Can I rate-limit an agent separately from a human?

Per-token rate limits apply, so you can issue an agent its own PAT and cap it independently. The shared user-level bucket also caps total throughput, so a runaway loop can't drain your whole account. The CLI's auto-update channel marker means you can also see in audit which version is calling.

Does the MCP / API surface cost extra?

No. Same plan, same surface. We don't paywall the agent - it's the same product, the same schema, the same access gates. If a plan can do X in the UI, it can do X via MCP.

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Contact Book: the agent-friendly alternative to Dex

Same product, same surface for humans and AI agents. MCP server + CLI + drop-in clients in 15 languages.

Agentic alternative

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Julia YukovichCo-Founder + CEO

·December 31, 2025·

1 min read

Contact Book ships an MCP server you can wire into Claude Desktop or any MCP client in five lines. The same auth + access gates apply, the same audit log records every action, the same rate limits apply. Dex doesn't currently expose this surface - that's the gap.

At a glance

Dex is sharply focused on "don't lose touch" - it adds reminders + activity tracking on top of LinkedIn-style integrations. Contact Book does that too, and adds gifts, life events, pets, family relationships, and a journal. If keep-in-touch reminders are 80% of what you want, Dex is excellent. If you also remember birthdays, family details, gift histories, and want all of it in one place, you're more at home with us.

Agent surface

What 'agent-friendly' actually means in practice

Contact Book ships an MCP server, a CLI, and drop-in clients in 15 languages. They're auto-generated from the same schema your UI uses; the auth, the access gates, the rate limits, the audit log all apply identically whether you're clicking buttons or calling the API. Dex doesn't currently expose this surface, which is the gap a serious agent integration trips over - the agent ends up scraping the UI through a browser, which is fragile, slow, and silently bypasses everything below.

Contact Book vs Dex: agent-readiness comparison

	Ours Contact Book	Theirs Dex
Stay-in-touch reminders
Activity log
LinkedIn import	Manual + CSV
Gifts tracker
Life events		Limited
Pets
Hosted in Germany
Live multi-tab
Free tier

When to pick which

Pick Contact Book when

You want reminders plus the rest of the relationship surface (gifts, life events, family).

Hosting in Germany / EU jurisdiction matters to you.

Pick Dex when

LinkedIn integration is essential and you live in that network.

You really only want "don't lose touch" + nothing else - the smaller surface is the appeal.

Agentic-integration questions

What an agent-builder asks before wiring a tool into Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor.

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Written by

Julia Yukovich

Co-Founder + CEO

Julia is one of the Co-Founders. She handles design, product direction, and most of the support replies that arrive in the morning.

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