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list-contact-groups

Retrieve contact groups from Xero to organize and manage business relationships. Optionally specify a group ID to view its contacts and details.

Instructions

List all contact groups in Xero. You can optionally specify a contact group ID to retrieve details for that specific group, including its contacts.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
contactGroupIdNoOptional ID of the contact group to retrieve

Implementation Reference

  • The handler function for the 'list-contact-groups' tool. It calls the Xero helper, handles errors, and formats the contact groups data into readable text blocks.
    async (args) => { const response = await listXeroContactGroups(args?.contactGroupId); if (response.error !== null) { return { content: [ { type: "text" as const, text: `Error listing contact groups: ${response.error}`, }, ], }; } const contactGroups = response.result; return { content: [ { type: "text" as const, text: `Found ${contactGroups?.length || 0} contact groups:`, }, ...(contactGroups?.map((contactGroup) => ({ type: "text" as const, text: [ `Contact Group ID: ${contactGroup.contactGroupID}`, `Name: ${contactGroup.name}`, `Status: ${contactGroup.status}`, contactGroup.contacts ? contactGroup.contacts.map(contact => [ `Contact ID: ${contact.contactID}`, `Name: ${contact.name}`, ].join('\n') ).join('\n') : "No contacts in this contact group.", ] .filter(Boolean) .join("\n"), })) || []), ], }; },
  • Input schema using Zod for the tool, defining optional contactGroupId parameter.
    contactGroupId: z .string() .optional() .describe("Optional ID of the contact group to retrieve"), },
  • Registers all tools from ListTools (including 'list-contact-groups') with the MCP server using server.tool().
    ListTools.map((tool) => tool()).forEach((tool) => server.tool(tool.name, tool.description, tool.schema, tool.handler), );
  • Imports the ListContactGroupsTool for inclusion in ListTools.
    import ListContactGroupsTool from "./list-contact-groups.tool.js";
  • Helper function that authenticates with Xero and retrieves contact groups (all or by ID), returning structured response or error.
    export async function listXeroContactGroups(contactGroupId?: string): Promise< XeroClientResponse<ContactGroup[]> > { try { const contactGroups = await getContactGroups(contactGroupId); return { result: contactGroups, isError: false, error: null, }; } catch (error) { return { result: null, isError: true, error: formatError(error), }; } }

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