Bring Contact Management
to Cline
Learn how to connect folk to Cline and start using 6 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the folk MCP Server?
Connect your folk CRM account to any AI agent and simplify how you manage your professional relationships, coordinate contact groups, and track interactions through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Contact Oversight — List all contacts and retrieve detailed profile metadata, including custom fields and status.
- Group Management — Coordinate your contact lists by querying and managing specific groups in your folk workspace.
- Interaction Tracking — Retrieve a complete history of emails, meetings, and calls for any contact to maintain context.
- Relationship CRM — Create new contact records and update profile data programmatically via AI.
- Notes & Insights — List and query all notes and comments associated with your contacts to capture important details.
- Operational Visibility — Verify account configurations and monitor your professional ecosystem directly from the agent.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your folk API Key (found in your account settings)
3. Start managing your professional network from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Founders & Entrepreneurs — quickly retrieve investor details and track recent interactions via simple AI commands.
- Sales & BD Teams — manage lead groups and verify contact history directly from the workspace.
- Recruiters — track candidate pipelines and monitor interview notes via the AI assistant.
Built-in capabilities (6)
Create a new contact
Get details for a specific contact
List notes for a contact
Optionally filter by group ID. List folk contacts
List folk groups
List interactions for a contact
Why Cline?
Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including folk tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 6 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.
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Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts
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Runs inside VS Code, so you get MCP tool access alongside your existing extensions, terminal, and version control in a single window
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Cline can create, edit, and delete files based on MCP tool responses, enabling end-to-end automation from data retrieval to code generation
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Transparent execution: every tool call and file change is shown in Cline's activity log for full visibility and approval before committing
folk in Cline
folk and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect folk to Cline through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for folk in Cline
The folk MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 6 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Cline only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
folk for Cline
Every tool call from Cline to the folk MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see all contacts in a specific folk group via AI?
Yes! Use the list_contacts tool and provide the Group ID. Your agent will retrieve all profiles and metadata for the contacts in that specific group.
How do I add a new person to my folk directory?
Use the create_contact action. Provide the first name, last name, and email address to register the new contact in your folk account instantly.
Is it possible to see the interaction history for a contact via AI?
Absolutely. Run the list_interactions query with the Contact ID. The agent will retrieve a history of emails, meetings, and calls associated with that profile.
How does Cline connect to MCP servers?
Cline reads MCP server configurations from its settings panel in VS Code. Add the server URL and Cline discovers all available tools on initialization.
Can Cline run MCP tools without approval?
By default, Cline asks for confirmation before executing tool calls. You can configure auto-approval rules for trusted servers in the settings.
Does Cline support multiple MCP servers at once?
Yes. Configure as many servers as needed. Cline can use tools from different servers within the same autonomous task execution.
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