How to Use the Sansan MCP in Cline

Let Cline build contact-aware components in your app using live data from your Sansan network.

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Build UIs with live contact data.

This server connects Cline to your Sansan contacts. Tell Cline, 'Create a React component to display all contacts tagged "Q3-Leads".' Cline will use this MCP connection to call `list_tags` and `list_persons`, then write the actual component code, complete with data fetching logic. It doesn't just give you the data; it writes the code that uses the data. You get a working file, ready to commit, without writing a single line of boilerplate.

Audit your contact directory.

Use this toolset to audit your company directory for duplicates. Ask Cline to 'find all people with the same name but different companies'. Cline can fetch all contacts with `list_persons`, get details for each with `get_person`, and then write a script to analyze and flag potential duplicates. This turns a painful manual task into a single command. You can even have Cline stage the list of duplicate IDs as a text file in your project, ready for review.

Sync users with your Sansan MCP Server.

Connect your internal user list with your company's network. Give Cline the task: 'Generate a report of all our app users who are also in the Sansan `list_users` directory.' It can pull both lists and write the code to find the intersection. This is about connecting your application's reality with your company's network. Cline can check who has access to what, cross-referencing your user base with the official company directory in Sansan.

Setup guide

Set up Sansan MCP in Cline

Prerequisites

VS Code with Cline extension installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open Cline MCP settings

Click the Cline icon in the VS Code sidebar to open the Cline panel. Then click the MCP Servers icon (server stack) at the top-right corner of the panel.
2

Add a remote server

Click "Remote Servers" at the top, then click "Add Remote MCP". In the Name field, type sansan-mcp. In the URL field, paste your Vinkius endpoint: https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp. Get your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Enable the server

After saving, the server appears in the Cline MCP panel. Toggle the switch to enable it. The status indicator turns green when the connection is live.
4

Start using tools

Return to the Cline chat and ask: "Check my latest Sansan refund status." Cline will discover the available tools and request your approval before invoking each one — giving you full control over every action.

Cline MCP Settings

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sansan-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Sansan MCP in Cline

Yes, that's exactly what it's for. You can ask Cline to 'export all contacts from the sales department in Sansan to a CSV'. It will use `list_departments` and `list_persons` to get the data and then create the file for you.

You tell it. You can provide a name, company, or other detail. Cline will use the `search_biz_cards` tool to find the right person and can then use `get_person` to retrieve their specific information.

Cline can write anything from data fetching logic for a web front-end to backend scripts for data analysis. For instance, you could have it build a Python script that uses `list_biz_cards` to find contacts and then sends them to another API.

Yes, because Cline handles the entire workflow. You don't need to write API clients or handle authentication. You just state your goal, and Cline uses the pre-configured MCP tools to get the data and write the code.

No. Cline itself doesn't store anything. It uses the Sansan server to fetch data, like a person's details from `get_person`, for the immediate task. The data is processed ephemerally and lives only in the code or files Cline generates for you. Vinkius isolates the connection so your raw contact information stays put.

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