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Front MCP connector

The Front connector brings your shared inboxes, conversations, teammates, teams and accounts into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client, so each person can find, assign, remind and update Front conversations from an AI assistant while signed in as themselves.

  • How it connects. OAuth or API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Front to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Front once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Front.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Supply your own Front app, then approve. Front needs an OAuth app you register yourself, so bring its client ID and secret. One person does this once for the organization.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

front
Front
Acquire
Ada
Atomicwork
CM Mobile Service Cloud
Crisp
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Front MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Front MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Front MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Front to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Front through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Support

    Find what is waiting in the inbox

    Ask which Front conversations are still open, unassigned or overdue in a given inbox, and get a list you can act on before the queue builds up.

  • Support

    Hand a conversation to the right teammate

    When a ticket lands with the wrong person, reassign the Front conversation to the teammate who owns that customer without opening Front.

  • Customer success

    Set a follow-up reminder after a call

    Once a check-in is done, put a reminder on the Front conversation so it comes back to you on the day you promised to follow up.

  • Sales

    Add a note to the customer thread

    Drop a message into the Front conversation with what was agreed on a call, so the rest of the team sees the context in the same thread.

  • Account management

    Keep account records current

    Look up a Front account, see which conversations belong to it, and create a new account when a customer is missing from the list.

  • Operations

    Set up inboxes and teams for a new group

    When a new region or product line launches, create the Front inbox and team it needs and check which teammates belong to it.

Try asking

  • “Which Front conversations in Support are unassigned right now?”
  • “Summarize open conversations in the Billing inbox today.”
  • “Who on the Front sales team has the heaviest queue?”

See all 243 Front tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Front

All three can connect Front to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Front, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Front tools Allow or restrict single Front tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Front call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Front tools for your AI agents

243 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Front, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Front gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Front account.

The agent

Ask about Front conversations, get real answers.

Plain language questions run against live Front conversations, inboxes and teammates.

  • conversations
  • inboxes
  • teammates
  • teams

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which Front conversations in Support are unassigned right now?

Summarize open conversations in the Billing inbox today.

Who on the Front sales team has the heaviest queue?

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach Front here.

One org-wide MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

243 Front tools ready without custom code.

Conversations, inboxes, teams, teammates, comments and tags, every method already wired.

  • List all Front teammates
  • Get single Front teammate by ID
  • Update a Front teammate by ID
  • List all Front teams
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Front teammates List List teammates in Front. Returns id, email, username, first_name, last_name, license_type, is_admin, is_available, is_blocked, type, and custom_fields for each teammate.
Get single Front teammate by ID Get Get a teammate in Front by id. Returns fields including id, email, username, first_name, last_name, license_type, is_admin, is_available, is_blocked, type, and custom_fields.
Update a Front teammate by ID Update Update a teammate in Front. Requires id. Updates may include username, first_name, last_name, is_available, and custom_fields. Custom fields must be fully provided if updated, otherwise existing ones will be erased.
List all Front teams List List teams in Front. Returns an array of teams with id (unique identifier), name (team name), and _links.self (resource URL).
Get single Front team by ID Get Get a specific team in Front by id. Returns id (unique identifier of the team), name (team name), inboxes (list of associated inboxes), and members (list of teammates with their details).

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own Front toolbox.

Support, sales and ops each see the Front tools their work needs.

  • Support
  • Sales
  • Success
  • Operations
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Support toolbox

Front · conversations and inboxes

Front starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Sales toolbox

Front · inbound conversations and replies

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Success toolbox

Front · account conversations and tags

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Operations toolbox

Front · teams and teammates

Front starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Billing toolbox

Front · invoice conversations and comments

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Leadership toolbox

Front · read only conversation reporting

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates work in Front without a credential.

One person connects the Front account, shared teams and members use it safely.

  • Support EMEA
  • Support US
  • Sales inbound
  • Customer success
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
FR

Front (Support EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
FR

Front (Support US)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
FR

Front (Sales inbound)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
FR

Front (Customer success)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
FR

Front (Billing desk)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
FR

Front (Operations)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Front call has a name on it.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for each conversation and inbox touched.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

Front Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

Front Conversations Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

Front Conversations List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule drafts your Front digest nightly.

Fetch conversations, group them, draft a digest, approve it, post back to Front.

Front digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch conversations

    Front

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Front

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Front inbox health, counted not guessed.

Four metrics, 14 days of conversations created, split by team, refreshed on schedule.

Front health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the conversations collection

Live

Conversations

1,284 ↓ 12%

Inboxes

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Conversations created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Support EMEA 34%

Support US 27%

Sales inbound 21%

Customer success 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Front to Claude?

Two steps. First connect Front in Elaichi: Front asks you to register an OAuth application inside Front's own developer settings, so someone on your team brings that client ID and secret into Elaichi once, or you can paste a Front API key instead. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and Front is available in Claude.

Does Front work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Front is connected once in Elaichi, and the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. Each person signs in once per client and their Front access follows them.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Front data?

With Front connected, an agent can list and read conversations in your shared inboxes, assign a conversation to a teammate, set or change reminders, add a message to a thread, and create new conversations. It can also look up teammates, teams, inboxes, accounts and recent events, and create inboxes, teams and accounts when you ask. Front has a lot it can do, so short concrete asks such as "show unassigned conversations in the billing inbox" work better than long instructions.

Does connecting Front give the AI access to every inbox?

No. Every call runs inside the Front access of the person who signed in, so the agent only sees the inboxes, conversations and accounts that person can already see in Front. Elaichi can narrow that access further with restrictions, and it can never widen it beyond what Front itself allows.

Can my team share one Front connection?

Yes. One person connects Front in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else handles a client secret or API key. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so the audit log records who assigned, updated or created each Front conversation.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Front?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading Front conversations while blocking deleting conversations, teams or accounts, or blocking updates entirely. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT or any other client, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Front connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Front through every client at once, with nothing to revoke inside Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor separately. A Front connection shared with a team keeps working for everyone else. If you ever want Front gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from every client.

Does the Front MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Front is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Front?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Front. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Front call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Front?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Front: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Front in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.