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Claude Pipedrive connectorWhat Claude can do in your Pipedrive account.

The Claude Pipedrive connector exposes 32 tools. 19 read deals, leads, contacts, activities and notes, and 13 add or edit records, including turning a lead into a deal. Here: what each tool does, what you approve, and where it stops.

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Overview

What changes when Claude can reach your Pipedrive

The CRM stops being the last tab you open after a call. You tell Claude what happened in plain words, and it reads the right deal, contact or lead in Pipedrive while it answers, then logs the follow-up where your team expects it. It works inside your own Pipedrive permissions, and Pipedrive records every action in its change log.

From call notes to a clean record. Paste your notes after a discovery call: addPerson and addOrganization create the contact and the company, addDeal opens the deal, addNote pins the notes to it and addActivity books the follow-up call.

Move the pipeline without clicking. A prospect asked for a proposal: updateDeal edits the deal, updateActivity updates the call you had booked, and convertLeadToDeal promotes a warm lead into a real opportunity.

Ask instead of filtering. getDeals, searchDeals and getStages answer questions like which open deals sit in the proposal stage, and searchPersons finds a contact by name or email in seconds.

Now what the directory sheet does not tell you. Pipedrive's own tool list also names five product tools that the sheet leaves out, and Pipedrive's setup article describes a custom connector rather than the directory entry. Nothing on this list deletes a record. And nothing runs on its own: no tool starts when a deal goes stale. For that kind of background job, an automation tool is the right trade, and the Integrations hub gathers that side.

Vocabulary

The vocabulary in one minute

Five words you will meet while plugging Pipedrive into Claude.

Connector
The link you set up once between Claude and an account you already own, so Claude can work in that account while it answers you.
Tool
One named action a connector opens to Claude. It picks the ones it needs by itself, and the directory sheet lists them by name.
Authorization
The sign-in screen of the service itself, where you hand Claude the access it will use. Granted once per person, and you can take it back.
Approval
The confirmation Claude waits for before it goes through with something that changes your account, shown in the chat when it matters.
MCP
The shared standard connectors are built on. It is what lets an assistant like Claude talk to an outside service such as your CRM.
Connect

Connect Pipedrive to Claude in three steps

  1. 01

    Find Pipedrive in Claude

    In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors, and look for Pipedrive in the list. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner has to switch the connector on first, before each member can sign in.

  2. 02

    Start the connection

    Click Connect on the Pipedrive row, then sign in to Pipedrive in the window Pipedrive opens itself. If the link ever breaks, use Disconnect and connect again from the same place.

  3. 03

    Read the authorization screen

    Review the permissions on Pipedrive's authorization screen before you accept them. The screen belongs to Pipedrive, not to Claude, and it sets what the access covers. You can take it back later from your Pipedrive account.

Tools

The 32 Claude Pipedrive connector tools, by what they do

Pipedrive gives Claude 32 tools: 19 that read your account, 13 that change something in it.

Two groups: what Claude reads and what it can add or edit. Every tool on the sheet is described by Pipedrive's own tool list. Names stay exactly as Claude shows them.

  • 19 read
  • 13 write

What Claude reads (19)

19 tools

Nineteen tools that fetch or search your CRM records without touching them.

getActivities

Pulls a list of your activities, the calls, meetings and tasks on your calendar, so Claude can tell you what is coming up or overdue.

When it helps
Monday morning, you want every call scheduled this week in one short list.
Watch out
you only see activities your Pipedrive visibility settings already show you.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getActivity

Opens a single activity with the details Pipedrive holds on it, rather than the whole list.

When it helps
before a meeting, you want the exact agenda line and who it is with.
Watch out
Claude needs to know which activity you mean, so name the contact or date.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getDeal

Brings back the record of one specific deal, so Claude answers from the real data rather than from memory.

When it helps
your manager asks where the Acme deal stands and you are away from your desk.
Watch out
a deal owned by a colleague stays hidden if your role cannot view it.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getDeals

Lists deals from your pipeline, which lets Claude sort, count or summarise them for you in the chat.

When it helps
you want all open deals over a given value that nobody has touched in two weeks.
Watch out
the list stops at the deals your own permissions let you see.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getLeadConversionStatus

Checks whether a lead has already been converted, and if so, which deal it became.

When it helps
a colleague swears she qualified that inbound lead last month and you want proof before you chase it again.
Watch out
it answers for one lead at a time, so ask about the ones that matter.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getNote

Reads one note in full, wherever it is attached in the CRM.

When it helps
you remember a pricing remark from a call and want the exact wording before the next one.
Watch out
Claude needs a pointer to the right note, such as the deal or contact it sits on.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getNotes

Returns the list of notes in your account, so Claude can scan what the team wrote about a customer over time.

When it helps
you inherit an account from a departing rep and want the story so far in five lines.
Watch out
notes on records you cannot see stay out of the list.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getOrganization

Displays the record of one company, with the details your team keeps on it.

When it helps
ten minutes before a call, you want the company's key facts without opening the CRM.
Watch out
the record is only as complete as what your team entered.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getOrganizations

Lists the companies stored in Pipedrive so Claude can group or filter them in its answer.

When it helps
you are planning a regional event and need every account in one city.
Watch out
the list stops at the companies your Pipedrive visibility lets you see.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getPerson

Retrieves one specific contact's record, as your CRM holds it.

When it helps
you need the right number for Sarah at TechCorp while you are on the road.
Watch out
a contact outside your visibility group will not come back.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getPersons

Returns a list of contacts, the people stored in your CRM, for Claude to sift through.

When it helps
you want every contact at one company ahead of a quarterly account review.
Watch out
when you know a name or email, the dedicated contact search is quicker.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getStage

Shows the details of one specific stage of a pipeline.

When it helps
you ask about the proposal stage and Claude checks it exists under that exact name in this pipeline.
Watch out
stage names differ from one pipeline to another, so say which pipeline you mean.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getStages

Fetches every stage of a pipeline, giving Claude the map of your sales process.

When it helps
you want a count of deals per stage and Claude first needs the stage list.
Watch out
if you run several pipelines, Claude needs to know which one you are asking about.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

searchDeals

Finds deals by keyword, handy when you remember a word from the title rather than the exact deal.

When it helps
you want every deal that mentions enterprise in its name.
Watch out
a vague keyword returns many matches, so add the company or the stage.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

searchLeads

Looks for leads by keyword or criteria in your leads inbox, the prospects not yet turned into deals.

When it helps
a prospect answers an old email and you want to know if they already sit in your leads.
Watch out
converted leads live on as deals, so look there too.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

searchOrganization

Hunts for companies by name or keyword across your organizations.

When it helps
you are not sure whether the prospect is filed as Acme or Acme Inc.
Watch out
a duplicate company in the CRM shows up twice, and Claude cannot tell which one your team uses.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

searchPersons

Tracks down contacts by name, email or other criteria, the fastest way to reach one person's record.

When it helps
all you have is an email address from a forwarded thread.
Watch out
it only searches the contacts your permissions open to you.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getLeads

Returns your list of leads so Claude can summarise the state of your prospecting.

When it helps
you want to know how many new leads came in and which ones nobody has looked at yet.
Watch out
leads are separate from deals in Pipedrive, so this list does not show open deals.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

getLead

Displays one lead record with the information captured so far.

When it helps
you want the context on a lead before you decide whether it deserves a deal.
Watch out
once converted, a lead's story continues on the deal it became.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

What Claude can add or edit (13)

13 tools

Thirteen tools that add records, edit them or convert a lead. No source describes a confirmation of their own: the general rule below applies.

addActivity

Approval: see the rule

Creates a new activity in Pipedrive: a call, a meeting or a task, attached where it belongs.

What Claude asks for
no source describes a confirmation for this tool, so the general rule of the approvals section applies.
When it helps
right after a demo, you want a follow-up call on next Monday's calendar.
Watch out
check the date Claude understood when you say next week.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

addDeal

Approval: see the rule

Adds a new deal to your pipeline for a prospect who is ready for it.

What Claude asks for
nothing specific is documented here; see the general rule further down.
When it helps
a partner introduction turned into a real project and it deserves its own deal.
Watch out
search first, or you may end up with a second deal for the same project.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

addNote

Approval: see the rule

Writes a note and attaches it to a deal, a lead, a contact or an organization.

What Claude asks for
no dedicated confirmation is described, the default approval rule covers it.
When it helps
your meeting notes should sit on the deal, not in your notebook.
Watch out
tell Claude which record the note belongs to, or it has to guess between several.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

addOrganization

Approval: see the rule

Registers a new organization in Pipedrive, ready for contacts and deals to link to.

What Claude asks for
no confirmation of its own is described; the general rule applies.
When it helps
a new account came in through a trade show and nobody has created it yet.
Watch out
a slightly different spelling creates a duplicate company.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

addPerson

Approval: see the rule

Saves a new person in your CRM, with the details you give Claude.

What Claude asks for
nothing tool-specific is documented, so the approvals section's general rule holds.
When it helps
you photographed a business card and want the person saved and linked to a deal.
Watch out
check the spelling of names and emails before you approve.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

convertLeadToDeal

Approval: see the rule

Turns a lead into a deal, the moment a prospect becomes a real opportunity in your pipeline.

What Claude asks for
no source describes a confirmation for it; the default rule covers it.
When it helps
a qualification call went well and the lead deserves a place in the pipeline.
Watch out
the conversion status tool tells you afterwards which deal it became.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

updateActivity

Approval: see the rule

Edits an existing activity with what has changed since it was booked.

What Claude asks for
nothing specific is documented; the general approval rule applies.
When it helps
the client pushed the meeting by two days and your calendar should follow.
Watch out
a colleague's activity only changes if your role allows it.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

updateDeal

Approval: see the rule

Applies the changes you describe to a deal that already exists in your pipeline.

What Claude asks for
no dedicated confirmation is described, the default rule covers it.
When it helps
the Acme deal just reached proposal sent and the value went up after the call.
Watch out
a stage change shows in your team's reports, so confirm it is the right deal.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

updateOrganization

Approval: see the rule

Updates an existing organization's record with new information.

What Claude asks for
no confirmation of its own is described; see the approvals section.
When it helps
a customer moved offices and the address on file is out of date.
Watch out
the change applies to the company record every deal and contact points to.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

updatePerson

Approval: see the rule

Corrects or completes an existing person's record in Pipedrive.

What Claude asks for
nothing specific is documented here; the default approval rule holds.
When it helps
your contact changed jobs and you want the new title and email saved.
Watch out
two contacts with the same name need an email or company to tell them apart.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

addLead

Approval: see the rule

Logs a fresh lead, a prospect that is not a deal yet.

What Claude asks for
no source describes a confirmation for it; the general rule of the approvals section applies.
When it helps
TechCorp's head of sales wrote in and you want a lead with her as the contact.
Watch out
run a lead search first so the same prospect is not logged twice.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

updateLead

Approval: see the rule

Modifies an existing lead record with fresh information.

What Claude asks for
no dedicated confirmation is documented; the default rule covers it.
When it helps
the prospect gave you a budget range on the phone and it belongs on the lead.
Watch out
if the lead has already been converted, the deal is where the current story lives.

Sourcesupport.pipedrive.com · September 23, 2026 ↗

Approvals

What Claude asks you before it acts

By default, Claude stops and asks for your go-ahead before each action it takes on an account for you. The request shows up in the chat, at the moment it matters.

On Team and Enterprise workspaces, owners decide whether members may let some actions through without being asked every time. They can also limit what a connector may do across the whole organization, for example keep reading open and close writing. That setting applies to everyone and nobody overrides it from their own account. And Claude works with your rights and nothing more: Pipedrive states that it inherits your role and visibility settings, so a deal you cannot see stays out of reach.

Plans

Which plans it is available on

Out of the 819 sheets in the official directory, not one shows availability by plan. The per-connector answer is published nowhere: it is a real hole in the catalogue.

The general rule is published, though. Remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner switches the connector on for the organization before each member can connect. On Pipedrive's side, two of its own texts disagree about which Pipedrive subscriptions qualify; the limits section sets them side by side. For the current state on your account, check the connector's sheet in the official directory.

Limits

Where the Claude Pipedrive connector stops

A connector is not an automation. Claude calls these tools while it answers you: nothing starts when a deal goes quiet, a lead lands or an activity falls overdue.

This page rests on Pipedrive's own material only: no Claude help article covers this connector. The tool list is an observed floor, not a promise, since an admin can open actions that no public sheet shows. The directory's partner badge is not a security audit either, and Anthropic says so on every sheet: it does not pick the tools a publisher exposes and does not vouch that they behave as announced. Connect what comes from a publisher you trust, here Pipedrive itself. For a connector where two official sources clash over what it can send, read the Claude gmail connector.

Two official sources disagree

Which Pipedrive subscriptions does the connector work with?

What this page followsBoth texts come from Pipedrive and concern Pipedrive subscriptions, not Claude plans. One says paid plans, the other says all plans, and neither carries a date precise enough to settle it. Ask Pipedrive about your subscription, and check the directory sheet from your own Claude account.

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FAQ

Claude Pipedrive connector: frequent questions

01What can Claude do with the Claude Pipedrive connector?
Claude can read and update your Pipedrive CRM from a conversation, through 32 tools that Pipedrive documents one by one. Nineteen read or search activities, deals, leads, notes, organizations, contacts and pipeline stages. Thirteen add or edit records and convert a lead into a deal. In practice you can paste call notes and ask for a contact, a deal and a follow-up call, or ask which open deals have not moved in two weeks.
02Can Claude create, edit or delete records in Pipedrive?
Claude can create and edit, but no tool on the directory sheet deletes anything. Thirteen tools add activities, deals, notes, organizations, contacts and leads, edit existing ones, and convert a lead into a deal. Every change happens inside what your Pipedrive role allows you to edit, and Pipedrive states that every action is recorded in its change log, so you can trace later what the connector did and when it happened.
03Does Claude ask before it changes my Pipedrive data?
By default, yes: Claude asks for confirmation before each action it takes on an account for you. No source describes a confirmation specific to one Pipedrive tool, so that default rule is what covers new deals, stage changes and lead conversions. On Team and Enterprise, owners decide whether members may skip some confirmations, and they can restrict the connector to reading for the whole organization. Pipedrive's change log keeps a trace either way.
04Which plans is it available on?
No official source publishes availability by Claude plan for individual connectors, and none of the 819 directory sheets shows it. The general rule says remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner enables the connector for the organization first. Pipedrive's own texts disagree on which Pipedrive subscriptions qualify, and the directory sheet remains the place to check your account.
05Does Claude see every deal in our Pipedrive?
No, Claude works with your rights and nothing more. Pipedrive states that it inherits your existing role and visibility settings, so deals, contacts and notes you cannot open in Pipedrive stay closed to Claude too. A sales manager with wider visibility would get more from the same question. On top of that, an owner of a Team or Enterprise workspace can limit what the connector may do for the whole organization.
06Why can't Claude find a Pipedrive tool I know exists?
Because Claude may not have loaded it yet. Pipedrive warns that Claude does not always load every tool when a conversation starts, and points to a setting in the connector's configuration that loads all of them. When Pipedrive adds new tools, you may also need to refresh the tool list before Claude can use them. Pipedrive's list also names product tools that the directory sheet did not show on 30 September 2026.
07Claude or an automation tool for Pipedrive?
They do different jobs, so it depends on the use. Claude works during a conversation: you describe the call, it reads or edits the CRM, you check the result. An automation tool runs in the background on a schedule or when something happens, such as a deal changing stage or a form creating a lead. The connector has no tool that starts by itself. For recurring syncs and event-driven follow-ups, an automation platform is the right trade.