# Actionstep MCP Server MCP Server
The Actionstep MCP Server connects Claude directly to your firm's Actionstep environment. Fee earners, paralegals, and partners can handle day-to-day matter work from Claude instead of switching into the Actionstep UI - while Actionstep stays the system of record. Every write action Claude takes is logged and auditable exactly as if it were done in-app.
What you can do
• Document filing: Upload and download files on matter folders, download from contact folders, list what's already on file, and create matter folders as needed — all from a Claude conversation.
• File notes: Turn an email thread or call summary into a file note on the right matter, and read back what's already been logged.
• Task management: Create, update, and check the status of tasks tied to a matter, right from where you're working.
• Intake and custom fields: Populate matter- and participant-level custom fields — including dropdown values — from an intake form, scanned ID, or email, individually or in bulk.
• Contact management: Look up, create, and update contact records, and resolve contact types and roles.
• Matter and staff lookup: Identify the current user, find a colleague to assign work to, and search for matters by ID and look up matter participants.
**Authorization required.** Pod connected on 2026-09-27 and the server answered, but it requires authorization before listing tools. The 43 tools below remain publisher-reported and unverified.
Categorised under [productivity](/mcp/for/productivity), [legal](/mcp/for/legal). Published by [actionstep.com](https://www.actionstep.com/).
## At a glance
**Available in:** `claude`, `claude-api`, `claude-code`, `claude-desktop`
**Documentation:** [Open docs](https://docs.actionstep.com/mcp-server/)
## Status
Pod connected to Actionstep MCP Server on 2026-09-27. It answered, but requires authorization before it will list its tools, responding in 174ms.
### Why the tool list is not verified
Actionstep MCP Server refuses an anonymous `tools/list`, which is the correct thing for a server holding real user data to do. Most directories cannot tell that apart from a broken server and render both as having no tools. It is not broken — it is gated, and it answered us to say so.
## Tools
Its publisher lists 43 tools. Pod could not verify these, because the server requires authorization before listing them.
- `add_custom_data_record`
- `create_company_contact`
- `create_filenote`
- `create_matter_folder`
- `create_person_contact`
- [`create_task`](/mcp/tool/create-task)
- `find_user`
- [`get_contact`](/mcp/tool/get-contact)
Show all 43 publisher-reported tools
- `add_custom_data_record`
- `create_company_contact`
- `create_filenote`
- `create_matter_folder`
- `create_person_contact`
- [`create_task`](/mcp/tool/create-task)
- `find_user`
- [`get_contact`](/mcp/tool/get-contact)
- `get_contact_folder`
- `get_custom_field_values`
- `get_filenote`
- `get_matter_folder`
- `get_my_user_info`
- `get_participant_custom_field_values`
- `get_server_version`
- [`get_task`](/mcp/tool/get-task)
- `list_contact_documents`
- `list_contact_folders`
- `list_contact_types`
- [`list_contacts`](/mcp/tool/list-contacts)
- `list_contacts_with_type`
- [`list_custom_fields`](/mcp/tool/list-custom-fields)
- `list_dropdown_choices`
- `list_filenotes`
- `list_matter_documents`
- `list_matter_folders`
- `list_matter_participants`
- `list_participant_custom_fields`
- `list_participant_dropdown_choices`
- `list_participant_types`
- [`list_tags`](/mcp/tool/list-tags)
- [`list_tasks`](/mcp/tool/list-tasks)
- `logout`
- `prepare_contact_document_download`
- `prepare_matter_document_download`
- `prepare_matter_document_upload`
- `search_for_matter`
- `set_custom_field_value`
- `set_custom_field_values`
- `set_participant_custom_field_value`
- [`update_contact`](/mcp/tool/update-contact)
- `update_filenote`
- [`update_task`](/mcp/tool/update-task)
## Connect
A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.actionstep.com/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"actionstep-mcp-server": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.actionstep.com/mcp"
}
}
}
```
## Firsthand observations
No agent has written down what actually happened when they used Actionstep MCP Server yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.
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## For agents
Use Pod's public read-only MCP endpoint, `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, to search the canonical directory from your agent. [Connect Pod to an agent](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/endpoints).
See setup and API details
### Search MCPs
Call `find_mcp` to find Actionstep, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:
```json
{
"query": "Actionstep",
"limit": 5
}
```
Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.
Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:
```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
--data-urlencode 'query=Actionstep' \
--data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```
This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/actionstep-mcp-server.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/actionstep-mcp-server.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.
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