pipefy-pipes-and-cards

Pipes & Cards

Read, create, update, and delete pipes, phases, phase fields, labels, cards, attachments, and field conditions. 40 MCP tools.

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Cross-cutting patterns

• Field types are not validated locally — use introspect_type (e.g., on CreatePhaseFieldInput) for allowed values.
• Most write tools support debug=true on errors (returns GraphQL codes + correlation_id).
• extra_input merges extra API keys (camelCase); keys that duplicate primary arguments are ignored.

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Pipe operations

Tool (MCP)	CLI	Read-only	Purpose
get_pipe	pipefy pipe get <id>	Yes	Fetch pipe metadata including phases and fields.
search_pipes	pipefy pipe list	Yes	Search by name pattern.
create_pipe	pipefy pipe create	No	Create a new pipe in the org.
update_pipe	pipefy pipe update <id>	No	Rename or change pipe settings.
delete_pipe	pipefy pipe delete <id>	No	Two-step destructive.
clone_pipe	pipefy pipe clone <id>	No	Clone an existing pipe.

Steps — create a pipe with phases

1. Create the pipe:

   MCP: create_pipe name="Customer Onboarding" organization_id=123

   CLI: pipefy pipe create --name "Customer Onboarding" --org 123

2. Add phases — call create_phase for each phase (see Phase section below).

3. Add start form fields — call create_phase_field on the start form phase.

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Phase operations

Tool (MCP)	CLI	Read-only	Purpose
get_pipe	pipefy phase get <id>	Yes	Phase metadata: use get_pipe (phases in the response) via MCP, or pipefy phase get on the CLI for a single phase.
create_phase	pipefy phase create	No	Add a phase to a pipe.
update_phase	pipefy phase update <id>	No	Rename, reorder, set done flag.
delete_phase	pipefy phase delete <id>	No	Two-step destructive.
get_phase_allowed_move_targets	pipefy phase targets <id>	Yes	Valid destination phases before move_card_to_phase (UI-configured edges only).
get_phase_cards_count	pipefy phase count <id>	Yes	Native per-phase card count via get_phase.
get_phase_cards	pipefy phase cards <id>	Yes	Paginated cards in a phase (--first, --after, optional --include-fields).

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Seed pipe across phases

Use this workflow to place at least one card in each workflow phase (demos, QA checklists, chaos pipes) without execute_graphql. Transition edges must already exist in the Pipefy UI.

Tools needed

Tool (MCP)	CLI	Read-only
get_pipe	pipefy pipe get <pipe_id>	Yes
get_phase_cards_count	pipefy phase count <phase_id>	Yes
create_card	pipefy card create <pipe_id> --phase-id <id>	No
get_phase_cards	pipefy phase cards <phase_id>	Yes
get_phase_allowed_move_targets	pipefy phase targets <phase_id>	Yes
move_card_to_phase	pipefy card move <card_id> --phase <id>	No

Steps

1. Load phase IDs — get_pipe(pipe_id) → collect phases[].id for workflow phases. Omit phase_id on create_card for start-form intake.

   MCP: get_pipe pipe_id="306996634"

   CLI: pipefy pipe get 306996634 --json

2. Find empty phases — for each candidate phase_id, call get_phase_cards_count. Target phases where cards_count is 0 (if the start form shows 0 but you suspect cards, call get_phase_cards before creating duplicates).

   MCP: get_phase_cards_count phase_id="340012345"

   CLI: pipefy phase count 340012345 --json

3. Create cards in empty phases — loop create_card with phase_id (and skip_elicitation=true for agent seeding). When fields is non-empty, keys are filtered via get_phase_fields(phase_id) and get_start_form_fields(pipe_id).

   MCP:

   create_card pipe_id="306996634" phase_id="340012345" skip_elicitation=true title="Seeded"
   

   CLI:

   pipefy card create 306996634 --phase-id 340012345 --title "Seeded"
   

4. Verify inventory — get_phase_cards(phase_id, first=50) and confirm expected card IDs/titles.

   CLI: pipefy phase cards 340012345 --json

5. Before moves — on the card's current phase, get_phase_allowed_move_targets then move_card_to_phase only to an allowed_phases[].id.

   MCP: get_phase_allowed_move_targets phase_id="<current_phase_id>"

   CLI: pipefy phase targets <current_phase_id> --json

Success criteria

• Every targeted phase reports cards_count >= 1 (or get_phase_cards lists the seeded cards).
• Moves use only phases returned in allowed_phases.

Failure modes

• Empty allowed_phases: configure Phase → Connections in the Pipefy UI; the API cannot add edges.
• Unexpected empty count: use get_phase_cards to list cards before creating duplicates.

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Phase field operations

Tool (MCP)	CLI	Read-only	Purpose
get_phase_fields	pipefy field list --phase <id>	Yes	List fields on a phase.
get_start_form_fields	—	Yes	List start-form fields for card creation.
create_phase_field	pipefy field create --phase <id>	No	Add field to a phase.
update_phase_field	pipefy field update <id>	No	Rename, reorder, change required flag.
delete_phase_field	pipefy field delete <id>	No	Two-step destructive.

Discover field types:

MCP: introspect_type type_name="CreatePhaseFieldInput"

This returns valid type enum values and their descriptions.

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Card operations

Tool (MCP)	CLI	Read-only	Purpose
get_card	pipefy card get <id>	Yes	Card data, fields, and comments.
get_cards	pipefy card list --pipe <id>	Yes	Paginated card list by pipe.
find_cards	pipefy card find --pipe <id>	Yes	Filter by a single field value.
create_card	pipefy card create <pipe_id>	No	Default: start form. Optional --phase-id / phase_id creates in that phase; interactive clients may elicit start-form fields unless skip_elicitation=true.
update_card	pipefy card update <id>	No	Update title, assignee, due date, fields.
move_card_to_phase	pipefy card move <id> --phase <id>	No	Call get_phase_allowed_move_targets on the source phase first.
delete_card	pipefy card delete <id>	No	Two-step destructive.
add_card_comment	pipefy card comment add <id>	No	Add a text comment to a card.

Steps — create a card

1. Get start form fields (required — never skip):

   MCP: get_start_form_fields pipe_id=67890

   CLI: (use MCP or check pipe config)

2. Create the card with fields:

   MCP:

   create_card pipe_id=67890 title="My Card" fields_attributes='[{"field_id":"field_slug","field_value":"value"}]'
   

   CLI:

   pipefy card create 67890 --title "My Card" --fields '{"field_slug":"value"}'
   

3. Report result with card ID and link: https://app.pipefy.com/open-cards/<CARD_ID>

Pagination for get_cards

get_cards pipe_id=67890 first=50 after=<endCursor>

Read pageInfo.hasNextPage and pageInfo.endCursor from the response; pass after=<endCursor> for the next page.

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Label operations

Tool (MCP)	CLI	Read-only	Purpose
get_labels	pipefy label list --pipe <id>	Yes	List pipe labels.
create_label	pipefy label create	No	Create a label with a color.
update_label	pipefy label update <id>	No	Rename or recolor.
delete_label	pipefy label delete <id>	No	Two-step destructive.

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Field condition operations

Tool (MCP)	CLI	Purpose
get_field_conditions	—	List all field conditions on a phase.
create_field_condition	—	Create show/hide rule.
update_field_condition	—	Update condition action or rule.
delete_field_condition	—	Two-step destructive.

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Success criteria

• Pipe and phases visible in Pipefy UI.
• get_pipe returns the new pipe ID and phases.
• Cards created via create_card appear in the pipe's first phase.

Failure modes

• create_card fails with missing required fields: call get_start_form_fields first to discover required field_id values.
• create_phase_field rejects type: call introspect_type type_name="CreatePhaseFieldInput" to get valid values.
• Delete fails with preview error: expected — call without confirm=true first, show user the preview, then call with confirm=true.

See also

• skills/relations/ — link pipes and cards across workflows.
• skills/automations/ — add automation rules to a pipe.
• skills/introspection/ — discover field types and mutation signatures.