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# Add Contact

> Creates a single contact in Gail with their details and phone numbers.

The Add Contact node creates one contact in Gail from details you already have: their
name, emails, phone numbers, and business. It is the single-record way to get a person
into your book of business mid-workflow, so later steps can add them to a list, enroll
them in a campaign, or reach out to them.

## When to use it

* A form submission or an earlier step gives you one new person to add to Gail.
* You want to create a contact and then immediately place them in a list or campaign in
  the same run.
* You have structured details for the contact, possibly with more than one email or
  phone number.

For importing many people at once, use [Add Bulk Contacts](/platform/workflows/node-reference/gail/add-bulk-contacts) instead.

## Inputs

| Field           | What it's for                                                                                             | Example                             |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| First name      | The contact's given name. Required.                                                                       | `Sarah`                             |
| Last name       | The contact's family name. Can be left blank.                                                             | `Chen`                              |
| Emails          | One or more email addresses for the contact. Each must be a valid address.                                | `sarah.chen@cheninsurancegroup.com` |
| Phone numbers   | One or more phone numbers. At least one is required, and you can mark each as mobile, home, work, or fax. | `+19545550100`                      |
| Business name   | The company the contact is associated with. Can be left blank.                                            | `Chen Insurance Group`              |
| Additional data | Any extra custom fields you want stored on the contact.                                                   | `{ "source": "renewal form" }`      |

Any field can be a fixed value or an [expression](/platform/workflows/core-concepts/expressions/using-expressions-in-nodes)
that reads from an earlier step.

## Outputs

| Field       | What you get back                                                                                                     |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Outcome     | Whether the contact was created, and the details of what happened.                                                    |
| New contact | On success, the created contact including its new ID, which later steps use to add the contact to a list or campaign. |

## Example

A renewal reminder form comes in for Sarah Chen at Chen Insurance Group. A workflow uses
Add Contact to create her record with her email and mobile number, then feeds the new
contact's ID into an [Add Contact to Campaign](/platform/workflows/node-reference/gail/add-contact-to-campaign)
step to enroll her in the spring renewal outreach, all in one run.

![The Add Contact node configuration panel, showing first name, last name, emails, and phone numbers.](/_fern-img/202d7910a3b721e793dcc958a7d3d3d531d4744107b3e50534505276f0b86abb.webp)

> **Note**
>
> At least one phone number is required, and every email you provide must be a valid
> address. If a value comes from an earlier step and turns out to be empty or malformed
> when the run happens, the node reports the problem instead of creating the contact, so
> you can route to a follow-up step.

## Related nodes

#### [Add Bulk Contacts](/platform/workflows/node-reference/gail/add-bulk-contacts)

Create many contacts at once instead of one at a time.

#### [Add Contact to Contact List](/platform/workflows/node-reference/gail/add-contact-to-contact-list)

Place the new contact into a curated list.

#### [Add Contact to Campaign](/platform/workflows/node-reference/gail/add-contact-to-campaign)

Enroll the new contact into an outreach campaign.

#### [Create Contact List](/platform/workflows/node-reference/gail/create-contact-list)

Set up a list before adding contacts to it.

> Documentation for Gail, the AI platform for financial services. Learn how to set up GailGPT and Gail Agent to automate customer communications for insurance, banking, and finance.