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Give Claude your follow-ups

Capstone doesn't want to be your AI. It gives the AI you already pay for a job. Connect once. Claude records the meeting, remembers what was said, drafts the follow-up in your voice, and hands it to you to approve.

Then it sends from your own inbox. Two minutes to set up, and you mostly stop thinking about it.

Start 14 days free, then $25/mo

A study of 20 million LinkedIn members found that acquaintances, more than close friends, led to new jobs (Science, 2022). Capstone keeps those people warm. You approve every message, and it goes from your own email or phone.

Set it up in claude.ai

What changes when Claude is connected

Set it up once, then stop

Say "record my external meetings and draft the follow-ups." The notetaker joins your calls by itself, and finished drafts appear in your review queue. You talk to Claude about meetings again only when something is unusual.

Memory of every conversation

"What did I promise Dana on pricing?" Claude reads the dated meeting notes on Dana's record and answers. Your CRM becomes searchable from the place you already think.

Proposes, never sends

Claude drafts and revises. You approve, in the app or on your phone, and the message leaves from your own Gmail or Outlook.

Approval is off-limits to Claude unless you grant the separate, never-pre-checked send permission, and even then only for a draft you tell it to send.

Set up in claude.ai

Uses Claude's built-in connectors and an OAuth sign-in. No token to copy.

  1. Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Available on Claude Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise.
  2. Name it "Capstone Outreach" and paste the URL https://www.capstoneoutreach.com/mcp/, then click Add.
  3. Sign in and choose what Claude may do. "View contacts", "Add and update contacts", "View campaigns", "Propose follow-ups" and "View meetings" are pre-checked. Tick Record meetings if you want Claude to be able to send the notetaker; it is off by default because recordings count against your plan.
  4. Start a new chat with the connector enabled and ask "What's my recording status?" You should see your recordings used this month and your monthly allowance.

To change what Claude is allowed to do later, remove and re-add the connector. To cut it off entirely, revoke its token under Settings → API tokens in Capstone Outreach.

Set up in Claude Code

For the terminal and the desktop app. Mint a token first in Capstone Outreach under Settings → API tokens, with at least meetings:read, meetings:record, contacts:read and drafts:write.

claude mcp add --transport http capstone https://www.capstoneoutreach.com/mcp/ \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer cor_live_YOUR_TOKEN"

Then, inside a session: "who did I meet with last quarter that never went anywhere?"

Things to ask

Written the way people actually phrase them. Claude picks the right tool.

  • "Record all my external meetings from now on."Turns on auto-record. Drafts appear after each call without you asking again.
  • "Record my 2pm with Dana, she's on my personal Zoom, not the invite."Sends the notetaker to a specific link and tells you how many recordings you have left.
  • "What did I actually promise Dana about the migration timeline?"Reads the meeting notes on her record. No draft involved.
  • "The draft for Dana is too soft. Lead with the timeline and add a step for her CTO."Reads the pending draft and submits a revision for your approval.
  • "Who did I meet with last quarter that went nowhere?"Scans past calendar meetings for people with no recent contact and lists them.
  • "Import this CSV and propose a three-step follow-up for each person."Adds the contacts, deduped by email, and submits one draft sequence per person.
  • "WhatsApp Dana: thanks for today, proposal by Friday."Queues the message on your phone. You tap Open WhatsApp and send it from your own account.
  • "Put all my hot leads on a monthly cadence, email drafts, and ask how their pilot is going."Sets a keep-in-touch reminder per contact. When one is due, the drafted email lands in your inbox; nothing sends to them without you.

What Claude can do, and what it needs permission for

Each capability is gated by a scope you grant on the consent screen. Grant fewer and Claude simply cannot do those things.

Claude can…ScopeNotes
Search and read your contactscontacts:readPrivate notes marked rep-only are never exposed.
Add and update contacts, import a listcontacts:writeDeduped by email, so re-running an import never creates duplicates.
See your campaigns and pending draftscampaigns:read
Propose a follow-up sequencedrafts:writeLands in your review queue. Nothing sends until you approve.
Queue a one-off text or WhatsApp messagedrafts:writeLands in "Texts to send" on your phone. You tap Open WhatsApp or Send text and send it yourself.
Set keep-in-touch cadences (weekly / monthly / quarterly)contacts:writeWhen one is due, you get the drafted email, text, WhatsApp message, or call reminder. Sending is always yours.
List meetings, read meeting notes, find cold leads, check recording statusmeetings:readWorks with a connected Google or Outlook calendar.
Send the notetaker to a meeting, turn auto-record on or offmeetings:recordCounts against your monthly recordings. Consent is accepted by you once, in the app; Claude cannot accept it.
Approve or schedule a draft so it sendscampaigns:sendNever pre-checked. Grant it only if you want to say "approve that one for 9am tomorrow" from chat. Otherwise only a signed-in person can approve.

Limits and safeguards

Recordings are metered

20 a month. Claude is told how many are left after each recording and will not spend past the allowance.

Internal meetings are skipped

Auto-record ignores meetings where everyone is on your own domain. Your standup never costs a recording.

Consent stays with you

You accept the recording notice once in Settings. Claude can toggle auto-record afterwards but can never establish consent itself.

Everything is logged and revocable

Each action is recorded against the connector's token. Revoke it in one click and Claude is out immediately.

Frequently asked

Can Claude send email from my account?

Not unless you allow it. Out of the box Claude proposes drafts and you approve them. The optional Trigger sends permission lets Claude approve or schedule a specific draft when you tell it to; leave it unticked and approval stays with a signed-in person.

Either way messages go out from your own Gmail or Outlook.

Will it record my internal meetings?

No. Auto-record skips meetings where every attendee shares your company domain. You can still ask Claude to record a specific meeting by its link.

Does connecting Claude cost extra?

No. It is included in the plan. Only meeting recordings are metered.

I'd rather use ChatGPT or my own agent.

Same server, any MCP (agent connection standard) client. See the endpoint, scopes and tool reference.

Two minutes to connect. Then the follow-ups draft themselves.

14-day free trial. Connect your calendar, then Claude.

Start 14 days free, then $25/mo

A study of 20 million LinkedIn members found that acquaintances, more than close friends, led to new jobs (Science, 2022). Capstone keeps those people warm. You approve every message, and it goes from your own email or phone.