---
title: customers.list | Doing Work API
description: Customers of a shop, newest first, filtered by tag, lead source or archived.
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/customers-list/
---

# customers.list

Customers of a shop, newest first, filtered by tag, lead source or archived.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `GET /v1/customers` |
| MCP tool | `customers_list` |
| Writes | no |
| Area | [Shop](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#shop) |

## When to use it

Customers of a shop, newest first, filtered by tag, lead source or archived.

## What to tell the owner

Tell them what you found in plain words. Don't read back raw fields.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `shop_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `tag` | string | no |
| `lead_source` | string | no |
| `archived` | boolean | no |
| `limit` | integer | no |
| `cursor` | string | no |

## Example

```http
GET https://doingwork.work/v1/customers?shop_id=00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000
```

## Output

| Field | Type | Always there |
|---|---|---|
| `data` | array | yes |
| `data[].customer_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `data[].shop_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `data[].kind` | string | yes |
| `data[].name` | string | yes |
| `data[].company_name` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `data[].email` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `data[].phone` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `data[].billing_address` | ['object', 'null'] | yes |
| `data[].lead_source` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `data[].tags` | array | yes |
| `data[].notes` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `data[].archived_at` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', '-', 't', 'i', 'm', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `data[].merged_into` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `data[].erased_at` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', '-', 't', 'i', 'm', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `data[].created_at` | string (date-time) | yes |
| `data[].updated_at` | string (date-time) | yes |
| `next_cursor` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "customer_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "shop_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "kind": "...",
      "name": "Ruiz Plumbing",
      "company_name": "...",
      "email": "owner@example.com",
      "phone": "...",
      "billing_address": "...",
      "lead_source": "...",
      "tags": [
        "..."
      ],
      "notes": "...",
      "archived_at": "...",
      "merged_into": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "erased_at": "...",
      "created_at": "...",
      "updated_at": "..."
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "..."
}
```

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |