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> For a complete documentation index, see https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/llms.txt.
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Manage contacts within a Mailchimp audience. A contact represents a person,
separate from the email and SMS channels they can be reached on; each
channel's subscription status is computed from the audience's opt-in setting,
the marketing consent you supply, and deliverability.

> **Note**
>
> Your Mailchimp audience is where you store and manage all of your omni-channel contacts. The Audiences Endpoints (BETA) is available for evaluation or testing purposes only, may contain bugs or errors, and may not be as reliable as other Mailchimp features. Intuit may modify or discontinue this feature at any time without notice. By accessing the endpoints you agree to the [Audiences Endpoints (BETA) Terms of Use](/marketing/api-concepts/audiences-endpoints-beta). Consent must be accurately mapped to the supported marketing consent values. Unsupported values - including opt-outs - must be updated manually. See [Audiences Endpoints (BETA) Documentation](/marketing/api-concepts/audiences-endpoints-beta) for terms and additional details.

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## API Docs

- Contacts [A collection of Audience Contacts](https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/get-audience-contact-list.md)
- Contacts [Add Contact](https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/create-audience-contact.md)
- Contacts [Get a contact record](https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/get-audience-contact.md)
- Contacts [Update Contact](https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/patch-audience-contact.md)
- Contacts [Archive Contact](https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/post-audiences-contacts-actions-archive.md)
- Contacts [Forget Contact](https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/post-audiences-contacts-actions-forget.md)

## OpenAPI Specification

The raw OpenAPI 3.1 specification for this API is available at:
- [OpenAPI JSON](https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/openapi.json)
- [OpenAPI YAML](https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/api/audiences/contacts/openapi.yaml)