Overview
This article covers the use cases for your Gravity Forms MCP Server and provides sample prompts you can adapt to your own workflow.
Use Cases
Build complex multi-field layouts
Ask the AI to create forms with precise field positioning. For example: “Create a job application form with First Name and Last Name side by side, Email and Phone on the next row, Years of Experience taking up one-third width with Current Company taking up two-thirds, and a full-width Cover Letter paragraph field.” The AI handles column sizing and row organization without manual CSS or layout adjustments.
Create forms with dropdown menus and options
Specify choices directly: “Create a job application with a Position Applied For dropdown that includes Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Sales options.” The AI builds the field and populates all options in one step.
Implement conditional logic and field visibility
Request smart forms: “Create a customer feedback form where ‘What could we improve?’ only appears when the rating is Average or Poor, and phone number and preferred call time only show when the user selects they want a follow-up call.” The AI automatically configures all conditional rules.
Add date and numeric fields with constraints
Define field requirements: “Add a Start Date field and a Years of Experience field that accepts 1-30.” The AI creates fields with appropriate input types and validation ranges.
Organize radio buttons and required fields
Build grouped options: “Create a ‘How did you hear about us?’ field with radio options for LinkedIn, Referral, Job Board, and Other. Make email required on the form, but leave additional comments optional.” The AI sets up both the field groups and validation rules.
Bulk manage entries with approval gates
Perform data operations safely: “Delete all entries from form 1.” The system requires explicit confirmation before destructive operations are executed, preventing accidental deletions.
Convert paper forms into web forms
Hand the AI an existing document and have it rebuild the form for you. For example: “Here’s a PDF of our patient intake form. Recreate it in Gravity Forms with the same field order and section headings.”
Modernize forms built with legacy markup
Ask the AI to clean up older forms: “Remove the custom CSS classes from this form, put the fields back into the correct columns, and apply choice layouts to the radio and checkbox fields.” The AI handles the layout conversion so you don’t have to rebuild each field by hand.
Troubleshoot a form and its settings
Ask the AI to inspect the configuration instead of clicking through settings tabs: “My contact form stopped sending me emails. What notifications are set up on it, and where are they going?” It reads back the current setup so you can spot the wrong address, a disabled notification, or a broken conditional rule.
Apply the same change across every form on a site
Make site-wide edits in one request: “Add a required GDPR consent checkbox to every form on this site that collects personal information.” Useful for compliance updates, changing the address on all your notifications, or fixing a typo that appears in several confirmation messages.
Sample Prompts
The examples below show real prompts you can give an AI assistant connected via the MCP Server. Adjust field names, form IDs, and details to match your own forms.
| Goal | Sample Prompt |
|---|---|
| Build a multi-field form | “Create a job application form with First Name and Last Name side by side, Email and Phone on the next row, and a full-width Cover Letter field.” |
| Add a dropdown field | “Create a job application with a Position Applied For dropdown that includes Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Sales.” |
| Set up conditional logic | “Create a feedback form where ‘What could we improve?’ only appears when the rating is Average or Poor.” |
| Add validation constraints | “Add a Start Date field and a Years of Experience field that accepts 1-30.” |
| Organize radio buttons and required fields | “Create a ‘How did you hear about us?’ field with radio options for LinkedIn, Referral, Job Board, and Other. Make email required, but leave comments optional.” |
| Analyze entry data | “Summarize the last 50 entries from my contact form and tell me the most common topics.” |
| Filter entries | “List all unread submissions from my contact form.” |
| Bulk manage entries safely | “Delete all entries from form 1.” (requires confirmation before executing) |
| Review form configuration | “Check my registration form for missing fields or misconfigured conditional logic.” |
| Manage feeds | “Show me the current Stripe feed settings on my donation form.” |
| Generate field help text | “Write short placeholder text for each field on my newsletter signup form.” |
| Draft notification content | “Suggest a confirmation email subject and body for my event registration form.” |
| Explore available tools | “What can you do with my Gravity Forms site right now?” |
| Repurpose an existing form | “Duplicate the Q2 event registration form, rename it for Q4, and update any fields that reference dates or event names.” |
| Convert a paper form | “Here’s a PDF of our patient intake form. Recreate it in Gravity Forms with the same field order and section headings.” |
| Update forms with legacy markup | “Remove the custom CSS classes from this form, put the fields back into the correct columns, and apply choice layouts to the radio and checkbox fields.” |
| Apply a change across all forms | “Add a required GDPR consent checkbox to every form on this site that collects personal information.” |