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People search API for AI agents & developer tools

Find the right person.

What AI agents & developer tools teams need from people search, what Forager returns, and how teams like yours test it.

5 recipes use people search for AI agents & developer tools teams.

  • $5 free credits
  • 800M+ people
  • 65M+ companies

A selection of teams in AI agents & developer tools using Forager for people search · plus other teams in AI agents & developer tools

  • Clay
  • Deepline
  • HubSpot
  • Emergent Labs
  • Cargo
  • Salto
  • FirstTouch
  • item
For AI agents & developer tools teams
The job
Let GTM engineers and developers build production enrichment workflows by prompting a coding agent against typed endpoints, or add a people endpoint to their own web-data API.
When
A developer asks a coding agent to 'enrich new sign-ups with role and company and route them'.
Outcome
GTM engineers ship production workflows in minutes and developers enrich sign-ups and leads with one API key.
Lead recipe 1

Give coding agents typed people and company data tools

When to use it: A developer asks a coding agent to 'enrich new sign-ups with role and company and route them'.

  1. Publish typed schemas for person_role_search, person_detail_lookup, reverse lookup, organization_search and job_search
  2. Coding agent generates the workflow code and calls endpoints with one API key
  3. Use _totals endpoints to estimate cost before paginating
  4. Deploy as a scheduled job or webhook handler
InputsOutputs
developer promptgenerated workflow
API keyenriched records
typed endpoint schemas
Lead recipe 2

Recruit domain experts for AI model evaluation and training data

When to use it: An AI lab or data vendor needs a cohort of domain experts for an evaluation project.

Show the steps
  1. Query people_feed or POST /person_role_search/ for credentialed titles and experience length
  2. Filter by location and current employment for availability
  3. Contact via mobile and personal email
  4. Store verified credentials with the cohort
InputsOutputs
expert profile specexpert cohort
cohort sizecredentials
contact fields
Open the recipe: Recruit domain experts for AI model evaluation and training data
Lead recipe 3

Power lead finding in an open-source AI CRM for small businesses

When to use it: A small-business user asks the CRM agent to find leads matching their ideal customer.

Show the steps
  1. CRM agent turns the ICP into POST /organization_search/ and /person_role_search/ filters
  2. Agent enriches selected leads with POST /person_detail_lookup/
  3. Leads are created in the CRM with source attribution
  4. Agent proposes first outreach based on role and company
InputsOutputs
ICP descriptionlead records
CRM workspacerole_title
organization firmographics
Open the recipe: Power lead finding in an open-source AI CRM for small businesses
Fields

Fields you get back

  • generated workflow
  • enriched records
  • expert cohort
  • credentials
  • contact fields
  • lead records
  • role_title
  • organization firmographics

From the workflows above. Full field reference: People search and the People search API reference.

Who owns this

Who evaluates people search at AI agents & developer tools teams, and what they are judged on

  • Product manager who owns the enrichment feature: judged on what users see when they open a record
  • Engineering lead integrating the API: judged on response time and errors they can route on
  • Partnerships or data lead managing vendors: judged on cost per valid result

A selection of teams in AI agents & developer tools using Forager for people search · plus other teams in AI agents & developer tools

  • Clay
    • GTM workflow builders

    Selected use case: Forager mobile numbers, emails and people data inside Clay tables.

  • Deepline
    • Waterfall enrichment

    Selected use case: Forager lookups as typed tools inside enrichment waterfalls.

    19 typed Forager tools available inside Deepline1

  • HubSpot
    • CRM add-ons

    Selected use case: enriching contact and company records with people, company and job-posting data.

  • Emergent Labs
    • Agent builders

    AI app-building platform where agents design, code and deploy full-stack apps.

  • Cargo
    • GTM workflow builders

    Selected use case: enrichment plays that use Forager from its integrations catalog.

  • Salto
    • Internal use

    Platform for governed configuration changes across business systems.

  • FirstTouch
    • Sales engagement

    LinkedIn outreach and social-selling platform that works from HubSpot, AI agents and its API.

  • item
    • CRM add-ons

    AI-native CRM where teams and agents work side by side.

Sources

1 Deepline: deepline.com/integrations/forager (public page, read 2026-10-21).

“Forager leads in accuracy across all regions, Forager's dual strength in accuracy and volume makes it a powerhouse for sales teams that are targeting businesses around the globe.”
ClayStefan K.Data Partnerships
800M+people
65M+companies
How to test it

Test people search on your own sample

  1. Pull a sample. Take profiles your users looked up last week.
  2. Run it. Use a self-serve key, or book a demo and send us the list.
  3. Measure what your users feel. Connect rate for mobiles, bounces for emails, and whether the right person answers.
  • $5 free credits
  • No credit card
  • Run your sample
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do AI agent and developer-tool companies use Forager people search?

Let GTM engineers and developers build production enrichment workflows by prompting a coding agent against typed endpoints, or add a people endpoint to their own web-data API. Find the people who hold a role at target companies, filtered by title, seniority, department and location. This page walks through 3 workflows with the exact steps.

What does people search cost for AI agent and developer-tool companies?

People search: people search 1 credit per request and people search: role details 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. 1,000 search requests use 1,000 credits: about $13 of Starter credits month to month, or about $10 on Pro with yearly billing. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices

Which AI agent and developer-tool workflows use people search?

Give coding agents typed people and company data tools, recruit domain experts for AI model evaluation and training data and power lead finding in an open-source AI CRM for small businesses. Each is on this page with its trigger, steps and outcome.

Which people and company data APIs work well with coding agents?

The workflow uses Forager People search, Person enrichment, Company enrichment, Job postings API, Work emails, Personal emails and Reverse email lookup. People search: Find the people who hold a role at target companies, filtered by title, seniority, department and location. Let GTM engineers and developers build production enrichment workflows by prompting a coding agent against typed endpoints, or add a people endpoint to their own web-data API.

What do I send, and what comes back?

You send API key, cohort size and company domain. You get back company, contact fields, credentials and employer, from POST /person_role_search/, as JSON.

Am I charged when nothing is found?

Yes. People search is charged per request, whether or not data comes back. Only mobile and email lookups are free when nothing is found, so try your inputs on a small run before you scale.

Is there a free way to try Forager?

Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.

How do I recruit domain experts for AI training data?

Query people_feed or POST /person_role_search/ for credentialed titles and experience length. Filter by location and current employment for availability.

How do you check data quality?

The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.

How is a people search API different from searching profiles by hand?

Searching by hand works for a handful of accounts. A people search API filters by title, seniority, department and location across your target companies in one request, returns people your product can act on, and hands off to a contact lookup for the mobile or email.

Does Forager integrate with the tools we already use?

Native in Clay, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from your own code. Everything else connects through the REST API with one API key.

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?

No contract to start: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using people search, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.

Start building

Put people, company and job data your users can act on inside your product

Send us a list. We run it, show you what we find, then talk volume and terms.

  • $5 free credits
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