Replace InMail with email-first outreach to passive engineers
Reach passive engineers in the inbox they actually read instead of capped, low-reply InMails.
- Free API key
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A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other recruiting platforms
Uses POST /person_detail_lookup/ · Person enrichment API reference
What it costs: 5 credits per email found. A mobile or email lookup that returns nothing costs 0 credits. Enrichment and search are charged per request: credit pricing.
- Personal emails
- Person enrichment
- API
- Embedded in a platform
- HR tech
How the data flows
POST /person_detail_lookup/ - personal email
- kim.e@example.net
- current employer
- Sample Labs
- sequence status
- open
- name
- Kim Exemplar
- title
- Staff Data Engineer
- mobile
- +1 (416) 555-0186
Steps
- Resolve each candidate with
POST /person_detail_lookup/ - Fetch
personal_emailvia/person_contacts_lookup/personal_emails/ - Send a personalised email sequence from the recruiting platform
- Compare reply rate against InMail on the same role
import json, os, requests BASE = "https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage" HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["FORAGER_KEY"]} body = json.load(open("request.json")) # request fields: see the API reference # 1. Resolve each candidate with POST /person_detail_lookup/ r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_lookup/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 2. Fetch personal_email via /person_contacts_lookup/personal_emails/ # 3. Send a personalised email sequence from the recruiting platform # 4. Compare reply rate against InMail on the same role
# 1. POST /person_detail_lookup/ curl -X POST \ https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_detail_lookup/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @request.json
Run it yourself: Person enrichment API reference
- Free API key
- No credit card
- Run your sample
Inputs and outputs
| Inputs | Outputs |
|---|---|
| candidate LinkedIn identifiers | personal_email |
| role brief | current employer |
sequence status |
Questions about this recipe
Is email better than InMail for reaching passive candidates?
Reach passive engineers in the inbox they actually read instead of capped, low-reply InMails. Higher candidate reply rates than InMail and fuller pipelines within two weeks.
What does it cost to replace InMail with email-first outreach to passive engineers?
Personal emails: 5 credits per personal email found, and a personal email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Person enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 1,650 emails or 8,250 person enrichments, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices
What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?
You send candidate LinkedIn identifiers and role brief. You get back current employer, personal_email and sequence status, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.
How do recruiters find candidates' personal emails?
Resolve each candidate with POST /person_detail_lookup/. Fetch personal_email via /person_contacts_lookup/personal_emails/.
Can I test personal emails for free?
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.
When should I run this workflow?
When a recruiter builds a shortlist of passive engineers for a hard-to-fill role. Higher candidate reply rates than InMail and fuller pipelines within two weeks.
Which Forager products does this recipe use?
Personal emails and person enrichment. Personal emails: personal email addresses for reaching people outside their work inbox, such as passive candidates and founders. Person enrichment: a full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels.
How accurate is Forager data?
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 do I find personal email of passive candidates?
Fetch personal_email via /person_contacts_lookup/personal_emails/. Send a personalised email sequence from the recruiting platform.
Which tools can run this workflow?
Native in Clay and Zapier, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from Make, n8n and your own code. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.
How many steps is this workflow?
4 steps: resolve each candidate with POST /person_detail_lookup/, fetch personal_email via /person_contacts_lookup/personal_emails/, send a personalised email sequence from the recruiting platform and compare reply rate against InMail on the same role.
Do I need a subscription?
Not to test: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, 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.
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- $5 free credits
- No credit card
- Run your sample
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