Revive a dead CRM with a one-time contact refresh

Turn thousands of stale CRM accounts into callable contacts by refreshing people, roles and channels in one pass.

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Uses POST /person_detail_lookup/, POST /person_role_search/ · Person enrichment API reference

What it costs: 15 credits per mobile found · 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.

How the data flows

2 inputs → Person enrichment + Work emails + Mobile numbers + People search → 4 fields sample data

01 · Inputs

CRM export

people-feed-2026-10-01.jsonl

persona definitions

linkedin.com/in/priya-fixture

02 · Forager

Person enrichment + Work emails + Mobile numbers + People search POST /person_detail_lookup/

Match found

03 · Outputs

Priya FixtureVP Revenue Operations · Example Inc.

work email: priya@example.com
phone number: +44 20 7946 0958
name: Priya Fixture
title: VP Revenue Operations
company: Example Inc.

4 fields in the responseexample data

Steps

Export accounts and contacts; verify current role with POST /person_detail_lookup/
Replace leavers with current personas via POST /person_role_search/ (organization_domains, role_title)
Fill work_email and mobile via contact endpoints
Write back with refreshed_at and route revived accounts to reps

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. Export accounts and contacts; verify current role with POST
# /person_detail_lookup/
r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_lookup/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 2. Replace leavers with current personas via POST /person_role_search/
# (organization_domains, role_title)
r2 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_role_search/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 3. Fill work_email and mobile via contact endpoints

# 4. Write back with refreshed_at and route revived accounts to reps

# 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

# 2. POST /person_role_search/
curl -X POST \
  https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_role_search/ \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @request.json

Generated from the recipe stepsRequest fields: API reference

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Inputs and outputs

Inputs	Outputs
CRM export	`role_is_current flag`
persona definitions	`replacement contacts`
	`work_email`
	`phone_number`

Questions about this recipe

How do I clean up and refresh a CRM full of outdated contacts?

Export accounts and contacts; verify current role with POST /person_detail_lookup/. Replace leavers with current personas via POST /person_role_search/ (organization_domains, role_title).

What does it cost to revive a dead CRM with a one-time contact refresh?

Person enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Work emails: 5 credits per work email found, and a work email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Mobile numbers: 15 credits per mobile number found, and a mobile number lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. People search: people search 1 credit per request and people search: role details 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 550 mobiles, 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 CRM export and persona definitions. You get back phone_number, replacement contacts, role_is_current flag and work_email, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.

Can a stale CRM be turned into new pipeline?

Turn thousands of stale CRM accounts into callable contacts by refreshing people, roles and channels in one pass. Stale accounts turn into new pipeline.

Is there a free way to try Forager on this workflow?

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 team inherits a large CRM where most contacts have left or never had phones. Stale accounts turn into new pipeline.

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

Person enrichment, work emails, mobile numbers and people search. Person enrichment: a full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels. Work emails: verified work email addresses for a person at their current employer.

How do you check data quality?

Forager ranked #1 of 10 in Clay's 2026 test of mobile data providers, by quality score: Clay's measure of how likely a dialled number reaches the right person. 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 refresh old CRM data contacts?

Export accounts and contacts; verify current role with POST /person_detail_lookup/. Replace leavers with current personas via POST /person_role_search/ (organization_domains, role_title).

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: export accounts and contacts; verify current role with POST /person_detail_lookup/, replace leavers with current personas via POST /person_role_search/ (organization_domains, role_title), fill work_email and mobile via contact endpoints and write back with refreshed_at and route revived accounts to reps.

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?

No contract to start: 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.

A selection of teams that run this job on Forager

Clay
- GTM workflow builders
Selected use case: Forager mobile numbers, emails and people data inside Clay tables.
Juicebox
- AI candidate sourcing
Selected use case: Forager data behind its PeopleGPT search and sourcing agents.
Nooks
- Power & parallel dialers
Selected use case: mobile numbers inside their dialer.
Airscale
- Waterfall enrichment
Selected use case: a Forager step in its mobile number waterfall.
Bitscale
- GTM workflow builders
Selected use case: Forager in its contact waterfall for mobile numbers.
HubSpot
- CRM add-ons
Selected use case: enriching contact and company records with people, company and job-posting data.
Orbital
- Lead databases
Selected use case: contact lookups in its enrichment waterfall, for teams selling to local businesses.
BetterContact
- Waterfall enrichment
Selected use case: a Forager step in its waterfall for mobile numbers.

Revive a dead CRM with a one-time contact refresh

How the data flows

Steps

Inputs and outputs

Questions about this recipe

How do I clean up and refresh a CRM full of outdated contacts?

What does it cost to revive a dead CRM with a one-time contact refresh?

What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?

Can a stale CRM be turned into new pipeline?

Is there a free way to try Forager on this workflow?

When should I run this workflow?

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

How do you check data quality?

How do I refresh old CRM data contacts?

Which tools can run this workflow?

How many steps is this workflow?

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?

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