Show verified contact details on every AI-sourced candidate card
Let recruiters contact a shortlisted candidate immediately with a personal email or mobile shown on the card.
- Free API key
- No credit card
- Run your sample
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: 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.
- Person enrichment
- Personal emails
- Mobile numbers
- Work emails
- API
- Embedded in a platform
- HR tech
How the data flows
POST /person_detail_lookup/ - personal email
- jane.e@example.net
- phone number
- +1 (415) 555-0142
- work email
- jane@samplelabs.example
- current role
- Staff Data Engineer
- name
- Jane Example
- company
- Sample Labs
Steps
- Resolve the candidate with
POST /person_detail_lookup/(linkedin_public_identifier) - Fetch
personal_email(preferred for passive candidates), then mobile andwork_email - Display channels on the card with reveal credits
- Log sends and replies to improve channel order
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 the candidate with POST /person_detail_lookup/ # (linkedin_public_identifier) r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_lookup/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 2. Fetch personal_email (preferred for passive candidates), then mobile # and work_email # 3. Display channels on the card with reveal credits # 4. Log sends and replies to improve channel order
# 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 identifier | personal_email |
phone_number | |
work_email | |
current role |
Questions about this recipe
How do AI sourcing tools get candidates' personal emails and phone numbers?
Resolve the candidate with POST /person_detail_lookup/ (linkedin_public_identifier). Fetch personal_email (preferred for passive candidates), then mobile and work_email.
What does it cost to show verified contact details on every AI-sourced candidate card?
Person enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Personal emails: 5 credits per personal email found, and a personal 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. Work emails: 5 credits per work email found, and a work email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. 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 candidate LinkedIn identifier. You get back current role, personal_email, phone_number and work_email, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.
Which contact data API is best for recruiting platforms?
This recipe uses Forager Person enrichment, Personal emails, Mobile numbers and Work emails. Person enrichment: A full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels. Let recruiters contact a shortlisted candidate immediately with a personal email or mobile shown on the card.
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?
An AI sourcing search returns a shortlist and a recruiter opens a candidate. Recruiters move from shortlist to first contact within the hour and hire faster.
Which Forager products does this recipe use?
Person enrichment, personal emails, mobile numbers and work emails. Person enrichment: a full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels. Personal emails: personal email addresses for reaching people outside their work inbox, such as passive candidates and founders.
How do I know the data is right?
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 AI recruiting tools find candidate emails?
Resolve the candidate with POST /person_detail_lookup/ (linkedin_public_identifier). Fetch personal_email (preferred for passive candidates), then mobile and work_email.
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 the candidate with POST /person_detail_lookup/ (linkedin_public_identifier), fetch personal_email (preferred for passive candidates), then mobile and work_email, display channels on the card with reveal credits and log sends and replies to improve channel order.
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.
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- $5 free credits
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