• LEADS
  • COMPANIES
  • HUMAN
  • DATA

How to search professional databases with your AI

Connect ContactOut to your AI client once. From there, you just tell your agent who you're looking for.

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Short answer

How can I use my AI to find professional leads?

Your AI uses ContactOut to scan 300 million profiles using filters like job title, location, or company. It pulls the contact data you ask for and organizes it into a usable format. You'll get specific lists of people and companies.

The outcomes

What you get from your search

Your AI turns your search requests into these specific results.

LEADS

Targeted contact lists

The AI finds individuals that match your criteria. You get names and professional details ready for outreach.

COMPANIES

Firmographic data

Your agent identifies companies that fit your industry or size requirements. It pulls the relevant organizational details.

HUMAN

Manual outreach

The AI finds the data, but you decide which leads are worth contacting. You handle the actual messaging and relationship building.

DATA

Structured intelligence

The AI pulls raw profile data and organizes it. You can ask it to present findings in a table or a specific list format.

The workflow

What your AI does when you ask for leads.

The AI handles the heavy lifting of filtering through massive datasets.

  1. Identify targets

    Your agent translates your natural language request into specific search parameters. It looks for the right people or companies based on your description.

    search_peoplesearch_companies

  2. Filter the database

    The AI runs the search against the professional database. It applies the specific filters you requested to narrow down the results.

    search_people

  3. Extract details

    Once it finds matches, the AI pulls the specific professional information you need. This includes titles, companies, and other identifiers.

    search_peoplesearch_companies

  4. Organize findings

    The AI presents the data in a way that makes sense for your next step. It can group people by company or list them by seniority.

    search_people

Try it

Copy these to start.

Paste these into your chat to trigger a search.

Starting points

These are opening lines. Swap out the bracketed text for your actual target criteria.

ContactOut Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_E8sOHqZJgpdDGGU9iHtBqRW9QTJKPVwsVLReVm88/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — ContactOut capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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  "mcpServers": {
    "contactout-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_E8sOHqZJgpdDGGU9iHtBqRW9QTJKPVwsVLReVm88/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Find me software engineers in San Francisco working at mid-sized tech companies.

  • Search for VPs of Sales at manufacturing companies in the Midwest.

  • List the top 10 marketing directors at companies based in Austin, Texas.

  • Find companies in the renewable energy sector with over 500 employees.

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FAQ

How the search behaves

  • 01

    Can my AI send emails directly to these leads?

    No. The AI finds the people and their information, but you must handle the actual outreach yourself.

  • 02

    Can the AI update my existing CRM?

    No. This Connector is for searching and retrieving data from the professional database, not for writing to external tools.

  • 03

    How many profiles can the AI search?

    The AI has access to a database containing 300 million professional profiles.

  • 04

    Can I filter by specific job titles?

    Yes. You can tell your AI to look for any specific title, from entry-level roles to C-suite executives.

  • 05

    Does the AI delete any data from ContactOut?

    No. The AI only reads and retrieves data; it cannot delete or modify any information in the database.

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