• DIRECT MATCH
  • SKILL LIST
  • TEAM VIEW
  • HUMAN STEP

How to find company experts with your AI

Connect Glean to your AI client once. After that, you can find anyone in your organization just by asking.

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Short answer

How do I find the right person for a project?

Ask your AI to search for specific roles, skills, or departments. It uses Glean to pull employee data directly into your chat. You'll get a list of names and their expertise immediately.

Search outcomes

What you get from a search

Searching for expertise yields specific outcomes for your project.

DIRECT MATCH

The exact expert

Your AI identifies the specific person holding the required role. You get their name and current position.

SKILL LIST

Relevant skill sets

The agent pulls specific technical or professional expertise from employee profiles. This helps you verify they actually know the subject.

TEAM VIEW

Departmental context

You can see how expertise is distributed across different teams. This helps you decide if you need one person or a whole group.

HUMAN STEP

Direct outreach

The AI provides the information, but you decide who to message. You'll need to reach out to them yourself to start the collaboration.

The workflow

What your AI does when you ask for an expert.

The AI handles the heavy lifting of digging through company directories.

  1. Analyze your request

    Your agent looks at your prompt to figure out which specific skills or job titles you are looking for.

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  2. Query the directory

    The AI uses the connector to scan employee records for the matching expertise.

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  3. Filter results

    It narrows down the list to the most relevant people based on the specific project needs you described.

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  4. Present the list

    The agent gives you a clean list of names and their relevant roles in your chat window.

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Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger a search immediately.

Starting points

Swap out the bracketed text for the specific skills or departments you need.

Glean Connector

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

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_lMfGFESPtGUfMbppNkUCSFtY6hpuymopiHHrJaK6/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 — Glean capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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  "mcpServers": {
    "glean-alternative-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_lMfGFESPtGUfMbppNkUCSFtY6hpuymopiHHrJaK6/mcp"
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Copy into chat04

  • Find me someone in the engineering department who knows Python.

  • Who is the lead expert for our cloud infrastructure project?

  • Search for employees with experience in project management.

  • I need to find a contact in the marketing team who handles social media.

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Start here

Connect Glean once, then ask.

Just follow the link to connect your account. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can start searching right away in your preferred AI client.

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FAQ

How the search behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI message the expert for me?

    No. The AI only finds the person and their details. You have to send the message yourself.

  • 02

    Does the AI change employee roles in Glean?

    No. The AI only has read access to search for people. It cannot edit or delete any data in your directory.

  • 03

    Can I search for specific skill levels?

    Yes, if that expertise is documented in the employee profiles the AI reads.

  • 04

    How does the AI know who is an expert?

    It relies on the roles, skills, and professional data stored within your Glean instance.

  • 05

    Will this work with any AI client?

    It works with any MCP-compatible client like Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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