• PERSON
  • COMPANY
  • JOB
  • HUMAN

How to build prospect lists with your AI

Connect People Data Labs to your AI client to pull specific professional cohorts from massive datasets. Once connected, your agent handles the heavy lifting of searching and filtering.

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Short answer

How can I use my AI to find prospects?

Your AI uses professional data tools to find people, companies, or job openings that match your specific criteria. It turns your natural language descriptions into precise data queries. You get structured lists ready for outreach.

The results.

Where your data lands.

The AI processes your search intent and organizes the results into these outcomes.

PERSON

Targeted individual lists

The AI finds specific people based on job titles, skills, or seniority. You get a clean list of contacts for direct outreach.

COMPANY

Account intelligence

The AI identifies companies that fit your ideal customer profile. It pulls firmographic data to help you segment accounts.

JOB

Hiring signals

The AI tracks active job postings to find companies currently expanding. This helps you time your sales approach.

HUMAN

Final verification

You review the filtered lists to ensure the data matches your specific nuance. The AI handles the search, but you make the final call on quality.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

Your agent translates your intent into database queries to pull the right data.

  1. Identify targets

    The AI interprets your description to find specific individuals matching your criteria.

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  2. Filter companies

    The AI narrows down the search to specific organizations or industries.

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  3. Find hiring signals

    The AI looks for active job openings to identify companies in growth mode.

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  4. Compile lists

    The AI aggregates the findings into a single, organized dataset for you.

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Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off your search.

Starting points

Swap the bracketed details with your actual target industry, job titles, or company sizes.

People Data Labs Connector

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

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_wzY1fgS0ka0dhrlZlAoYp1KN6b1WKuoRwE9DUT9I/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 — People Data Labs capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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  "mcpServers": {
    "people-data-labs-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_wzY1fgS0ka0dhrlZlAoYp1KN6b1WKuoRwE9DUT9I/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Find me a list of VP of Sales at software companies in San Francisco.

  • Search for companies in the fintech space that are currently hiring for DevOps engineers.

  • Identify CTOs at mid-sized manufacturing firms in the Midwest.

  • Give me a list of companies in Austin that have more than 500 employees.

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Start here

Connect People Data Labs once, then ask.

Click the link to connect. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can start querying immediately in your preferred AI client.

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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI send emails to these prospects automatically?

    No. The AI only searches and retrieves data from the professional datasets. You must handle the actual outreach yourself.

  • 02

    Can the AI update my existing CRM with this data?

    No. This Connector is for searching and building lists. It does not have tools to write to or modify your external CRM software.

  • 03

    Does the AI search LinkedIn directly?

    No. It queries the People Data Labs professional datasets to find the information you need.

  • 04

    Can I ask for specific contact details like personal phone numbers?

    The AI can only return the data available within the People Data Labs datasets.

  • 05

    Will the AI delete any of my existing prospect lists?

    No. The AI only performs read operations to find and present new data to you.

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