Talent Sourcing
Put evidence on a sourcing list, not just a job title.
A title and a company name are the two weakest signals on a sourcing list, and they are usually the only two on it. What someone publishes is stronger: the posts they write, the articles they put their name to, and the company they are at now rather than the one on a record from last year. Reading all four in one pass means a shortlist arrives with the reason each name is on it.
Build it into a product.
Read a public profile, what they publish, and where they work, so a sourcing list carries evidence rather than a job title.
Supported responses use a consistent ActivityStreams 2.0-based model. Shared concepts map to consistent fields, while platform-specific capabilities remain documented. Standard calls use one credit; batch endpoints charge one credit per submitted ID. Failed and timed-out requests are automatically refunded.
Or run it in a tool you already use.
The same endpoints are available as MCP tools. Connect a supported client once and the work becomes a question you ask or a step in a scheduled workflow — with no integration to build.
Chat — read the profile before you write to them
Ask ChatGPT or Claude to pull a public profile along with what that person has posted and published, and summarize it before you draft the message.
Example prompts
- Look up this LinkedIn profile and summarize what they work on, based on what they post.
- What has this person published about [specialism]? Check their posts and articles.
- Is this profile still at the company on their headline? Check the company and their recent activity.
- Give me three specific things from this person’s posts I could reference in an outreach message.
What this covers.
Public data only. Supported endpoints return what the platform serves publicly, and reaching it never depends on a connected account — so private analytics for accounts you own are outside what this can answer.
- Add what a candidate writes about to a shortlist, not just their title
- Check whether a profile is current before an outreach message goes out
- Read a candidate’s articles to judge depth in a specialism
- Understand the company someone is leaving as well as the person
Try it with your own accounts.
Get a free API key and make the first call. 100 credits, every platform, both interfaces, no credit card.