| name | person-lookup |
| description | Look up a person's background: work history, education, social profiles, contact info. Use when asked 'who is [person]?' or need to research someone before a meeting. For finding their email specifically, see find-email-by-name. For enriching a lead with full contact data, see lead-enrichment. |
| user-invocable | true |
[YOUR_PRODUCT] Context
Before helping, check MEMORY.md for current contacts and relationships.
Output in Russian (names, titles, company names in original).
For chat platforms: bio-style summary, not raw data dump.
Person Lookup
Find detailed background on a person: work history, education, social profiles, contact info.
Usage
Search by Name + Company (Nyne)
orth run nyne /person/search -d '{"query": "FULL_NAME COMPANY"}'
NOTE: Nyne searches are async. The POST returns a request_id. Poll with:
orth run nyne /person/search -q request_id=REQUEST_ID
Retry every 3-5 seconds until status is complete. Usually takes 5-15 seconds.
Search Tips
- Include company name:
"Dario Amodei Anthropic"
- Include title for common names:
"John Smith CTO Acme"
- Use LinkedIn URL if available for exact match
Response Fields
- Full name and current title
- Current employer and role
- Work history (previous companies, roles, dates)
- Education (schools, degrees)
- Location
- Social profiles (LinkedIn, Twitter)
- Skills and expertise
Output Format
**[Name]** — [Current Title] @ [Current Company]
Background:
- Previously: [role] @ [company] ([years])
- Education: [school], [degree]
- Location: [city]
Profiles: [LinkedIn], [Twitter]
If researching before a meeting, add:
Meeting prep notes:
- [relevant background detail]
- [shared connection or interest]
- [topic to discuss]
Error Handling
- Async timeout — if no result after 30 seconds, report partial data
- Multiple results — add company or title to narrow down
- No results — try alternate name spelling, or use Fiber people-search as fallback:
orth run fiber /v1/people-search -d '{"searchParams": {"full_name": "FULL_NAME", "company_names": ["COMPANY"]}}'
Related Skills
- meeting-prep — pre-meeting briefings combining person + company + pipeline context
- find-email-by-name — find their email address
- lead-enrichment — full contact enrichment (email + phone + company)
- company-intel — research their company
- exa-people-research — web-based person research via Exa
- sales-qualification — qualify them as a lead
