find-email-by-name

name	find-email-by-name
description	Find a professional email address given a person's name and company/domain. Use when asked to find someone's email, contact info for outreach, or look up how to reach a specific person. For writing the actual cold email, see cold-email. For full outreach strategy, see founder-sales.
user-invocable	true

[YOUR_PRODUCT] Context

Before helping, check MEMORY.md for current ICP and outbound targets. Output in Russian (names and emails in original). For chat platforms: short summary first, details below.

Find Email by Name

Find a verified professional email address using Hunter and Tomba APIs via Orthogonal.

Strategy: Waterfall (Hunter -> Tomba)

1. Try Hunter first — larger database, returns confidence score
2. If Hunter fails (score=0 or no result) — try Tomba as fallback
3. If both fail — report honestly, suggest LinkedIn as alternative

Usage

Step 1: Hunter (primary)

orth run hunter /v2/email-finder -q domain=COMPANY_DOMAIN -q first_name=FIRST -q last_name=LAST

IMPORTANT: Always use separate -q flags. Never join params with &.

Step 2: Tomba (fallback)

orth run tomba /v1/email-finder -q domain=COMPANY_DOMAIN -q company=COMPANY_NAME -q first_name=FIRST -q last_name=LAST

Tomba requires both domain AND company name (3-75 chars).

Step 3: Tomba via LinkedIn (alternative)

If you have a LinkedIn URL:

orth run tomba /v1/linkedin -q url=https://linkedin.com/in/USERNAME

Parameters

Hunter

• domain (required) — company domain (e.g. stripe.com)
• first_name (required) — first name
• last_name (required) — last name

Tomba

• domain (required) — company domain
• company (required) — company name, 3-75 chars
• first_name + last_name OR full_name — person's name
• enrich_mobile=true — add phone number lookup (optional)

Reading the Response

Hunter response — key fields

• email — the found email
• score — confidence 0-100. Above 70 = reliable. Below 40 = try Tomba
• position — job title (if known)
• linkedin_url — LinkedIn profile (if known)
• verification.status — valid / invalid / unknown

Tomba response

• data.email — found email with confidence data

Output Format

Present results as:

[Name] — [Position] @ [Company]
Email: [email] (confidence: [score]%)
LinkedIn: [url]
Verification: [status]

If score < 40 or no result: "Hunter did not find a reliable email. Trying Tomba..." If both fail: "Could not find a verified email. Suggest checking LinkedIn directly or trying a different domain."

Common Issues

• Wrong domain — use the main corporate domain (google.com not gmail.com)
• Name spelling — try variations (Bob/Robert, Mike/Michael)
• accept_all=true — means the mail server accepts any address; email format is likely correct but specific mailbox not confirmed
• Score 0 — no match found, always try Tomba as fallback

Related Skills

• cold-email — write the actual outreach email after finding the address
• founder-sales — full sales strategy including signal-based outreach
• sales-qualification — qualify the lead before reaching out
• exa-people-research — research the person's background before writing
• exa-company-research — research the company before reaching out