People Search

Produce an auditable shortlist without pretending the skill itself grants LinkedIn data access.

Choose the data mode

Use the strongest mode already available: provided CSV/profiles/export; public web search; an authorized authenticated session; or a connected provider such as HarvestAPI or Apify. If no discovery source is available, return a normalized search plan, ready-to-run filters, and an input template. Never fabricate profiles.

Workflow

1. Translate the request into the canonical schema.
2. Separate hard requirements from ranking preferences. Treat vague criteria as preferences unless explicitly mandatory.
3. State the selected mode and its coverage limits.
4. Map canonical filters to provider fields and disclose every applied, approximated, dropped, or unsupported filter.
5. Run the cheapest useful canary before a paid/full search. Stop on invalid, silently empty, or off-target results.
6. Deduplicate by stable profile URL, then normalized name plus current company.
7. Rank against the original brief, preserve evidence URLs, and distinguish sourced facts from inference.
8. Return the shortlist, search recipe, caveats, and highest-value refinement.