What problem does it solve? Finding a specific person's email address for prospecting often ends prematurely after a few pattern guesses, or worse, sends to an unverified guess. This Skill enforces a disciplined escalation ladder so agents exhaust free lookup methods, verify every candidate address, and only escalate to paid tools with explicit user approval. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Tiered escalation ladder: Runs six tiers in order — finder API pattern verification, search-engine dork sweeps, specialized sources (GitHub commit logs, Wayback Machine, academic papers, speaker bios), a second finder API, profile-URL enrichment, and paid unlocks — stopping at the first verified result. - Verification discipline: Never sends to unverified addresses, tags every result with its provenance (e.g. finder status, Hunter confidence score), and flags catch-all or pattern-generated results as risky. - Fallback handling: Routes to LinkedIn/X DM or warm intro when the email is genuinely hidden, and caches discovered domain patterns for future lookups. - Use Case: You need an investor's email for cold outreach. The agent runs pattern verification across their firm and personal domains, mines their GitHub commits, checks archived team pages, and returns a verified address with its source — or confirms the email is intentionally hidden and drafts a DM instead. ## Quick Start Find and verify the email address for Jane Doe at acmecorp.com, escalating through free lookup tiers before considering any paid option.
