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Find Work Email

This Skill helps you find and verify a person's work email address using their name and company or LinkedIn URL.

About this Skill

When to use it

Use this Skill when you need to find someone's verified work email address but want to avoid the risks of guessing or using unverified addresses. It is particularly useful for sales development professionals who require accurate contact information. If you have a list of names or need to verify an email, this Skill ensures you get reliable results without damaging your sender reputation.

What it delivers

The Skill provides verified work email addresses along with their status and source information. It unlocks the decision to confidently reach out to contacts with accurate email addresses while avoiding role addresses and unverified domains. The boundaries include ensuring that only deliverable addresses are returned and that no guesses are made.

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How someone would prompt this

Get me a verified work email for Jordan Lee at northfield.example.

Inputs & outputs

What someone provides before the Skill runs, and the reviewable artifacts it returns.

Inputs

  • 01What they have per row
    • Provide a profile URL plus name, a name plus domain, or a name plus company name only
    • if missing, quality descends in that order.
  • 02A known personal email
    • Optional personal email to improve hit rate
    • pass it through when present.
  • 03Cost ceiling
    • State your credits limit and whether misses are acceptable
    • this sets the cost per row before running.

Outputs

  • 01Find Work Email resultVerified email results: Contains name, company domain, email, status, source, and identification method. Summary statistics: Provides found-valid %, probe-confirmed %, risky %, rejected %, and not found %.

Representative output

Email Verification Results

NameCompany DomainEmailStatusSource
Jordan Leenorthfield.examplejordan.lee@northfield.examplevalidmanaged waterfall
Casey Parkinitech-consulting.examplecasey.park@initech-consulting.examplevalid, catch-all (probe-confirmed)catch-all track + provider name
Alexinitech-consulting.exampleinfo@initech-consulting.examplerejected: role addressmanaged waterfall

Domain Screening Report

  • northfield.example: Real MX records found.
  • initech-consulting.example: Blocked: trap domain.

Summary Statistics

  • Found Valid: 66%
  • Probe Confirmed: 33%
  • Risky: 0%
  • Rejected: 33%
  • Not Found: 0%

Identification Inputs

  • Jordan Lee: LinkedIn URL or name + company domain.
  • Casey Park: LinkedIn URL or name + company domain.
  • Alex: Name + company domain.

How the Skill runs

Follow the steps in order. Each row includes the full instruction.

01
Verify Clay is working

Verify that Clay is functioning correctly by running a command; if it fails, follow setup instructions.

Step
02
Collect what identifies the person

Collect identifying information for the person, prioritizing LinkedIn URLs for accuracy.

Step
03
Free domain pre-gates (zero credits)

Screen the domain for free to avoid unnecessary costs and ensure it can receive mail.

Step
04
Run the managed function

Run the managed function to find the email, ensuring you have confirmed its existence and understand the costs.

Step
05
The catch-all branch (where validation lies)

Handle catch-all domains carefully by validating them to avoid shipping unverifiable addresses.

Step
06
The email-matches-contact check (anti-info@)

Check that the email matches the contact before shipping to avoid sending to role addresses.

Step

Connections required

Clay CLI / agent pluginRequired connection
Clay's email verification providerRequired connection

Install Clay and run it

Sign in once, install the Skill, then run the prompt.

  1. 1Install ClayUse the connector or official plugin in your coding-agent environment.
  2. 2Sign up or log inAuthorize Clay access and return when the connection is ready.
  3. 3Install the SkillRun the one-line install command from the Add this Skill card.
  4. 4Run the SkillPaste the example prompt and review the result.

Version history

Version 2From submitted SKILL.mdCurrent

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