# Source people with your own Claude or ChatGPT.

Sourcing MCP for recruiters

Describe the role. ScoutMesh searches multiple recruiting databases and returns matching candidates.

Scout Mesh is an MCP gateway for recruiters. Connect Claude or ChatGPT once, describe a role in plain language, and search people-data sources through one key. New accounts start with $5 in credits. After that you pay each provider's published unit price, with no subscription, seats, or markup.

## How it works

1. **Connect once.** Paste one URL into Claude or ChatGPT. No coding skills required.
2. **Describe the role.** Describe the role in your own words, in the chat you already use.
3. **Direct and refine.** Refine in plain English, review the evidence, and decide when paid enrichment runs.

## Pricing

The account is free. Paid enrichment runs at the provider's own rate.

- People Data Labs: $0.28 / record
- Lusha: $0.125 / credit
- prog.ai: $0.15 / profile
- GitHub: free
- Exa: $0.007 / search
- Bouncer: $0.008 / check
- Findymail: $0.02 / email
- Hunter: $0.025 / email
- ContactOut: $0.05 search · $0.163 enrich
- EnrichLayer: $0.02 / personal email
- TheirStack: $0.04 job · $0.12 company
- Akta: $0.05 / credit
- Parallel: $0.005 / search
- Hugging Face: free

## Sources

One conversation can use these live sources:

- [People Data Labs](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/people-data-labs): people search
- [Lusha](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/lusha): contacts + dials
- [prog.ai](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/prog-ai): engineer search
- [GitHub](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/github): code activity
- [Exa](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/exa): web search
- [Findymail](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/findymail): email finder
- [Hunter](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/hunter): work emails
- [ContactOut](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/contactout): contact lookup
- [EnrichLayer](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/enrichlayer): personal emails
- [Bouncer](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/bouncer): email verification
- [TheirStack](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/theirstack): hiring signals
- [Akta](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/akta): company signals
- [Parallel](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/parallel): web research
- [Hugging Face](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources/hugging-face): AI/ML talent

## Frequently asked questions

### Where does ScoutMesh actually run?

Inside your own Claude or ChatGPT. You paste one connection URL, and the sources appear as tools your AI can use in normal conversation. There is no separate app to learn.

### What does it cost?

The account is free and comes with $5 in credits. After that you pay each provider's own published unit price. No subscription, no markup, no seats.

### Which sources are connected?

The live list includes People Data Labs, Lusha, prog.ai, GitHub, Exa, Findymail and Bouncer. The full grid and price sheet are on this page. One search fans out across them and returns a single deduped list.

### Can it spend money without asking?

Claude and ChatGPT ask for confirmation before connector tools run, and you can instruct your AI to hold paid sources entirely, like in the example above. ScoutMesh charges only when a paid tool actually executes, at the provider's price.

### Does it work for client prospecting too?

Yes. The same gateway finds companies with live hiring signals and the decision-makers who run the team, so one connection covers sourcing candidates and winning clients.

### Do I need my own accounts with each provider?

No. One ScoutMesh key covers all connected sources. Connect once and your AI can use any of them, on one balance.

## Developer resources

- [Scout Mesh developer resources](https://getscoutmesh.com/developers.md): OpenAPI, REST catalog, MCP connection, and authentication
- [Scout Mesh OpenAPI spec](https://getscoutmesh.com/openapi.json)
- [Public REST API](https://getscoutmesh.com/api/v1)
- [MCP server](https://mcp.getscoutmesh.com/mcp)

## Sitemap

- [Home](https://getscoutmesh.com/index.md)
- [Scout Mesh developer resources](https://getscoutmesh.com/developers.md)
- [Sources](https://getscoutmesh.com/sources.md)
- [Guides](https://getscoutmesh.com/guides.md)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://getscoutmesh.com/openapi.json)
- [llms.txt](https://getscoutmesh.com/llms.txt)