> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getcargo.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# ContactOut

> Connect ContactOut to find contact information and search for people and companies in your workflows.

## How to set up ContactOut

### Authentication

ContactOut uses API key authentication:

1. Sign up at [contactout.com](https://contactout.com)
2. Navigate to your API settings
3. Copy your API key
4. Paste the API key in Cargo when connecting

## ContactOut actions

### Enrich

Find contact or company data from LinkedIn URL or company domain.

**For contacts:**

* **LinkedIn URL**: Person's LinkedIn profile URL (required)
* **Include phone**: Add phone data to response
* **Email type**: Personal, Work, or both

**For companies:**

* **Company domain**: Company's domain (required)

**Credits:**

| Configuration            | Credits |
| ------------------------ | ------- |
| Company enrichment       | 0       |
| Contact (no email/phone) | 1       |
| Contact with email       | 2       |
| Contact with phone       | 3       |

### Search

Search for people or companies using various filters.

**For people, filter by:**

* Skills
* Education
* Location
* Company / Domain
* Job title
* Industry
* Company size
* Years of experience
* Years in current role

**For companies, filter by:**

* Name
* Domain
* Location
* Size
* Industries
* Revenue range
* Year founded

**Data type options:**

* Personal email
* Work email
* Phone

**Reveal info:** Set to true to get contact information (charges credits)

**Credits:**

* Search without reveal: 1 credit per result
* Search with reveal: 3 credits per result

## Response data

### Contact enrichment returns:

| Field    | Description              |
| -------- | ------------------------ |
| name     | Full name                |
| title    | Job title                |
| company  | Company name             |
| emails   | Array of email addresses |
| phones   | Array of phone numbers   |
| linkedin | LinkedIn profile URL     |
| location | Geographic location      |

### Company enrichment returns:

| Field    | Description             |
| -------- | ----------------------- |
| name     | Company name            |
| domain   | Company domain          |
| industry | Industry classification |
| size     | Employee count          |
| revenue  | Revenue range           |
| location | Headquarters location   |

## Best practices

* Use company enrichment (free) for account research
* Select only the email types you need to optimize credits
* Use search filters to find precise prospects
* Enable reveal only when you need contact info
* Cache results to avoid duplicate lookups
* Combine with CRM sync for lead management