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# Icypeas

> Connect Icypeas to find and verify email addresses in your workflows.

## How to set up Icypeas

### Authentication

Icypeas uses API key authentication:

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

## Icypeas actions

### Find email

Find a person's email address using their name and company.

**Required fields:**

* **First name**: Person's first name
* **Last name**: Person's last name
* **Company name/domain**: Company domain or name

**Credits:** 0.1 credits per request

**Use case:** Discover professional email addresses for prospecting.

### Verify email

Check if an email address is valid and deliverable.

**Required fields:**

* **Email address**: The email to verify

**Credits:** 0.01 credits per request

**Use case:** Very affordable email verification for list cleaning.

### Scan domain

Discover all role-based email addresses at a domain.

**Required fields:**

* **Company name/domain**: Domain or company name to scan

**Returns:** Role-based emails like:

* [contact@company.com](mailto:contact@company.com)
* [info@company.com](mailto:info@company.com)
* [admin@company.com](mailto:admin@company.com)
* [support@company.com](mailto:support@company.com)

**Credits:** 0.1 credits per request

**Use case:** Find generic company emails for initial outreach.

## Credits summary

| Action       | Credits |
| ------------ | ------- |
| Find email   | 0.1     |
| Verify email | 0.01    |
| Scan domain  | 0.1     |

Icypeas offers very competitive pricing, especially for email verification at 0.01 credits per check.

## Retry behavior

Icypeas actions include automatic retry logic with exponential backoff to handle rate limits gracefully.

## Rate limits

Icypeas API has a rate limit of 30 requests per minute. Cargo handles rate limiting automatically.

## Best practices

* Use domain scanning to find company-wide contact points
* Verify emails before outreach (very affordable at 0.01 credits)
* Provide company domain rather than name for better accuracy
* Combine with other enrichment sources for complete coverage