The Companies API

@the-companies-api look up the company profile for stripe.com and summarize their employee count, funding stage, and primary industry tags.

Stripe's cached profile shows approximately 8,000 employees, classified as a late-stage venture-backed company (Series I). Primary industry tags include financial services, payments infrastructure, and developer tools. The profile was last refreshed 14 days ago. Note that this is a cached lookup—no credit was consumed, but data may be stale if Stripe recently announced headcount changes or a new funding round.

This example uses the Get Company tool in read-only mode, pulling from The Companies API's cache without triggering a paid refresh. Ideal for quick lookups when recency isn't critical. If you need live data, you'll need to call a separate enrichment endpoint (not shown here) which consumes account credits.

@the-companies-api create a new list called 'Q1 Enterprise Prospects' and add it to my account so I can track target companies for outreach.

Created list 'Q1 Enterprise Prospects' (ID: lst_9x4k2m). The list is currently empty and email notifications are disabled by default. You can now populate it by adding companies manually or syncing it with a saved search query. The list appears in your account dashboard and can be shared with teammates who have access to your team workspace.

This demonstrates the Create List tool, which provisions a new static list but does not populate it. You'll need follow-up actions (adding companies, configuring sync rules) to make the list useful. Be aware that list operations count toward your account's resource limits, and deleting a list is permanent.

@the-companies-api normalize the job title 'VP of Revenue Operations' and tell me what department and seniority level it maps to in your taxonomy.

Normalized title: 'Vice President of Revenue Operations'. Department classification: Revenue Operations (a hybrid of Sales Operations and Marketing Operations). Seniority: Executive (C-suite adjacent, typically reports to CRO or CFO). This classification is based on The Companies API's standardized job taxonomy, which groups ~12,000 raw titles into 400 canonical roles across 25 departments and 5 seniority tiers.

The Enrich Job Title tool is useful for cleaning messy contact data before segmentation or scoring. It infers department and seniority but does not validate whether a specific person holds this title—it's a linguistic normalization, not a live lookup. Pair this with contact enrichment tools if you need to verify actual employment records.

When static company lists beat your CRM's native filters

A 6-person sales team closing mid-market SaaS deals needs to segment 400 inbound leads by industry and headcount before the Monday pipeline review. The Companies API's list tools let you create, populate, and rename segments in real time without waiting for CRM sync delays or fighting Salesforce formula limits. Use Get Company to pull firmographic snapshots, then bucket leads into static lists that stay frozen while reps work them. The trade-off: this MCP doesn't write back to your CRM, so you're managing two sources of truth. If your team already lives in HubSpot or Salesforce and trusts its enrichment, skip this. If you're stitching together Apollo, Clearbit, and spreadsheets, these list primitives clean up the chaos. Worth it when you're moving faster than your CRM's nightly batch jobs.

How to triage expansion accounts by firmographic signals

A 3-person CS team managing 80 accounts needs to spot which customers are growing fast enough to justify an upsell motion this quarter. The Companies API's Get Company tool surfaces headcount trends and funding events without forcing a paid refresh, so you can scan your book in minutes. Pair it with List Companies In List to pull a saved segment of high-intent accounts, then cross-reference against usage data in your product analytics tool. The ceiling: this MCP doesn't integrate with Gainsight or ChurnZero, so you're exporting context manually. If your CS platform already enriches accounts automatically, you don't need this. If you're running CS out of Notion and a spreadsheet, these firmographic lookups give you the signal to prioritize outreach before renewal conversations go cold.

When job title normalization speeds up talent screening

A 2-person recruiting team at a 30-person startup is screening 200 LinkedIn profiles for a senior backend role and needs to filter out mis-titled candidates before scheduling calls. The Enrich Job Title tool normalizes messy titles like 'Code Wizard' or 'Fullstack Ninja' into standardized department and seniority tags, so you can programmatically separate senior ICs from junior generalists. Use Get Account Context to track your credit burn if you're on a metered plan. The limit: this MCP doesn't parse resumes or integrate with your ATS, so you're still copying data between tools. If you're already paying for LinkedIn Recruiter's advanced filters, you don't need this. If you're sourcing from Twitter, GitHub, or scraped lists where titles are chaos, this normalization step saves hours of manual triage before you hit send on outreach.