Start a lead search

curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "criteria": {
    "description": "E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands",
    "locations": [
      "Germany",
      "Austria"
    ],
    "industries": [
      "Marketing agency",
      "E-commerce"
    ],
    "company_size": "5-50 employees",
    "titles": [
      "Founder",
      "Head of Growth"
    ],
    "exclusions": [
      "SEO-only agencies"
    ],
    "required_fields": [
      "email"
    ],
    "extra_columns": [
      {
        "name": "Ecommerce platform",
        "description": "Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown"
      }
    ],
    "count": 25
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research"

payload = { "criteria": {
        "description": "E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands",
        "locations": ["Germany", "Austria"],
        "industries": ["Marketing agency", "E-commerce"],
        "company_size": "5-50 employees",
        "titles": ["Founder", "Head of Growth"],
        "exclusions": ["SEO-only agencies"],
        "required_fields": ["email"],
        "extra_columns": [
            {
                "name": "Ecommerce platform",
                "description": "Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown"
            }
        ],
        "count": 25
    } }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    criteria: {
      description: 'E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands',
      locations: ['Germany', 'Austria'],
      industries: ['Marketing agency', 'E-commerce'],
      company_size: '5-50 employees',
      titles: ['Founder', 'Head of Growth'],
      exclusions: ['SEO-only agencies'],
      required_fields: ['email'],
      extra_columns: [
        {
          name: 'Ecommerce platform',
          description: 'Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown'
        }
      ],
      count: 25
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'criteria' => [
        'description' => 'E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands',
        'locations' => [
                'Germany',
                'Austria'
        ],
        'industries' => [
                'Marketing agency',
                'E-commerce'
        ],
        'company_size' => '5-50 employees',
        'titles' => [
                'Founder',
                'Head of Growth'
        ],
        'exclusions' => [
                'SEO-only agencies'
        ],
        'required_fields' => [
                'email'
        ],
        'extra_columns' => [
                [
                                'name' => 'Ecommerce platform',
                                'description' => 'Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown'
                ]
        ],
        'count' => 25
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"criteria\": {\n    \"description\": \"E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands\",\n    \"locations\": [\n      \"Germany\",\n      \"Austria\"\n    ],\n    \"industries\": [\n      \"Marketing agency\",\n      \"E-commerce\"\n    ],\n    \"company_size\": \"5-50 employees\",\n    \"titles\": [\n      \"Founder\",\n      \"Head of Growth\"\n    ],\n    \"exclusions\": [\n      \"SEO-only agencies\"\n    ],\n    \"required_fields\": [\n      \"email\"\n    ],\n    \"extra_columns\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"Ecommerce platform\",\n        \"description\": \"Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"count\": 25\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"criteria\": {\n    \"description\": \"E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands\",\n    \"locations\": [\n      \"Germany\",\n      \"Austria\"\n    ],\n    \"industries\": [\n      \"Marketing agency\",\n      \"E-commerce\"\n    ],\n    \"company_size\": \"5-50 employees\",\n    \"titles\": [\n      \"Founder\",\n      \"Head of Growth\"\n    ],\n    \"exclusions\": [\n      \"SEO-only agencies\"\n    ],\n    \"required_fields\": [\n      \"email\"\n    ],\n    \"extra_columns\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"Ecommerce platform\",\n        \"description\": \"Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"count\": 25\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"criteria\": {\n    \"description\": \"E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands\",\n    \"locations\": [\n      \"Germany\",\n      \"Austria\"\n    ],\n    \"industries\": [\n      \"Marketing agency\",\n      \"E-commerce\"\n    ],\n    \"company_size\": \"5-50 employees\",\n    \"titles\": [\n      \"Founder\",\n      \"Head of Growth\"\n    ],\n    \"exclusions\": [\n      \"SEO-only agencies\"\n    ],\n    \"required_fields\": [\n      \"email\"\n    ],\n    \"extra_columns\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"Ecommerce platform\",\n        \"description\": \"Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"count\": 25\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "run_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "conversation_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "status": "<string>",
  "count": 123,
  "profile": {},
  "clamped": {
    "requested": 123,
    "allowed": 123,
    "limit": 123
  },
  "redirected": true,
  "known": {},
  "description": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": "<unknown>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": "<unknown>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": "<unknown>"
}

Leads

Start a lead search

Launch the lead-generation agent against structured criteria, a saved search, or a set of seed leads (“find more like these”).

The run is asynchronous: poll GET /api/agents/runs with the returned conversation_id. The run may pause with a clarifying question — answer it with POST /api/agents/runs/{id}/reply and the same run continues.

count is clamped to the workspace’s remaining lead capacity; when that happens the response carries a clamped block. A full workspace returns 403 with code: "lead_limit".

With a saved search. criteria sent alongside profile_id replaces the saved criteria as a whole — fields you leave out fall back to their defaults, not to the saved values. To change one field, read the saved search from GET /api/leads/research-profiles, merge your change, and send the full criteria. Because save defaults to true, the criteria you send are also written back to that saved search; send save: false to run without changing it.

Two responses that start no lead search. Both apply only to a typed request, with no profile_id and no seed_lead_ids:

When criteria carries only a free-text description that does not read as a request for leads, ManyPI starts a plain agent run instead and the response includes redirected: true. Send check_intent: false to skip that check.
When the description names leads the workspace already has, the response is { "known": {...}, "description": "..." } with no run_id, and no run starts. Send force_search: true to search anyway.

Requires the agents permission.

POST

api

leads

research

Start a lead search

curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "criteria": {
    "description": "E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands",
    "locations": [
      "Germany",
      "Austria"
    ],
    "industries": [
      "Marketing agency",
      "E-commerce"
    ],
    "company_size": "5-50 employees",
    "titles": [
      "Founder",
      "Head of Growth"
    ],
    "exclusions": [
      "SEO-only agencies"
    ],
    "required_fields": [
      "email"
    ],
    "extra_columns": [
      {
        "name": "Ecommerce platform",
        "description": "Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown"
      }
    ],
    "count": 25
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research"

payload = { "criteria": {
        "description": "E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands",
        "locations": ["Germany", "Austria"],
        "industries": ["Marketing agency", "E-commerce"],
        "company_size": "5-50 employees",
        "titles": ["Founder", "Head of Growth"],
        "exclusions": ["SEO-only agencies"],
        "required_fields": ["email"],
        "extra_columns": [
            {
                "name": "Ecommerce platform",
                "description": "Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown"
            }
        ],
        "count": 25
    } }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    criteria: {
      description: 'E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands',
      locations: ['Germany', 'Austria'],
      industries: ['Marketing agency', 'E-commerce'],
      company_size: '5-50 employees',
      titles: ['Founder', 'Head of Growth'],
      exclusions: ['SEO-only agencies'],
      required_fields: ['email'],
      extra_columns: [
        {
          name: 'Ecommerce platform',
          description: 'Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown'
        }
      ],
      count: 25
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'criteria' => [
        'description' => 'E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands',
        'locations' => [
                'Germany',
                'Austria'
        ],
        'industries' => [
                'Marketing agency',
                'E-commerce'
        ],
        'company_size' => '5-50 employees',
        'titles' => [
                'Founder',
                'Head of Growth'
        ],
        'exclusions' => [
                'SEO-only agencies'
        ],
        'required_fields' => [
                'email'
        ],
        'extra_columns' => [
                [
                                'name' => 'Ecommerce platform',
                                'description' => 'Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown'
                ]
        ],
        'count' => 25
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"criteria\": {\n    \"description\": \"E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands\",\n    \"locations\": [\n      \"Germany\",\n      \"Austria\"\n    ],\n    \"industries\": [\n      \"Marketing agency\",\n      \"E-commerce\"\n    ],\n    \"company_size\": \"5-50 employees\",\n    \"titles\": [\n      \"Founder\",\n      \"Head of Growth\"\n    ],\n    \"exclusions\": [\n      \"SEO-only agencies\"\n    ],\n    \"required_fields\": [\n      \"email\"\n    ],\n    \"extra_columns\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"Ecommerce platform\",\n        \"description\": \"Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"count\": 25\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"criteria\": {\n    \"description\": \"E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands\",\n    \"locations\": [\n      \"Germany\",\n      \"Austria\"\n    ],\n    \"industries\": [\n      \"Marketing agency\",\n      \"E-commerce\"\n    ],\n    \"company_size\": \"5-50 employees\",\n    \"titles\": [\n      \"Founder\",\n      \"Head of Growth\"\n    ],\n    \"exclusions\": [\n      \"SEO-only agencies\"\n    ],\n    \"required_fields\": [\n      \"email\"\n    ],\n    \"extra_columns\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"Ecommerce platform\",\n        \"description\": \"Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"count\": 25\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.manypi.com/api/leads/research")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"criteria\": {\n    \"description\": \"E-commerce agencies building Shopify stores for DTC brands\",\n    \"locations\": [\n      \"Germany\",\n      \"Austria\"\n    ],\n    \"industries\": [\n      \"Marketing agency\",\n      \"E-commerce\"\n    ],\n    \"company_size\": \"5-50 employees\",\n    \"titles\": [\n      \"Founder\",\n      \"Head of Growth\"\n    ],\n    \"exclusions\": [\n      \"SEO-only agencies\"\n    ],\n    \"required_fields\": [\n      \"email\"\n    ],\n    \"extra_columns\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"Ecommerce platform\",\n        \"description\": \"Shopify, WooCommerce, custom or unknown\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"count\": 25\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "run_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "conversation_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "status": "<string>",
  "count": 123,
  "profile": {},
  "clamped": {
    "requested": 123,
    "allowed": 123,
    "limit": 123
  },
  "redirected": true,
  "known": {},
  "description": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": "<unknown>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": "<unknown>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": "<unknown>"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

A ManyPI API key (mpi_...) from the profile menu → API Access in the dashboard, or an OAuth 2.1 access token obtained through the MCP consent flow.

Body

application/json

criteria

object

The structured search. The description does most of the work; the rest is what the agent enforces.

Show child attributes

profile_id

string<uuid>

Re-run a saved search. Its criteria are used when criteria is omitted; when criteria is sent, it replaces them entirely.

seed_lead_ids

string<uuid>[]

Seed the search from existing leads ("find similar").

Maximum array length: 50

save

boolean

default:true

Persist the criteria as a reusable saved search. With profile_id, writes them back to that saved search.

name

string

Maximum string length: 120

kind

enum<string>

Available options:

icp,

similar

check_intent

boolean

default:true

Check that a free-text-only request reads as a lead search, and start a plain agent run when it does not. Send false when your integration only ever sends lead searches.

force_search

boolean

default:false

Search even when the description names leads the workspace already has.

Response

A run was created — or, when known is present instead of run_id, the workspace already holds the leads the description names and no run was started.

run_id

string<uuid>

Absent when the response carries known.

conversation_id

string<uuid>

status

string

count

integer

Leads the run will actually try to save, after clamping.

profile

object | null

clamped

object

Present only when count was reduced to fit the plan.

Show child attributes

redirected

boolean

Present and true when the request did not read as a lead search and a plain agent run was started instead. See check_intent.

known

object

Present instead of run_id when the description names leads the workspace already has. Holds those leads; no run was started. See force_search.

description

string

The description that was matched, returned alongside known.

Overview

Leads

Email validation

Outreach

Agent

Scraping

Endpoints

Account

Start a lead search

Authorizations

Body

Response