What Is Prospector?



Prospector is your powerful search and list-building tool. Instead of finding one person at a time, build an entire list of prospects that match your exact criteria—then reveal all their contact information at once.


Want to find all VP of Sales at SaaS companies with 50-200 employees in California? Done. Need engineering managers at startups who use certain tools? Prospector handles that too.

How Prospector Works

  1. Set your filters — Use dozens of criteria to define your ideal prospect
  2. Run the search — Prospector finds everyone matching your criteria
  3. Reveal contact info — See emails, phone numbers, and social profiles for results
  4. Export or integrate — Download results as CSV or push to your CRM

Search Filters

Prospector gives you granular control with these filter categories:

Role Filters

  • Current Job Title — Search by job title (e.g., VP of Sales, Head of Marketing)
  • Past Job Title — Find people who held specific roles in the past
  • Function — Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, etc.
  • Seniority Level — C-level, Director, Manager, Individual Contributor
  • Years in Current Company — Find people tenured in their role

Company Filters

  • Current Company — Search by company name
  • Company Headcount — 1-10 employees, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 500+
  • Industry — Focus on specific industries
  • Company Location — HQ location (country, state, city)
  • Company Domain — Search by website domain
  • Company Year Founded — Find young or established companies
  • Company Description — Search company tagline/description

Personal Filters

  • Location — Country, state, or city
  • Years of Experience — Filter by career experience
  • Skills — LinkedIn skills (Python, Salesforce, Growth Marketing, etc.)
  • Education — School or degree
  • LinkedIn URLs — Filter by profile visibility

Advanced Filters

  • Company Country / State / City — Geographic targeting
  • NAICs Code / SIC Code — Industry classification codes

Running a Search

Basic Search

  1. Go to Prospector Search
  2. Enter a name, company, or job title in the search box
  3. Click Search

Advanced Search with Filters

  1. Go to Prospector Search
  2. Use the Filters panel on the left
  3. Click + next to each filter category to add criteria
  4. Example combination:
    • Current Job Title: VP of Sales
    • Company Headcount: 51-200
    • Industry: SaaS
    • Location: California
  5. Click Search

The results will show everyone matching all your criteria.

Viewing & Exporting Results

See Contact Information

Once your search returns results, you can:

  • Click any person to see their full profile (email, phone, work history, social profiles, etc.)
  • Copy contact info directly from results
  • Bulk reveal — Select multiple people to reveal all contact information at once

Download or Export

  • Download as CSV — Export results as a spreadsheet
  • Push to CRM — If you're on a Team & Scale plan, integrate directly with Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, SalesLoft, or other CRMs
  • Use with Zapier — Automate workflows with your exported data

Saved Searches

Save Your Search

If you create a search you'll run repeatedly:

  1. Set up your filters
  2. Run the search
  3. Click Save this search
  4. Name it (e.g., "B2B SaaS VPs - West Coast")

Your saved searches appear in the Saved Searches section for quick access later.

Pro Tips

  • Start broad, then refine — Begin with one or two filters, then add more to narrow results
  • Test with small criteria first — Run a search with just "industry" to see how many results you get, then add filters
  • Save your best searches — Reuse successful search combinations repeatedly
  • Combine with Reverse Lookup — Use Reverse Lookup to deep-dive on specific people from your list
  • Use Prospector for list-building — This is the tool's strength; use it to build targeted lists before reaching out

Limitations & Fair Use

Prospector is unlimited for your plan, but subject to a fair use policy. 


If you hit a fair use limit and can't search, contact support@swordfish.ai with your use case. We review requests case-by-case and often expand thresholds for legitimate power users.

Troubleshooting

"No results found"

  • Try broadening your filters (remove 1-2 criteria)
  • Check spelling of company/job title
  • Use a more general job title (e.g., "Sales" instead of "Enterprise Sales Rep")

"Results are taking a long time"

  • Very broad searches take longer to process
  • Narrow your filters and try again
  • Contact support@swordfish.ai if this persists

"I need to search by a specific criteria that isn't listed"

Getting Started

Ready to build your first list?

  1. Go to Prospector Search
  2. Pick one job title and one company or industry
  3. Run the search
  4. See who matches and click on them to view contact info
  5. Export your results and integrate with your CRM


Questions? Contact support@swordfish.ai or use the live chat in your dashboard.