Recruiting & Talent

Creative Talent Direct Line

Find portfolio-grade creative talent across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X — and pull their public emails and portfolio links in one pass

What it does

Creatives showcase their best work on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, and many expose a business email or portfolio link right in their profile. Searching by craft on each chosen platform — then reading the Instagram profile for a public email — collapses discovery and contact into a single pass the user can scope to the networks that matter.

Who it's for: Creative directors, agencies, and studios hiring visual talent

Inputs

How your agent runs it

1. 1
   search_instagram

   search_instagram(query="{craft} portfolio {location}", pages=3)

   Base platform (always runs): surface creators showcasing the craft; keep posts with strong engagement and a clear portfolio focus.

2. 2
   search_instagram_users

   search_instagram_users(query="{craft} {location}")

   Base platform (always runs): expand the candidate pool with accounts whose handle or bio directly matches the craft.

3. 3
   instagram_user_profile

   instagram_user_profile(username=<creator_username>)

   Base platform (always runs): read bio, follower count, external_url and public_email to capture each creator's portfolio link and a direct contact.

4. 4
   search_tiktok_users

   search_tiktok_users(query="{craft} {location}", pages=3)

   Only run if {platforms} includes tiktok: surface video editors, motion designers and short-form creators whose accounts match the craft; capture handles and any bio links.

5. 5
   search_youtube_channels

   search_youtube_channels(query="{craft} {location}", pages=3)

   Only run if {platforms} includes youtube: find filmmakers, editors and animators by channel; many publish a business email and portfolio link in their About section.

6. 6
   search_twitter_users

   search_twitter_users(query="{craft} {location}", pages=3)

   Only run if {platforms} includes twitter: surface illustrators and designers whose bio names the craft and links a portfolio or contact.

Tools used

The full playbook

This is exactly what the MCP returns to your agent (via the creative-talent-direct-line prompt or get_skill tool), with your inputs filled in.

SKILL: Creative Talent Direct Line
Creatives showcase their best work on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, and many expose a business email or portfolio link right in their profile. Searching by craft on each chosen platform — then reading the Instagram profile for a public email — collapses discovery and contact into a single pass the user can scope to the networks that matter.

You are running this skill on API Direct via its MCP tools. Execute the steps below yourself by calling the named tools in order — values in <angle brackets> come from a previous step. Then deliver the result described at the end.

INPUTS:
  - craft (required): <craft — ASK THE USER>
      The creative skill or portfolio type to search for
  - location (optional): (optional — e.g. Lisbon)
      City or region to bias the search toward; folded into the query on every platform that runs
  - platforms (optional): (optional — e.g. tiktok, youtube, twitter)
      Comma-separated list of platforms to run — options: instagram, tiktok, youtube, twitter. Omit to run all of them; name specific platforms to limit the run.
  - result_depth (optional): 3 (default — override if you like)
      How many pages of results to pull per search (higher = more candidates, slower). Maps to the pages param. Defaults to 3 if omitted.

PLATFORM SELECTION: some steps are gated with "Only run if {platforms} includes X". If the user supplied a `platforms` value, run only the steps whose platform is listed. If the user did NOT supply `platforms`, run ALL steps — every platform the skill supports.

STEPS:
  1. Tool `search_instagram` — search_instagram(query="{craft} portfolio {location}", pages=3)
     Base platform (always runs): surface creators showcasing the craft; keep posts with strong engagement and a clear portfolio focus.
  2. Tool `search_instagram_users` — search_instagram_users(query="{craft} {location}")
     Base platform (always runs): expand the candidate pool with accounts whose handle or bio directly matches the craft.
  3. Tool `instagram_user_profile` — instagram_user_profile(username=<creator_username>)
     Base platform (always runs): read bio, follower count, external_url and public_email to capture each creator's portfolio link and a direct contact.
  4. Tool `search_tiktok_users` — search_tiktok_users(query="{craft} {location}", pages=3)
     Only run if {platforms} includes tiktok: surface video editors, motion designers and short-form creators whose accounts match the craft; capture handles and any bio links.
  5. Tool `search_youtube_channels` — search_youtube_channels(query="{craft} {location}", pages=3)
     Only run if {platforms} includes youtube: find filmmakers, editors and animators by channel; many publish a business email and portfolio link in their About section.
  6. Tool `search_twitter_users` — search_twitter_users(query="{craft} {location}", pages=3)
     Only run if {platforms} includes twitter: surface illustrators and designers whose bio names the craft and links a portfolio or contact.

DELIVER: A contact-ready list of {craft} creatives across the chosen platforms — with portfolio links, social handles, and public emails (richest on Instagram via the profile read; often present in YouTube About sections) where available.

Note: each underlying tool call is billed at its normal endpoint price; get_sentiment adds a small per-page surcharge. Page through results as needed but stop once you have enough to deliver the outcome.