Recruiting & Talent
Creative Talent Direct Line
Find portfolio-grade designers, photographers and editors and pull their public email in one pass
https://apidirect.io/mcp?token=YOUR_API_KEY
Find me {craft} talent near {location} and grab their portfolio links and emails
creative-talent-direct-line.
Any agent can also call get_skill(skill_id="creative-talent-direct-line") to pull these steps on demand.
What it does
Creatives showcase their best work on Instagram and many expose a business email plus a portfolio link in their profile; searching by craft and then reading the profile collapses discovery and contact into a single workflow.
Who it's for: Creative directors, agencies, and studios hiring visual talent
Inputs
| Input | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
craft |
Yes | The creative skill or portfolio type to search for | brand identity designer |
location |
No | City or region to bias the search toward | Lisbon |
How your agent runs it
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1
search_instagram(query="{craft} portfolio {location}", pages=3, get_sentiment=true)Surface creators showcasing the craft; keep posts with strong engagement and a clear portfolio focus.
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2
search_instagram_users(query={craft})Expand the candidate pool with accounts whose handle or bio directly matches the craft.
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3
instagram_user_profile(username=<creator_username>)Read bio, follower count, external_url and public_email to capture each creator's portfolio link and a direct 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 and many expose a business email plus a portfolio link in their profile; searching by craft and then reading the profile collapses discovery and contact into a single workflow.
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>
- location (optional): (optional — e.g. Lisbon)
STEPS:
1. Tool `search_instagram` — search_instagram(query="<craft> portfolio <location>", pages=3, get_sentiment=true)
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>)
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>)
Read bio, follower count, external_url and public_email to capture each creator's portfolio link and a direct contact.
DELIVER: A contact-ready list of <craft> creatives with portfolio links and public emails 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.