The Cognitive
A Claude prompt kit for recruiters
“Find me 10 more like her.”
Two short prompts. The first one finds 10 people. You point at the one you like. The second one works out what makes her good and finds 10 more like her.
Once · 5 minutes
Connect a people search to Claude
Sign up at app.thecognitive.io.
Customize, then Connectors, then +, then Add custom connector. Paste https://app.thecognitive.io/mcp and sign in.
Ask Claude: How many credits do I have in The Cognitive?
The 2 prompts
Copy, fill the brackets, send
1. Find 10 people
Prompt 1Search The Cognitive for 10 [role] in [location]. Must have: [2 or 3 must-haves]. Show a numbered list: name, title, company, and one line from their profile on why they fit.
A normal search. Read the 10 and find the one that makes you think "yes, that's the person".
2. Find 10 more like her
Prompt 2I like #[number]. Find 10 more like this person. First read their full profile and tell me in 5 lines what makes them good: title, career path, type of company, skills, level. Quote their profile. Then search on that: similar titles, the same past titles, companies like theirs (not only theirs), the same skills and location. Skip anyone already shown. Rate each one Strong, Possible or No with a quote, and say how they differ from #[number].
Claude reads her real profile, so the filters come from her career, not just her title. Paste a LinkedIn URL instead of a number to start from anyone.
2 example runs
What you get back
10 people
Former SDR. Built our outbound from zero in Clay + HubSpot.
What makes #3 good
10 more like her
Former BDR. Built our Clay + HubSpot outbound engine.
SDR to Sales Ops to Growth Eng. Clay, HubSpot.
Started as an SDR. Own all outbound tooling in Clay.
First GTM hire. Ex-BDR. Clay feeds every sequence.
3 years SDR, now build the outbound system.
HubSpot admin, Clay for enrichment. Never sold.
Ex-software engineer. Never in sales.
Ex-SDR. Runs Salesforce for 80 reps.
Manages an outbound agency. Doesn't build.
Forecasting and comp plans.
10 people
Promoted from SMB in 2 years. President's Club 2024.
What makes #2 good
10 more like her
Payroll and benefits to 100-1,000 employee firms.
Promoted from SMB. Sell to CFOs and HR heads.
Ex-SDR. Close benefits deals, 50-300 employees.
President's Club 2023. Payroll, mid-market.
Full cycle, HR and finance buyers.
Sells to HR only, no finance buyer.
Sells to CFOs only, no HR buyer.
Top SMB rep 3 quarters running.
6 enterprise accounts, 9-month cycles.
Renewals only, no new business.
Try it here · free
Find 2 real people for your role
Describe who you're hiring. The same search runs on real public profiles and sends back the 2 strongest people, with why each one fits. 2 free searches per device.
This takes a little while: it reads hundreds of real profiles against your brief before picking 2.
It's better in the app. People show up on screen as they're found, and you get the whole ranked list, not just 2. Try it free for 7 days
You can leave this tab open and come back; the search keeps running.
Your 2 strongest matches
Nobody strong enough came back for this brief. Fewer must-haves usually helps, or sign up and refine the search in the app.
Like one of them? Run prompt 2 on that person in Claude, or sign up free for the full list.
Your next “like her” request takes 10 minutes.
Connect The Cognitive to Claude and run the 2 prompts. Want us to run the first one with you on a real role? Book 30 minutes.