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01 · The sentence

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Your sentence

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02 · Seven steps

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03 · One chat

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Product designer, New York Example · people are made up
Senior product designer in or near New York, up to an hour's commute, must have shipped a fintech or payments app end to end and work I can see in a portfolio, ideally has led a design system, skip agencies.
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Read 1,486 people against your brief31 strong · 44 possible

Top three, strong first:

Find me 10 more like #2. Skip anyone already shown.
Found 10 more with the same title, skills and locationnone shown before
Write a first line for #1 from their own work.

"You took the Payroute card app from first sketch to launch and built its design system. We're hiring a Senior Product Designer in New York, $165K to $190K. Open to 15 minutes this week?"

Good. Shortlist #1 and #2 and send it from my mailbox.
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04 · First lines

First lines from their own work, for 12 roles

Example · people and companies are made up

05 · Set it up

Connect Claude to your search

  1. Start your free trial at The Cognitive.
  2. In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors, and add a custom connector with this address:
    https://app.thecognitive.io/mcp
  3. Sign in when Claude asks, then paste your sentence.

One sentence. The whole search.