Deep research on people and leads via LinkedIn data, paid per result through MPP.
What it does
Clado Deep Research is one endpoint within the broader Clado suite, a people-search and LinkedIn enrichment service exposed via the Locus MPP (Micropayment Protocol). The `/clado/deep-research` endpoint accepts a natural-language query and returns enriched profile results. It supports filtering by LinkedIn company URLs and configurable result limits (default 30). Pricing is $0.01 per result, settled in pathUSD on Tempo L2. Related endpoints in the same Clado service include people search, LinkedIn profile scraping, contact enrichment (email/phone), post-reaction lookups, and bulk contact enrichment.
The deep research workflow is asynchronous: you submit a query via `/clado/deep-research`, receive a job ID, then poll `/clado/deep-research-status` (fixed cost of $0.003 per call) to retrieve paginated results. You can request additional results with `/clado/deep-research-more` ($0.01/result) or cancel a running job with `/clado/deep-research-cancel` ($0.003 per call). All endpoints use POST with JSON bodies and settle payments via the MPP 402 challenge flow.
Note that the probe did not capture a live 402 challenge on HEAD/GET for this specific endpoint, which is expected since it is a POST-only route. The OpenAPI spec is well-defined with request schemas and payment metadata. Documentation references exist at docs.clado.ai and clado.ai, though the crawl did not retrieve content from those external sites.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Running deep research queries to find and enrich profiles matching specific criteria for sales prospecting
- —Building automated lead generation pipelines that discover and enrich contacts at scale
- —Enriching a list of LinkedIn URLs with email and phone contact information
- —Monitoring LinkedIn post engagement by retrieving reaction data on specific posts
- —Scraping structured LinkedIn profile data for CRM integration
Fit
Best for
- —Sales and business development teams automating lead research
- —AI agents that need programmatic access to people/LinkedIn data
- —Developers building prospecting tools with pay-per-result pricing
Not for
- —Real-time synchronous lookups requiring instant responses (deep research is async)
- —Non-LinkedIn professional network data (focused on LinkedIn)
- —Free or high-volume bulk scraping without per-result payment
Quick start
curl -X POST https://clado.mpp.paywithlocus.com/clado/deep-research \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"query": "VP of Engineering at Series B startups in San Francisco", "limit": 10}'Example
Request
{
"limit": 10,
"query": "VP of Engineering at Series B startups in San Francisco",
"hard_filter_company_urls": null
}Endpoint
Quality
The OpenAPI spec is detailed with clear request schemas and payment metadata for all endpoints. However, no live 402 challenge was captured for this POST-only endpoint, no response schemas are documented, and the external docs (clado.ai, docs.clado.ai) were not crawled, leaving response format and detailed behavior undocumented.
Warnings
- —No live 402 challenge captured — endpoint is POST-only and probe used HEAD/GET
- —No response schema defined in the OpenAPI spec for any endpoint
- —External documentation at docs.clado.ai and clado.ai was not crawled
- —Currency address 0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50 assumed to be pathUSD (6 decimals) based on Tempo L2 method
Citations
- —Deep Research endpoint is priced at $0.01/resulthttps://clado.mpp.paywithlocus.com
- —Deep Research Status endpoint costs 3000 base units (pathUSD)https://clado.mpp.paywithlocus.com
- —Payment method is Tempo L2 with intent=chargehttps://clado.mpp.paywithlocus.com
- —Service described as people search, LinkedIn enrichment, and deep research for lead generationhttps://clado.mpp.paywithlocus.com
- —API reference available at docs.clado.aihttps://clado.mpp.paywithlocus.com