---
ref: tool:apollo/enrich-person
name: Enrich a person
company: company:apollo
workflows: [workflow:champion-job-change-loop]
access: [mcp, cli, api]
tags: [capability:enrich-contacts, category:data-provider, has:api, has:cli, has:mcp]
docs: https://docs.apollo.io/reference/people-enrichment
updated: 2026-09-27
---

# Enrich a person

Returns one person's title, employer, employment history and work email, matched from an email, a LinkedIn URL, or a name plus company.

The more identifiers you pass, the likelier a match; check `match_confidence`
in the response. Personal emails and phone numbers are off by default: set
`reveal_personal_emails` or `reveal_phone_number` (phone numbers arrive later
at a `webhook_url`). A match costs 1 credit for demographics or an email and 8
more for a mobile phone; a request that finds nothing costs nothing.

## Set up

Use the first option your agent supports.

### MCP (official, remote)

Add this server to your agent's MCP settings, then sign in when asked.

```json
{ "mcpServers": { "apollo": { "url": "https://mcp.apollo.io/mcp" } } }
```

Call the MCP tool `apollo_people_match`.

Server URL: https://mcp.apollo.io/mcp

### CLI (official)

Install the command, then confirm it runs.

```sh
brew install apolloio/apollo-io-cli/apollo-io-cli
apollo --version
```

Run `apollo people enrich`.

### API (official)

- Base URL: https://api.apollo.io/api/v1
- Endpoint: `POST /people/match`
- Auth: send the header `x-api-key: $APOLLO_API_KEY`
- Get a key: https://developer.apollo.io/#/keys
- Docs: https://docs.apollo.io/reference/apollo-api

Before doing anything else, make one read-only call to confirm access.

## Rules

- Ask the user before anything that sends messages, costs money, or changes data.
- Never print API keys.