Specter CLI – AI powered startup and deal sourcing

SKILL.md specter-cli Enrich, search, and manage company and people data from the Specter intelligence platform via the specter-cli. Look up companies by domain, enrich professionals via LinkedIn, manage lists, query saved searches, and track talent and investor signals.

Install

Clone and install the CLI:

git clone git@github.com:FroeMic/tryspecter-cli.git
cd tryspecter-cli
npm install
npm run build
npm link

Set SPECTER_API_KEY environment variable (get it from Specter Settings > API Console):

• Recommended: Add to ~/.claude/.env for Claude Code
• Alternative: Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc: export SPECTER_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Repository: git@github.com:FroeMic/tryspecter-cli.git

Commands

Company enrichment and lookup:

specter companies enrich --domain <domain>            # Enrich company by domain
specter companies enrich --linkedin <url>             # Enrich company by LinkedIn URL
specter companies enrich --website <url>              # Enrich company by website
specter companies get <companyId>                     # Get company details by Specter ID
specter companies similar <companyId>                 # Find similar companies
specter companies people <companyId>                  # Get team members
specter companies search <query>                      # Search companies by name or domain

People enrichment and lookup:

specter people enrich --linkedin <url>                # Enrich person by LinkedIn identifier
specter people get <personId>                         # Get person details by Specter ID
specter people email <personId>                       # Get person's email address
specter people find-by-email <email>                  # Reverse lookup person by email

List management:

specter lists companies list                          # List all company lists
specter lists companies create <name>                 # Create a company list
specter lists companies get <listId>                  # Get list metadata
specter lists companies results <listId>              # Get companies in a list
specter lists companies add <listId>                  # Add companies to a list
specter lists companies remove <listId>               # Remove companies from a list
specter lists companies delete <listId>               # Delete a company list
specter lists people list                             # List all people lists
specter lists people create <name>                    # Create a people list
specter lists people results <listId>                 # Get people in a list
specter lists people delete <listId>                  # Delete a people list

Saved searches:

specter searches list                                 # List all saved searches
specter searches delete <searchId>                    # Delete a saved search
specter searches companies get <searchId>             # Get company search details
specter searches companies results <searchId>         # Get company search results
specter searches people get <searchId>                # Get people search details
specter searches people results <searchId>            # Get people search results
specter searches talent get <searchId>                # Get talent search details
specter searches talent results <searchId>            # Get talent signal results
specter searches investor-interest get <searchId>     # Get investor interest details
specter searches investor-interest results <searchId> # Get investor interest results

Signals:

specter talent get <signalId>                         # Get talent signal details
specter investor-interest get <signalId>              # Get investor interest signal

Entity extraction:

specter entities search --text "..."                  # Extract companies/investors from text
specter entities search --file <path>                 # Extract entities from a file (max 1000 chars)

Global options:

--api-key <key>       # Override SPECTER_API_KEY
--format <format>     # Output format: json (default), table, csv
--help                # Show help
--version             # Show version

Key Concepts

Concept	Purpose	Example
Companies	Company intelligence records	Enriched company profiles with funding, team
People	Professional profiles	LinkedIn-enriched person data
Lists	Curated collections of companies/people	"Target Accounts", "Hiring Pipeline"
Saved Searches	Persisted search queries on Specter	Company or people searches from the platform
Talent Signals	Job-move indicators	Person moved to a new company
Investor Interest	Investment activity signals	Company attracting investor attention
Entities	Extracted mentions from text	Company/investor names in unstructured text

API Reference

• Base URL: https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1
• Auth: X-API-KEY: $SPECTER_API_KEY
• Rate Limits: 15 requests per second per API key (auto-retry with exponential backoff)
• Credits: Per-team allocation, 1 credit per successful result, resets monthly

Common API Operations

Enrich a company by domain:

curl -X POST https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $SPECTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain": "example.com"}'

Enrich a person by LinkedIn:

curl -X POST https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/people/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $SPECTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe"}'

Search companies:

curl -X GET "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/companies/search?query=acme" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $SPECTER_API_KEY"

Get company search results:

curl -X GET "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/searches/companies/<searchId>/results?page=0&limit=50" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $SPECTER_API_KEY"

Notes

• Saved searches must have "Share with API" enabled on the Specter platform before they appear via the API.
• API-created lists are automatically shareable; platform-created lists need "Share with API" toggled on.
• Saved searches cannot be created through the API, only queried and deleted.
• Company IDs use the format comp_*, people IDs use per_*.
• Pagination uses 0-indexed page and limit (max 5000) query parameters.
• The CLI automatically retries rate-limited requests up to 3 times with exponential backoff.
• Set DEBUG_API_ERRORS=true for detailed error logging during troubleshooting.