People Data Labs alternative for AI recruiting agents

Short answer: If you need recruiting data inside an AI agent, RecruitMCP is a People Data Labs alternative focused on that job: a hosted MCP server plus a REST API for people search, profile enrichment, lists and find email and phone. People Data Labs describes itself as a B2B data provider offering person, company and job posting data through APIs, licensed data feeds and Snowflake/Databricks access.

At a glance

	RecruitMCP	People Data Labs (from its public pages)
Focus	Recruiting data for developers and AI agents	B2B person, company and job posting data
Access	REST API and hosted MCP server	APIs, licensed data feeds, Snowflake & Databricks
Person APIs	Search, enrich, match, find email and phone	Person Enrichment, Identify and Search APIs
Agent safety	Dry runs, approval threshold, idempotency, per-key caps	Not compared

When RecruitMCP fits

You are building a sourcing agent in Claude, Cursor or your own stack and want the tools ready to call, with candidate lists and a seen register included.

When People Data Labs may fit

You want bulk licensed datasets or warehouse delivery, or company and job posting data beyond recruiting.

Try RecruitMCP

export RECRUITMCP_KEY=rmcp_live_xxxx   # your key, kept server-side

# Preview a search (dry run: charges nothing)
curl -X POST "https://api.recruitmcp.com/v1/people/search?dry_run=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${RECRUITMCP_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"filters":{"current_job_titles":["Backend Engineer"],"geo_ids":["<from /v1/lookups/locations>"]},"exclude_seen":true}'

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recruitmcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.recruitmcp.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:RECRUITMCP_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http recruitmcp https://mcp.recruitmcp.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${RECRUITMCP_KEY}"

or in .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recruitmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.recruitmcp.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${RECRUITMCP_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

claude.ai uses OAuth: add a custom connector with https://mcp.recruitmcp.com/mcp and paste your key on the consent page.

FAQ

Is RecruitMCP a People Data Labs alternative?

For recruiting agents, yes: RecruitMCP offers people search, enrichment and find email and phone over REST and a hosted MCP server, plus candidate lists and a seen register.

Does RecruitMCP offer data feeds or warehouse delivery?

No. RecruitMCP is an API and MCP server.

Does RecruitMCP send outreach?

Not yet. Outreach is coming soon. Today RecruitMCP covers search, enrich, lists and find email and phone.

Can I test without spending credits?

Yes. Add dry_run=true to a search to see the estimate. A dry run charges nothing, and an empty result is free.

Where do I keep the API key?

In a server-side environment variable such as RECRUITMCP_KEY or a secret store. Never put it in browser code or version control.

Docs: MCP setup