---
ref: tool:apollo/enrich-person
name: Enrich a person
company: company:apollo
workflows: [workflow:inbound-lead-to-meeting, workflow:chat-buyers-to-sales, workflow:inbound-lead-routing, workflow:closed-lost-reengagement, workflow:meeting-booked-handoff, 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: 2026-10-28
---

# 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.

Note: A match costs 1 credit, plus 8 for a mobile phone; no match costs nothing. Personal emails and phone numbers are off unless you set `reveal_personal_emails` or `reveal_phone_number`, and phone numbers arrive later at a `webhook_url`.

## 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 and sign in with it, 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 anything else, confirm access with the cheapest read-only call, like a list or a search. Never send or change anything to test access.

## Rules

- Ask the user before anything that sends messages, costs money, or changes data, and say how many records it touches. One approval covers a batch the user has seen.
- Never print API keys.