Search the ZoomInfo database for contacts by name, title, department, company, or management level. Returns contact details: name, title, email, phone, company, LinkedIn, and location. Use for prospecting, building contact lists, or enriching CRM records. Args: - first_name / last_name (string, o...
AI agents call zoominfo_search_contact to retrieve information from Sales Intelligence without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a pure data retrieval tool that queries a third-party database to fetch contact information. It has no write, execute, or destructive capabilities. The blast radius of misuse is limited to exposure of already-public professional contact information (names, titles, emails, companies). This is consistent with prospecting and lead research workflows described in the server purpose.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es] the ZoomInfo database for contacts' and 'Returns contact details' (name, title, email, phone, company, LinkedIn, location). No creation, modification, deletion, or execution capabilities are described.
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Search the ZoomInfo database for contacts by name, title, department, company, or management level. Returns contact details: name, title, email, phone, company, LinkedIn, and location. Use for prospecting, building contact lists, or enriching CRM records. Args: - first_name / last_name (string, optional): Contact name - email (string, optional): Email address - job_title (string, optional): Title keyword (e.g. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sales Intelligence MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sales Intelligence MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for zoominfo_search_contact: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Sales Intelligence. Nothing to install.
zoominfo_search_contact is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the zoominfo_search_contact rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for zoominfo_search_contact. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
zoominfo_search_contact is provided by the Sales Intelligence MCP server (jbalbu01/sales-intelligence-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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