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Swordfish.ai Make integrationAutomate Swordfish.ai with Make.

Your leads arrive without the contact details you need? The Swordfish.ai Make integration gives you 2 modules: one search and one open API call. This page is for sales and ops people who want to set it up alone, from the connection to a first working scenario.

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What you can automate

What can the Swordfish.ai Make integration do for you?

It lets Make ask Swordfish.ai for the contact details of a person, using what you already know about them, such as a name, a company or a country. Make runs this inside a scenario, the automation you build from modules, so the lookup happens without anyone copying names by hand.

Enriched inbound leads. A form tool or your CRM hands Make a new lead, and Search Person looks up that person by name and company. Your sales rep opens a record that already carries the details Swordfish.ai found. The 123FormBuilder Make integration is one way to feed that first step.

A cleaner prospect list. Point the scenario at a list of names, and each person becomes one bundle (one item passed from module to module) that Search Person checks. Keep in mind that a search can return zero, one or several matches, so plan for each case.

Anything the search does not cover. Make an API Call reaches any endpoint of the Swordfish.ai API with the same connection, which is handy when you need a call the listed modules leave out.

What Make does not give you here: triggers. Swordfish.ai has none in Make, so a scenario starts from another app or from a schedule. The documentation for this app is also marked as limited, so test every step. If you are weighing tools, the n8n vs Make comparison lays out the criteria, and Make training covers the editor from zero.

Connect

How do you connect Swordfish.ai to Make?

  1. 01

    Add a Swordfish.ai module

    In your scenario, click the + and search for Swordfish.ai. Pick Search Person, then click Create a connection. A connection is your Swordfish.ai account linked to Make once and reused by both modules.

  2. 02

    Name it if you like

    Naming the connection is optional. It helps when a colleague or a second account shows up later, because a name like "Sales team Swordfish" tells you at a glance which login a module is using.

  3. 03

    Authorize and save

    Either approve Make on the Swordfish.ai page that opens, or paste the key your Swordfish.ai account gives you, depending on what the window asks. Then click Save, and the module is ready to fill.

First scenario

Your first scenario with Swordfish.ai

GoalWhen a new lead arrives in another app, Make asks Swordfish.ai for that person's contact details.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Open the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. Since Swordfish.ai has no trigger, this first module comes from the app where your leads land.

  2. 02

    Add Search Person

    Click the + on the right of that first module, search for Swordfish.ai and choose Search Person. Link your account with Create a connection if it is not there yet.

  3. 03

    Map what you know

    Fill the search with data from the previous module: the lead's name, their company, their country. The search accepts several clues at once, so pass every one you have.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once to run the scenario one time. Open the bundles each module received to see what Swordfish.ai returned, including the case where it found nobody.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Set the schedule on the first module (every 15 minutes by default) and turn the scenario on. From then on, each new lead goes through Search Person without you.

Modules

What the Swordfish.ai modules do

Swordfish.ai gives you 2 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Swordfish.ai1

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

Gives you access to any part of the Swordfish.ai API that the search module does not expose, using the connection you already set up. You write the request yourself, and Make sends it with your account's authorization.

When to use it
you need a Swordfish.ai feature that Search Person leaves out and would otherwise have to handle by hand.
Watch out
the documentation for this app is limited, so check what Swordfish.ai publishes about its API before building on a request.
Swordfish.ai2

Search Person

Search

In Make“Searches for a person's contact details on the Swordfish search engine. Can be used with multiple search parameters (e.g. Name + Company + Country, etc.)”

Returns contact details for a person you describe, so your lead records stop arriving half empty. You can combine several clues in one lookup, for example a name with a company and a country.

When to use it
right after a new lead appears in your form tool or CRM, before a rep picks up the phone.
Watch out
a search can bring back no match, one or several, so add a filter or a check before writing the result anywhere.
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FAQ

Questions about the Swordfish.ai Make integration

01Is the Swordfish.ai Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Swordfish.ai is a standard app, so its modules are available from the Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the interval to 1 minute and count usage in operations each month. An operation is one module running on one bundle. Your Swordfish.ai subscription is a separate matter this page does not cover.
02What do you need to connect Swordfish.ai to Make?
A Swordfish.ai account and a Make account. The documentation lists no other prerequisite. You add a Swordfish.ai module, click Create a connection, optionally give it a name, then either authorize Make on the Swordfish.ai page or paste the key your account provides, and click Save. The same connection then serves both modules. Because Make marks the documentation for this app as limited, run the scenario once with a known person to confirm the connection works before relying on it.
03Does the Swordfish.ai Make integration react in real time?
No, not by itself, because Swordfish.ai has no trigger module in Make. A scenario has to start elsewhere. You can open it with a trigger from another app, for instance the tool that receives your leads, so the lookup follows that event. Or you can rely on the schedule of the first module, which is every 15 minutes by default and can go down to 1 minute on a paid plan. Either way, Search Person then runs on whatever the first module passes along.
04What if a Swordfish.ai module is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It calls any endpoint of the Swordfish.ai API with the connection you already have, so a feature beyond Search Person stays reachable without a second setup. The catch is documentation: Make describes it as limited for this app, so you will lean on what Swordfish.ai publishes about its API to write the request. If that is not enough, the data you need may be easier to get from another app your scenario already uses.
05Should you use Make or n8n with Swordfish.ai?
It depends on where the rest of your automations run. In Make, Swordfish.ai offers Search Person plus Make an API Call, with no trigger, which covers contact lookups started by another app. Apps like this one often have an n8n node too, which is worth checking. The sensible test is to compare what each tool offers for your exact flow, and to keep your automations in the tool your team already knows, rather than splitting them for one app.
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