Person Lookup

Find detailed information about a person including work history, education, social profiles, and contact information.

When to Use

•User asks about a specific person
•User wants to find someone's background
•User asks "who is [name]?"
•Research on a professional
•Finding contact information

How It Works

Uses the Nyne API to search person databases and aggregate professional information.

Usage

Search for a Person

bash

orth run nyne /person/search -d '{"query":"Dario Amodei Anthropic"}'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

bash

curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"nyne","path":"/person/search","body":{"query":"Dario Amodei Anthropic"}}'

</details>

Parameters

•
query (required) - Search query combining name, company, or other identifiers
- •Examples: "Sam Altman OpenAI", "Dario Amodei CEO Anthropic", "Jensen Huang NVIDIA"

Response

Returns comprehensive person data:

•Full name and current title
•Current employer and role
•Work history (previous companies, roles)
•Education (schools, degrees)
•Location
•Social profiles (LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.)
•Skills and expertise
•Contact information (when available)

Note: Nyne searches are async - the POST returns a request_id. Poll with GET /person/search?request_id=<id> until status is complete. Results may take a few seconds.

Examples

User: "Who is Dario Amodei?"

bash

orth run nyne /person/search -d '{"query":"Dario Amodei Anthropic CEO"}'

User: "Look up Sam Altman"

bash

orth run nyne /person/search -d '{"query":"Sam Altman OpenAI"}'

User: "Find info about Jensen Huang"

bash

orth run nyne /person/search -d '{"query":"Jensen Huang NVIDIA CEO"}'

Error Handling

•Nyne searches are async — if the initial POST doesn't return results, poll with GET using the request_id
•404 — Person not found; try different name spellings or add company context
•429 — Rate limit exceeded; wait and retry
•Multiple results for common names — add company or title to narrow down

Tips

•Include company name for more accurate results
•Add job title for disambiguation
•Results are cached - same queries are faster
•Multiple results may be returned for common names