Search People

Find team members in your workspace by group or individual selection, and get back their names and emails for use in other workflow steps.

What It Does

Builds a list of people based on the groups and individuals you select, adds any name or email search text, and removes anyone in the exclusion list. Returns the matching people along with their names and emails.

When To Use It

Use this to look up recipients dynamically instead of hardcoding them, for example finding everyone on the Sales Team to notify, or looking up a specific person by email before sending them a message.

Configuration

Configure the node with these settings:

Field	What it controls
All Workspace Members	When enabled, includes everyone in the workspace, overriding group and people selections but still respecting exclusions. Required, defaults to `false`.
Groups	One or more groups whose members should be included, such as `Sales Team`.
People	Specific individuals to include, added on top of any group members.
Search Text	A name or email prefix to match against workspace members.
Exclude People	Individuals to leave out of the results, even if they belong to a selected group.

Outputs

The node passes these values downstream. Check the Outputs tab on the configured node to confirm exact paths.

Variable	Type	Description	Example
`contacts`	`object`	The people that are included in the search	`{{nodeId.contacts}}`
`contacts.ids`	`array<string>`		`{{nodeId.contacts.ids}}`
`contactEmails`	`array<string>`	The emails of the people that are included in the search	`{{nodeId.contactEmails}}`
`contactNames`	`array<string>`	The names of the people that are included in the search	`{{nodeId.contactNames}}`
`firstContactResult`	`object`	The first person result from the search. The first person found, if one exists.	`{{nodeId.firstContactResult}}`
`firstContactResult.id`	`string`		`{{nodeId.firstContactResult.id}}`
`firstContactResultEmail`	`string`	The first email result from the search. May not correspond to the first person result if the first person result does not have an email.	`{{nodeId.firstContactResultEmail}}`
`firstContactResultName`	`string`	The first name result from the search. May not correspond to the first person result if the first person result does not have a name.	`{{nodeId.firstContactResultName}}`

Example Workflow

Search for everyone in the Customer Success group, then use the resulting contactEmails as the recipients for a Send Email announcing a process change.

Send Notification
Send Email
Search Past Meetings

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