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  "id": "02-phantombuster",
  "slug": "phantombuster",
  "normalized_name": "phantombuster",
  "name": "PhantomBuster",
  "vendor_url": "phantombuster.com",
  "category": "engagement-outbound",
  "what_it_does": "General browser-automation/data-extraction platform (\"Phantoms\") that runs cloud scripts to scrape and act on LinkedIn and other web platforms - widely used as a LinkedIn outbound backbone rather than a purpose-built sequencer.",
  "ai_features": "Vendor-stated AI add-ons: an \"AI LinkedIn Message Writer\" (GPT-based drafting), an \"AI LinkedIn Profile Enricher\" (structures scraped data), and an \"AI LinkedIn Post Responder\" (comment suggestions) - metered AI-credit features layered on a core scraping/automation engine that is itself not AI.",
  "mcp_status": "official",
  "mcp_url": "https://hub.phantombuster.com/docs/mcp-server (hosted at mcp.phantombuster.com); community alternative at https://github.com/globodai-group/mcp-phantombuster",
  "mcp_auth": "OAuth - first connection redirects to PhantomBuster sign-in/authorization, then workspace selection.",
  "api_gate": "paid",
  "revops_role": "Data-extraction/scraping and light-automation backbone many other engagement tools (and Clay) sit on top of; general-purpose rather than LinkedIn-native.",
  "tier": "RESEARCHED",
  "last_checked": "2026-09-03",
  "sources": "https://hub.phantombuster.com/docs/mcp-server, https://lagrowthmachine.com/phantombuster-pricing/, https://github.com/globodai-group/mcp-phantombuster, https://phantombuster.com/automations/linkedin/4015/linkedin-profile-url-finder, https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971028103826-How-to-Use-the-LinkedIn-Profile-URL-Finder",
  "notes": "Documented REST API available starting on the entry paid plan (~$56/mo Starter, 20 execution hours/mo); no enterprise-only gate found. Because it operates via scraping/headless browser automation, it sits squarely inside activity LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits. 2026-09-03: PhantomBuster's catalog lists a Phantom titled \"LinkedIn Profile URL Finder\" (https://phantombuster.com/automations/linkedin/4015/linkedin-profile-url-finder) with a support article \"How to Use the LinkedIn Profile URL Finder\" (https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971028103826-How-to-Use-the-LinkedIn-Profile-URL-Finder); both pages are client-rendered and did not render for the fetcher, and the search index's rendering of them says the Phantom takes first and last name (or a full name) plus a company name or professional email and returns LinkedIn profile URLs at one URL finder credit per lookup; the MCP docs do not name it as a tool.",
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  "api_gate_bucket": "paid",
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    "https://hub.phantombuster.com/docs/mcp-server",
    "https://github.com/globodai-group/mcp-phantombuster"
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    "https://lagrowthmachine.com/phantombuster-pricing/",
    "https://github.com/globodai-group/mcp-phantombuster",
    "https://phantombuster.com/automations/linkedin/4015/linkedin-profile-url-finder",
    "https://support.phantombuster.com/hc/en-us/articles/26971028103826-How-to-Use-the-LinkedIn-Profile-URL-Finder"
  ],
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  "display_name": "PhantomBuster",
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    "enrich-person-from-linkedin-url",
    "find-linkedin-url-from-name-and-company",
    "scrape-web-page-for-facts",
    "send-linkedin-message",
    "draft-personalized-outreach"
  ],
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    "https://github.com/globodai-group/mcp-phantombuster"
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  "submission": null,
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      "name": "phantombuster_delete_agent",
      "description": "Delete a PhantomBuster agent permanently",
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      "evidence": "source",
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      "source_party": null,
      "risk": "write"
    },
    {
      "name": "phantombuster_get_agent",
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    },
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      "description": "Get the console output of the most recent container of a PhantomBuster agent. Useful for monitoring execution progress and debugging.",
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    {
      "name": "phantombuster_launch_agent",
      "description": "Launch a PhantomBuster agent. Adds it to the launch queue. Optionally pass arguments to override the agent",
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      "evidence": "source",
      "repo_party": "third-party",
      "source_party": null,
      "risk": "write"
    },
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      "name": "phantombuster_list_agents",
      "description": "List all PhantomBuster agents (phantoms) in your organization",
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      "evidence": "source",
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      "source_party": null,
      "risk": "read"
    },
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      "name": "phantombuster_list_containers",
      "description": "List all containers (execution runs) for a specific PhantomBuster agent",
      "required_params": [],
      "evidence": "source",
      "repo_party": "third-party",
      "source_party": null,
      "risk": "read"
    },
    {
      "name": "phantombuster_stop_agent",
      "description": "Stop a running PhantomBuster agent",
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    },
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      "description": "A Lambda that updates a Route53 A record with the requester's IP address",
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