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Track high-signal career moves before they’re public. Talent Signals surface the people moves that matter in private markets — new founders, stealth startups, and key hires — often before a company is announced, before a round is disclosed, or before a hire shows up in a press release. Each signal pairs the event with the full profile of the person it’s about, so you can act on it immediately.

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Data categories

  • New founders — people leaving roles to start companies, including stealth activity.
  • Job changes — senior hires, promotions, and role switches across companies.
  • Stealth activity — early signals of companies being built before public launch.
  • Career context — previous roles, companies, and background to judge signal quality (the full profile is embedded in every signal).
  • Signal quality — a confidence score (signal_score, 1–10) and timing indicators (out_of_stealth_advantage, months caught before the public announcement).
Example (trimmed)
{
  "talent_signal_id": "02d32673-f1ab-40a1-93c5-a3a36a10d342",
  "person_id": "per_7f8d9e2a1b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i0",
  "full_name": "Sarah Chen",
  "signal_type": "New Company",
  "signal_status": "Stealth",
  "signal_score": 9,
  "out_of_stealth_advantage": 6,
  "new_position_title": "Founder & CEO",
  "new_position_company_id": "5e3a7f2b0aa7a3270a55f2b9",
  "new_position_company_name": "VisionAI",
  "past_position_company_id": "5e3a7f2b0aa7a3270a55f2a8",
  "signal_summary": "Sarah has co-founded VisionAI, a computer-vision platform for enterprise.",
  "highlights": ["prior_exit", "serial_founder"]
}

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Endpoints

MethodEndpointReturns
GETGet Talent Signal by IDA single signal with the full person profile embedded
POSTBulk get Talent Signals by IDUp to 50 signals in one request
GETGet Talent Signals saved search detailsA saved search’s name, query ID, and match count
GETGet Talent Signals saved search resultsSignals matching a saved search

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How to use the API

Monitor a feed (most common) Create a Talent Signals search in the Specter app and share it with the API, then poll Get Talent Signals saved search results with new=true to pull just that week’s new signals. Discover the searchId with Get all saved searches. Look up specific signals Using the talent_signal_ids from a person profile: one → Get Talent Signal by ID; many → Bulk get Talent Signals by ID. Expand from a signal

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Good to know

  • Talent signal IDs are UUIDs; the person_id is prefixed per_.
  • signal_score is a 1–10 confidence score; out_of_stealth_advantage is how many months early Specter caught the move versus the public announcement.
  • Every signal embeds the full person profile — career history, education, skills, and links — so no extra call is needed for the profile itself.
  • talent_last_signal is true when it’s the person’s most recent signal.
  • Saved searches must be shared with the API (or created via it) to be reachable; empty results are valid, not an error.
  • Get Talent Signal by ID costs 1 credit per request.