The prompt
Find 10 candidates for this role: [paste role summary and must-have skills]. For each candidate give me: name, LinkedIn profile URL, and one line of job-relevant evidence with the source you used. Present it as a table. Do not contact anyone and do not invent profiles - if you cannot verify a profile exists, say so instead of listing it.What to bring
Sourcing means opening tabs, running the same LinkedIn searches, copying profile URLs into a sheet and trying to remember why each person looked right. Two hours later you have nine rows, no evidence column, and a hiring manager asking where the shortlist is.
What a good run returns
A Google Sheet in a Recruiter Sourcing Workspace folder in your Drive: candidate name, LinkedIn URL and the evidence for why they fit, with the source checked. Rows are for your review; nothing gets sent.
Where the free version ends
A prompt runs when you remember to run it, from whatever context you paste, and it forgets the rules between sessions. The Sourcing Agent ($19 one-time) installs this as a standing workflow: fixed evidence rules, a saved output in your own Drive every run, fictional-data testing before real work, and hard stops before anything sends, spends or publishes. More detail on the AI candidate sourcing for recruiters guide.
Questions people ask
Is this prompt really free?
Yes. Copy it, paste it into any capable assistant, bring the inputs listed. No signup, no email gate.
Which assistants does the prompt work in?
Any capable chat assistant: Instinct, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Hermes, OpenClaw, Town, Muse and others.
What is the difference between the free prompt and the $19 agent?
The prompt is a one-off: you re-paste the rules every run. The $19 agent is the same job productized - tested setup, saved files, consistent output, standing cycle.
Last updated 13 September 2026 · Reviewed by the AI Agent Skills team.