Search the Live Web for People & Companies Inside

Access verified people and business data from 50+ providers, 1B+ contacts, and live web signals through simple APIs built for developers.

Connect to Lev8 your way

Use the API, connect via MCP, or install the Agent Skill.

API

HTTP, sync & async

Build Lev8 into your product. Search for entities, find contact information, run deep research, enrich existing records, and extract structured public data.

Entity SearchEmail / PhoneDeep SearchEnrichExtract
Explore API docs
POST /v1/entity_search
curl -X POST https://api.lev8.com/v1/entity_search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LEV8_API_KEY" \
  -d '{ "objective":
        "CTOs at Series A fintechs in NYC" }'

MCP

For AI clients

Bring Lev8 into your AI client. Connect an MCP-compatible client once, then let your agent call Lev8 search, research, enrich, and extract tools directly.

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View MCP docs
mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lev8": { "url": "https://app.lev8.com/mcp" }
  }
}
// tools: entity_search · deep_search · enrich · extract

Agent Skill

Install once

Give your agent Lev8 out of the box. The Skill teaches coding agents to configure MCP, select the right Lev8 tools, authenticate, and run workflows reliably.

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View Skill docs
terminal
$ npx lev8 install-skill
 MCP configured
 Authentication ready
 Async workflows supported
Your agent now selects the right Lev8 tool per task.

How Lev8 search works

01

Swarm Search

Parallel search agents working together for fast, comprehensive results.

02

Entity Resolution

A local entity layer assigns a unique ID to every entity.

03

Intent Verification

Multi-layer checks continuously refine and validate real user intent.

Swarm Search

Sources
LinkedInGitHubYouTubeInstagramTikTokX

50+ providers, 1B+ contacts + live web search

Underground Sources

Patent databases, niche forums

Search Orchestrator
Quick search

Returns a first batch of highly relevant results instantly.

Layered search

Deep semantic search across layers and conditions.

Broad search

Explores the open web from multiple angles.

Parallel search paths, ranked in two passes, for results that are precise and complete.

Final search result

Entity Resolution

Local entity database
Supporting evidence
Entity ID
#E8492A7F
Unique entity ID
Disambiguates similar names
Unique ID E8492A7F resolves to the verified ground-truth profile for Sarah Johnson at BrightOps while keeping a same-name profile separate.

Intent Verification

Lev8 continuously refines what the user is actually looking for into an intent profile.

Then it runs global and condition-level checks to form a multi-layer verification system grounded in real intent.
Global validation
Condition-level checks
Intent
Profile
Condition-level validation
Quality assurance

Product Comparison

Benchmark/Quantity

More useful results in every search.

90.0
results per search↑ 1.55× exa

Valid, de-duplicated results returned per search on an identical query set, before any filtering is applied.

Exa58.2
Parallel47.0
Codex20.0
90.0Lev8
58.2Exa
47.0Parallel
20.0Codex
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