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Get an API key and make your first call in a few minutes. No network setup is needed.

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1. Sign up

Open app.theswarm.com/api. Sign in with Google or your work email, and enter the 6-digit code if you used email. On the “Map your team’s network” screen, select Skip To The API. We create your workspace, generate your API key and start a 14-day trial with 1,000 API credits. You land on the API page.

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2. Get your key and team ID

On the API page, select Reveal API Key and copy the key. Copy your team ID from the same page. Some endpoints need it. Send the key in the x-api-key header on every request:

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3. Know your limits

  • Trial: 14 days, with 1,000 credits. Calls pause when the credits run out.
  • Credit cost: 1 credit per record for Profile, Company, Relationships and Daily job changes, and 1 credit per result for Network mapper.
  • Both products share the trial. Turning on My network later doesn’t extend it.

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4. Make a first call

Look up a profile by LinkedIn URL with the Profile endpoint. A response includes fullName, title, company and location. It costs 1 credit.

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5. Choose your endpoints

Relationships and Network mapper use your team’s mapped network. To use them, select Set up your network in the sidebar and follow the steps.

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6. Use MCP instead of the REST API

MCP lets you use The Swarm inside AI tools with the same key and credits. It is part of the API product. With My network on, answers also show who on your team knows each person.
  • Claude: copy the MCP server URL, add a connector in Claude’s settings (name it “The Swarm”, paste the URL and your OAuth Client ID), then select Allow access.
  • ChatGPT: open The Swarm plugin for ChatGPT, select Install plugin, sign in with your Swarm account, choose your team and select Allow access, then start a new chat. See ChatGPT app for details.
  • Other tools (HubSpot, Cursor, Windsurf, your own apps): fill in the request form. OAuth is live for Claude and ChatGPT only.

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If something goes wrong

If the trial can’t start, you see a message with support@theswarm.com. Contact us and we’ll start it for you.