> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.metal.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get a person > Retrieves a single person by id. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /v1/people/{id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Metal API version: 1.0.0 description: >- REST API for Metal, the AI context layer for financial firms. Manage companies, deals, people, documents, activities, enrichments, scores, screenings, lists, workflows, and more. All endpoints are versioned under /v1, return JSON, and are scoped to the organization that owns your API key. contact: name: Metal Support email: support@metal.ai url: https://www.metal.ai servers: - url: https://api.metal.ai description: Production security: - MetalClientId: [] MetalApiKey: [] tags: - name: API keys description: Create, list, and revoke API keys. - name: Companies description: Manage and enrich companies. - name: Deals description: Track opportunities through your pipeline. - name: People description: Manage contacts and relationships. - name: Documents description: Search and retrieve ingested documents. - name: Activities description: Log and search meetings, calls, and other interactions. - name: Enrichments description: Read and write enriched property values on resources. - name: Scores description: Score companies and deals against scoring frameworks. - name: Screenings description: Run and manage AI-powered company screenings. - name: Lists description: Organize and enrich resources in bulk. - name: Tags description: Label companies, deals, and lists. - name: Industries description: Manage your organization's industry taxonomy. - name: Sectors description: Manage sectors within an industry. - name: Subsectors description: Manage subsectors within a sector. - name: Workflows description: Run and monitor AI workflows. - name: Data description: Query time-series metrics and observations. - name: Teams description: Manage deal teams and their members. - name: Workspaces description: Organize documents and data by workspace. paths: /v1/people/{id}: parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PersonId' get: tags: - People summary: Get a person description: Retrieves a single person by id. operationId: getPerson responses: '200': $ref: '#/components/responses/PersonResponse' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' components: parameters: PersonId: name: id in: path required: true description: The person id. schema: type: string responses: PersonResponse: description: A person. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person' Unauthorized: description: Missing or invalid API key credentials. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: invalid api key or clientId NotFound: description: The resource does not exist in your organization. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: not found schemas: Person: type: object description: >- A person record. Attributes such as `currentTitle`, `currentCompanyName`, and `linkedinUrl` can be populated by enrichment; the `enrichment` field exposes the discovered values and citations behind each reconciled attribute. See the Enrichment and Reconciliation & ranking guides. properties: id: type: string example: 665f1c2a9b1e4a0012a3b4c5 firstName: type: string example: Jordan lastName: type: string example: Rivera email: type: string example: jordan@example.com currentTitle: type: string description: May be enriched. example: Chief Executive Officer currentCompanyName: type: string description: May be enriched. company: type: string description: The linked company's id. linkedinUrl: type: string description: May be enriched. phoneNumber: type: string location: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location' externalId: type: string externalReference: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalReference' enrichment: $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnrichmentProvenance' createdAt: type: string format: date-time updatedAt: type: string format: date-time Error: type: object properties: error: type: string description: A human-readable error message. Location: type: object properties: city: type: string state: type: string country: type: string ExternalReference: type: object description: A structured reference to a record in an external source system. properties: source: type: string description: The external system, e.g. a CRM provider. id: type: string description: The record id in the external system. EnrichmentProvenance: type: object description: >- Maps an enriched field name to the list of values Metal discovered for it. The resolved (top-ranked or pinned) value is reflected on the field itself; this object exposes the alternatives and their citations. additionalProperties: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoveredValue' example: subsector: - value: Self-Funded Health Insurance / Third Party Administrator (TPA) source: CIM confidence: 100 pinned: true discoveredAt: '2026-02-14T10:00:00Z' - value: Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) source: Market Report confidence: 57 pinned: false discoveredAt: '2026-01-20T10:00:00Z' DiscoveredValue: type: object description: >- A single value Metal discovered for a field, with its provenance. Metal ranks and reconciles these into the value shown on the field. See the Reconciliation & ranking guide. properties: value: description: The discovered value. Type matches the underlying field. source: type: string description: >- Where the value came from, e.g. "CIM", "Market Report", "Web Search", "Third Party Data", or "User Updated". example: CIM confidence: type: number description: Confidence in the value, as a percentage (0–100). example: 100 pinned: type: boolean description: >- Whether this value is pinned as the displayed value, overriding ranking. example: true discoveredAt: type: string format: date-time description: When the value was discovered. securitySchemes: MetalClientId: type: apiKey in: header name: x-metal-client-id description: The Client ID of your API key. x-default: MetalApiKey: type: apiKey in: header name: x-metal-api-key description: The secret value of your API key. x-default: ```` ## Related topics - [MCP tools reference](/mcp/tools-reference.md) - [Metal MCP server](/mcp/overview.md) - [Get a person by external reference](/api-reference/people/get-a-person-by-external-reference.md) - [Delete a person](/api-reference/people/delete-a-person.md) - [Update a person](/api-reference/people/update-a-person.md)