Research an interviewer online before a meeting using parallel TinyFish agents and return a structured prep report. Use this skill when a user says "research my interviewer", "I have an interview with [name] at [company]", "stalk my interviewer", "find out about [person] before my interview", "who is my interviewer", "prepare for interview with [name]", "look up my interviewer", or any request to learn about a specific person before meeting them professionally.
Deploy parallel TinyFish agents to research an interviewer across LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter/X, news, and conference platforms — then synthesize a structured prep report so you walk in knowing exactly who you're talking to.
Before making any TinyFish call, always run BOTH checks:
1. CLI installed?
which tinyfish && tinyfish --version || echo "TINYFISH_CLI_NOT_INSTALLED"
If not installed, stop and tell the user:
Install the TinyFish CLI:
npm install -g @tiny-fish/cli
2. Authenticated?
tinyfish auth status
If not authenticated, stop and tell the user:
You need a TinyFish API key. Get one at: https://agent.tinyfish.ai/api-keys
Then authenticate:
tinyfish auth login
Do NOT proceed until both checks pass.
You need:
If any are missing, ask before proceeding. If the name is very common (e.g. "John Smith"), ask for company and role to disambiguate before searching.
Fire all agents simultaneously. Every agent searches a different surface — run them all at once using & + wait.
# Agent 1 — LinkedIn
tinyfish agent run \
--url "https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords={FULL_NAME_ENCODED}+{COMPANY_ENCODED}" \
"You are on a LinkedIn people search results page. Find the profile for {FULL_NAME} who works or worked at {COMPANY}.
Click the most relevant result.
On their profile extract:
- Current job title and company
- Previous roles (last 3 positions: title, company, duration)
- Education (degrees, institutions)
- Skills listed (top 10)
- Summary / About section (if visible)
- How long they have been at {COMPANY}
STRICT RULES:
- Click only the most relevant profile result — do not browse multiple profiles
- Do NOT scroll more than twice on the profile page
- If the page asks you to log in, extract whatever is visible before the gate and return it
- Do NOT click any other links
Return JSON: {name, current_title, current_company, tenure_at_company, previous_roles: [{title, company, duration}], education: [{degree, institution}], skills: [], summary}" \
--sync > /tmp/smi_linkedin.json &
# Agent 2 — GitHub (relevant if role is technical)
tinyfish agent run \
--url "https://github.com/search?q={FULL_NAME_ENCODED}+{COMPANY_ENCODED}&type=users" \
"You are on GitHub user search results for {FULL_NAME} at {COMPANY}.
Find the most likely profile match. Click it.
On their GitHub profile extract:
- Username
- Bio
- Location
- Company listed on profile
- Pinned repositories (name, description, language, stars)
- Most used programming languages (visible in stats or repos)
- Any notable open source contributions or projects
STRICT RULES:
- Click only the single most relevant result
- Do NOT navigate to individual repos
- Read only what is visible on their profile page
- If no clear match found, return {found: false}
Return JSON: {found: bool, username, bio, location, pinned_repos: [{name, description, language, stars}], languages: [], notable_work}" \
--sync > /tmp/smi_github.json &
# Agent 3 — Twitter/X
tinyfish agent run \
--url "https://x.com/search?q={FULL_NAME_ENCODED}+{COMPANY_ENCODED}&src=typed_query&f=user" \
"You are on Twitter/X user search results for {FULL_NAME} at {COMPANY}.
Find the most likely profile match. Click it.
On their Twitter profile extract:
- Display name and handle
- Bio
- Pinned tweet (if any)
- Topics they tweet about most (infer from visible tweets — read up to 10)
- Any strong opinions or recurring themes
- Approximate tweet frequency / activity level
STRICT RULES:
- Click only the most relevant profile
- Read only the first 10 visible tweets — do NOT scroll further
- Do NOT click any tweet links or replies
- If no match found, return {found: false}
Return JSON: {found: bool, handle, bio, pinned_tweet, topics: [], opinions: [], activity_level}" \
--sync > /tmp/smi_twitter.json &
# Agent 4 — Google News & web mentions
tinyfish agent run \
--url "https://www.google.com/search?q=\"{FULL_NAME_ENCODED}\"+\"{COMPANY_ENCODED}\"&tbm=nws" \
"You are on Google News search results for {FULL_NAME} at {COMPANY}.
Read the titles and snippets of the first 10 visible news results.
Extract:
- Any articles authored by or quoting {FULL_NAME}
- Key topics they are associated with in the news
- Any notable achievements, announcements, or controversies mentioned
STRICT RULES:
- Do NOT click any article links
- Read only titles and snippets visible in the search listing
- Maximum 10 results then stop
Return JSON: {mentions: [{title, snippet, source, date}], topics: [], authored_articles: []}" \
--sync > /tmp/smi_news.json &
# Agent 5 — Company engineering blog
tinyfish agent run \
--url "https://www.google.com/search?q=site:{COMPANY_DOMAIN}+\"{FULL_NAME_ENCODED}\"" \
"You are on Google search results filtered to {COMPANY}'s website for content authored by or mentioning {FULL_NAME}.
Read the visible results.
Extract:
- Any blog posts, articles, or pages authored by {FULL_NAME}
- Topics they write about at the company
- Any technical decisions or opinions expressed
STRICT RULES:
- Do NOT click any result links
- Read only titles and snippets from the search listing
- Maximum 8 results then stop
- If no results, return {found: false}
Return JSON: {found: bool, articles: [{title, snippet, url, topic}]}" \
--sync > /tmp/smi_blog.json &
# Agent 6 — Conference talks
tinyfish agent run \
--url "https://www.google.com/search?q=\"{FULL_NAME_ENCODED}\"+\"{COMPANY_ENCODED}\"+(talk+OR+keynote+OR+conference+OR+speaker+OR+presentation)" \
"You are on Google search results for conference talks and presentations by {FULL_NAME} at {COMPANY}.
Read the visible results.
Extract any conference talks, keynotes, podcast appearances, or panel discussions they have participated in:
- Talk title
- Event name
- Year
- Topic / summary from the snippet
STRICT RULES:
- Do NOT click any links
- Read only titles and snippets
- Maximum 8 results then stop
- If no results, return {found: false}
Return JSON: {found: bool, talks: [{title, event, year, topic}]}" \
--sync > /tmp/smi_talks.json &
# Wait for all agents to complete
wait
echo "=== LINKEDIN ===" && cat /tmp/smi_linkedin.json
echo "=== GITHUB ===" && cat /tmp/smi_github.json
echo "=== TWITTER ===" && cat /tmp/smi_twitter.json
echo "=== NEWS ===" && cat /tmp/smi_news.json
echo "=== BLOG ===" && cat /tmp/smi_blog.json
echo "=== TALKS ===" && cat /tmp/smi_talks.json
Before running, replace:
{FULL_NAME} — e.g. Sarah Chen{FULL_NAME_ENCODED} — URL-encoded e.g. Sarah%20Chen{COMPANY} — e.g. Stripe{COMPANY_ENCODED} — URL-encoded e.g. Stripe{COMPANY_DOMAIN} — e.g. stripe.com (infer from company name for well-known companies; ask the user if unsure)Combine all results into a structured report. Only include sections where real data was found — do not pad with guesses.
## Interviewer Research Report — {FULL_NAME}, {COMPANY}
*Researched: {date}*
---
### 👤 Background
**Current role:** {title} at {company} ({tenure})
**Career path:** {brief summary of career trajectory — 2-3 sentences}
**Education:** {degrees and institutions}
---
### 💻 Technical Profile
**Languages / Stack:** {programming languages and technologies found}
**Open source:** {notable repos or contributions, if any}
**What they build / have built:** {summary from GitHub and blog posts}
*(Skip this section if no technical data found)*
---
### 🧠 What They Care About
**Recurring themes:** {topics that appear across Twitter, blog posts, talks}
**Strong opinions:** {any publicly stated views on tech, engineering culture, product, etc.}
**Published work:** {blog posts, articles, talks — with topics}
---
### 🎤 Conference & Public Presence
{List of talks or appearances found, with event and year}
*(Skip if none found)*
---
### 💬 Suggested Conversation Starters
Based on what you found, specific things you can bring up naturally:
- {specific thing they worked on or wrote about}
- {specific opinion or project they're known for}
- {something from a talk or article that genuinely interests you}
---
### 🎯 How to Tailor Your Interview
Given their background, here's what to emphasize:
- {specific advice based on their career path, seniority, or technical focus}
- {what signals they likely care about based on their public work}
- {anything to be aware of — e.g. if they wrote critically about X, show you've thought about it}
---
### ⚠️ Gaps in Research
{List any sources that returned no data or were blocked, so the user knows what's missing}