1. Palantir FDE leavers
The canonical loop. People who were Forward-Deployed Engineers at Palantir and left in the last year and a half.company=palantir, role_family=forward-deployed-engineer, company_left_min_months_ago=18.
Then Targets → Start people search, Accept from Pending Approval, Settings → Notifications for Open to work and Left company.
2. Open to work / Between roles FDEs
forward-deployed between-roles. Put matches on hot at To contact the same day.
3. FDEs exploring
People whose current LinkedIn profile evidence suggests openness to a new employment role, as assessed by FreshTalent’s AI. Unchanged openness can qualify. Open to work and Between roles are separate flags.FDEs exploring. Filter: exploring=true. Hover over or select the Exploring badge for an AI explanation, then select highlighted text to inspect the supporting snapshots or changes. Read how exploration detection works.
4. Company orbit (Anduril, SpaceX, …)
Open Companies, pick a team, read Current team and Recent leavers. Then Targets → Company → Start company search. Accept engineers you would actually hire.5. Sticky alumni (long tenure, then left)
People who were at a company long enough to be real operators, not tourists. Filters:company=palantir, min_company_months=36, optional company_left_min_months_ago. Start people search on that query.
6. Available for hire in a city
Filters:role_family=software-engineer, github_hireable=true, location=San Francisco (or remote-friendly city). Notifications for Open to work and Joined company.
7. Skill / stack niche
Filters: skills asFoundry or Foundry;Palantir with match any/all. Combine with a role family so you are not boiling the ocean.
Agent prompt (copy into Claude or Cursor)
After connecting MCP. Tool names below are MCP identifiers — they map to Search, Lists, Targets, Monitoring:search → collect → watch → events.