Enrich recent hires: keep only people who started in the last 6 months

You get a Clay table that asks LeadOcean for each person's current role and start date, then flags everyone who started within the last 6 months. Clay's own template does the same job with Clay enrichments and defaults to a 6 month window (Clay template, September 2026). This version fills the role from LeadOcean at a flat price. The HTTP API column needs Clay Growth or higher (Clay pricing, September 2026).

How it works

1. Start with LinkedIn URLs. Your table needs one column named LinkedIn URL. Pull it from a list, a CSV or a Clay source.
2. Add an HTTP API column. Method POST, endpoint https://api.leadocean.io/v1/people/enrich, with your key in an x-api-key header.
3. Return the current role. Ask for data.contact_data.contact_current_experiences. It holds the title, employer, domain and role start date.
4. Add a formula column. Compare the start date to today minus 6 months. Change the 6 to any window you like.
5. Filter the table. Keep rows where the formula is true. These are your recent hires.
6. Send them on. Push the filtered rows to your sequencer or CRM with the Clay integration you already use.

Configuration

Set the HTTP API column like this. /LinkedIn URL is Clay's column reference (Clay docs, September 2026).

Method:   POST
URL:      https://api.leadocean.io/v1/people/enrich
Headers:  x-api-key: <your LeadOcean key>
          content-type: application/json
Body:     { "linkedin_url": "/LinkedIn URL" }
Field paths to return:
          data.contact_data.contact_current_experiences
          data.contact_data.contact_emails

Test one row from a terminal first. This is the request Clay sends.

curl -X POST "https://api.leadocean.io/v1/people/enrich" \
  -H "x-api-key: $LEADOCEAN_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-doe","reveal_email":true}'

Send exactly one identifier. Two is a 400. Drop reveal_email if you only need the role, since the role does not depend on it. The start date is start_date on the role object, a YYYY-MM-DD string (LeadOcean docs). Point the formula at contact_current_experiences[0].start_date.

No LinkedIn URLs yet? Search by company with POST /v1/people/search, which returns the current role and start date on each row, and leadocean_count_leads sizes the list for free.

Field mapping

Cost at 10,000 rows

At 10,000 rows, LeadOcean costs $0 for the first 1,000 records and $497 flat on Agency. Clay adds 10,000 Actions on top.

LeadOcean. A hit counts as one record. A person we hold nothing for is a 404 and costs nothing. Free covers 1,000 records, one-off, with no card. Agency is $497 a month with a fair-use pace, not credits.

Clay. The HTTP API call uses one Action per row. Growth starts at $495 a month, or $446 a month billed yearly, and includes 40,000 Actions (Clay pricing, September 2026). So 10,000 Actions fit inside Growth.

Troubleshooting

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