> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thehog.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The Hog API

> Search companies, discover people, enrich contacts, and run research from one REST API.

The Hog is a GTM intelligence platform built for revenue teams that need fast, accurate data about target accounts and contacts. With a single REST API, you can search companies by firmographics and technographics, discover and enrich people, run deep research, and monitor important activity.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="bolt" href="/quickstart">
    Make your first API call in minutes. Search companies, find people, and enrich contacts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/authentication">
    Get your API key and API secret, then learn how to authenticate every request.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Core Concepts" icon="book" href="/concepts/company-first-search">
    Understand company-first search, credits, and async operations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/api/companies/company-search">
    Full reference for every endpoint, including parameters, responses, and examples.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What you can do

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  <Card title="Search Companies" icon="building" href="/guides/search-companies">
    Find target accounts by industry, employee count, revenue, tech stack, hiring signals, and more.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Find People" icon="users" href="/guides/find-people">
    Discover ICP-matched contacts with natural language queries and persona filters.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enrich Contacts" icon="address-card" href="/guides/enrich-contacts">
    Get verified emails and phone numbers for your prospects with configurable coverage depth.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Deep Research" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/guides/deep-research">
    Run LLM-powered research jobs that return structured data conforming to your JSON Schema.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Get started in 4 steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Get your API key and secret">
    Obtain your API key and API secret from your account settings. You'll send them as `X-Access-Key` and `X-Secret-Key` on every request.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Search your first company">
    Call `POST /api/v1/companies/search` with a query or firmographic filter, then poll the returned operation for matching accounts.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enrich contacts">
    Search people at a target account, then call `POST /api/enrichments` with a LinkedIn URL or email to retrieve verified email and phone.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Poll for results">
    Use the returned operation ID to poll for async search, enrichment, and research results.
  </Step>
</Steps>