# Contact Discovery

The **Contact Discovery Node** automatically finds relevant people at each account in your workflow — based on the criteria you define. Instead of manually researching contacts or relying on static lists, this node pulls fresh, up-to-date profiles that match your target persona.

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### When to Use It

Use this node when you want to:

* Discover net-new contacts at high-fit accounts
* Automate top-of-funnel lead generation
* Find the right person to enrich, qualify, or route into an outbound sequence

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### Configuration Overview

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#### Important

It is required to have **Personas** before using the Contact Discovery node. You can configure this in **Settings > Account Intelligence > Personas.** 
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The Contact Discovery node discovers new contacts based on user configured **Personas** and job change signals. 

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