Searching Your Network

Once your accounts are connected, you can search everyone in your network in one place: LinkedIn, GitHub, X, and any Private Contacts you import.

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Two ways to search

Chat lets you describe who you want in plain language. It understands role, location, skill, seniority, and company.

Network gives you a filter for each part of the search. Both use the same data.

Network distance

Start with 1st and 2nd. That is where your warm paths are. Global search may use token credits. The Free plan includes 10.

Filters

The Network tab filters work the same way for individuals and teams. You can filter by network source, job title, location, company, skill, status, and more. See the full list in Teams: Searching Your Network.

Boolean search also works. Start your query with bool:, for example bool: (Senior OR Lead) AND Engineer AND (Python OR Golang).

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Reading a result

Each result shows:

• Name and current role
• Connection path: how you are connected to this person, and on which platform
• Signal score: reflects relationship quality, based on connection strength and verification
• Profile link: work history and credentials

Sorting

Sort by connection date, relevance, name, network distance, or Signal. The default is connection date, newest first.

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Searching from your AI tool

The Icebreaker MCP server is available on every plan, including Free. You can run the same searches from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or another MCP client. Ask in plain language, for example "Find engineers in my network who worked at Stripe."

Tips

• Seeing fewer results than you expect? Add 2nd degree, or connect more accounts.
• Use company domains in the company filter, like stripe.com.
• A higher Signal score usually means a stronger shared connection.

Working with your team

Icebreaker for Individuals is for searching your own network. If you want your team on one shared network, use Icebreaker for Teams.

→ Teams overview