Searching Your Network

Icebreaker Teams lets you search across your organization's combined network — LinkedIn, GitHub, X/Twitter, Farcaster, and Private Contacts — through two interfaces.

Search Interfaces

Chat provides conversational search where you describe what you're looking for in plain language. The AI understands role, location, skill, seniority, and company context.

Network is a structured filter UI with explicit controls for every search dimension. Both interfaces query the same underlying data.

Network Tab: Filters

Open the Filter panel in the Network tab to narrow results. All filters can be combined.

Network Distance

Controls which connection tiers appear in results. Defaults to 1st (direct connections only).

Option	Description
1st	Direct connections of your team members
2nd	Connections of your team members' connections
Global	Your entire reachable network

Note: Results are limited to 1st-degree connections by default. If you're seeing fewer results than expected, try expanding to 2nd or Global.

Network Source

Filter by which platform the connection came from.

Option	Description
All	All sources combined
Icebreaker	People connected via Icebreaker
LinkedIn	LinkedIn connections
GitHub	GitHub follows/followers
X	X/Twitter follows/followers
Farcaster	Farcaster connections
Private Contacts	Imported private contacts

Job Title

Filter by job title text. Enter multiple titles separated by commas (e.g. SWE, Engineer, Developer).

Location

Filter by location text. Enter multiple locations separated by commas (e.g. NYC, San Francisco, Remote).

Company

Filter by company domain (e.g. google.com, stripe.com). Enter multiple domains separated by commas. Toggle Verified only to restrict to people whose company affiliation has been verified.

Credential

Filter by Icebreaker credential name (e.g. Human, Builder). Enter multiple credentials separated by commas.

Status

Filter by the open-to work/networking status people have set on their Icebreaker profile.

Status	Meaning
Hiring	Actively hiring
Open to opportunities	Open to new roles
Open to work	Actively job seeking
Networking	Open to connecting
Not right now	Not looking

Skill

Filter by a broad skill category: Data, Design, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations, Product, Sales, Support, or Talent.

Work Experience

Filter by free-text work experience content — searches across job history and descriptions.

Highlights

Filter by text in a person's Icebreaker highlights section.

Notes

Filter by text in notes you or your teammates have added to a person's profile.

Connected Accounts

Filter to people who have a specific social account type connected to their profile. Select one or more account types (LinkedIn, GitHub, Farcaster, etc.) and optionally require that each account be verified. Use the Match toggle to require ALL selected accounts (ALL) or at least one (ANY).

Profile Shared

Filter by which sharing label was applied when a teammate shared a profile with the team.

Network Tab: Sort

Click Sort to change the order of results. Each sort option supports ascending and descending direction.

Sort By	Ascending	Descending	Default
Connection Date	Oldest first	Newest first	✓ (Newest)
Relevance	Least relevant	Most relevant	Most relevant
Name	A → Z	Z → A	A → Z
Network Distance	Closest	Furthest	Closest
Trust	Lowest	Highest	Highest

The default sort is Connection Date, newest first.

Team Scope

On a Team account, a scope selector appears above the results. This controls whose connections are included in the search.

Scope	Who's included
[Team] Collaborators	Only people with verified connections to your team members
[Team] Collaborators + Verified	Team connections plus people with verified Icebreaker profiles
All Global Users	Everyone in the Icebreaker network

The default scope is Collaborators.

Boolean Search

The Network tab's search field supports boolean operators for precise text queries. Start any boolean query with the bool: prefix.

Supported operators (must be UPPERCASE):

Operator	Description	Example
AND	Both terms must be present	`bool: Engineer AND Golang`
OR	At least one term must be present	`bool: PM OR "Product Manager"`
NOT	Exclude a term	`bool: Engineer NOT Intern`
`( )`	Group terms for complex logic	`bool: Engineer AND (Rust OR Go)`
`" "`	Exact phrase match	`bool: "Machine Learning"`

Examples:

Find senior engineers with specific skills:

bool: (Senior OR Lead) AND Engineer AND (Python OR Golang)

Target specific roles excluding juniors:

bool: "Product Manager" AND (B2B OR SaaS) NOT Junior

Match any of several equivalent role titles:

bool: "PM" OR "Product Manager" OR "PM Lead" OR GPM OR "Group Product Manager"

Boolean search applies to social profile text (bio, job title, work history). For location, company, or credential filtering, use the structured filters above.

For full operator documentation, see OpenSearch Boolean Operators.

Result Information

Each result shows:

Name and current role
Connection path — which teammate knows them and through which platform
Trust score — reflects relationship quality based on connection strength and verification
Profile link — enriched profile with contact data, work history, and credentials

Team vs. Individual Search

Searches run across the combined graph of all connected team members. A team with more connected members — and more diverse social accounts — will surface a broader set of results than any individual member searching alone.