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Find a contact by description

Find someone in your contact graph by what you remember about them, location, company, project, vibe, instead of by name.

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The prompt

Who's my contact at [DESCRIPTION]?

This is one of the most distinctly useful prompts in alfred_. Instead of name-first lookup (“show me Sarah Lee”), it’s attribute-first, who do I know that fits this description?

What alfred_ does

  1. Searches contacts by the attribute you describe (location, company, industry, role)
  2. Cross-references your email history (so “old client in Azusa” works even if you haven’t tagged them as a client)
  3. Returns matches with: name, email, last interaction, any saved memory about them
  4. Asks for clarification if multiple candidates match

What kinds of descriptions work

By location:

  • “What was my old client who’s located in Azusa?”
  • “Anyone I’ve emailed in Tokyo?”

By company:

  • “Do I have any EPRI contacts?”
  • “Who’s my contact at Bosch?”
  • “Anyone at Schneider Electric?”

By industry / segment:

  • “Which VIP contacts do I have in industrial companies?”
  • “Who do I know in solar?”
  • “All my contacts at battery storage companies”

By project / topic:

  • “Who was on that Tycool intro chain?”
  • “Whoever I last talked to about the Q3 contract”
  • “Who’s the lead at the company I met at SID?”

By role / relationship:

  • “Who’s my CFO?” (if you’ve told alfred_)
  • “My main contact at the Acme team”

Pair with action

The most useful chain is find them, then do something:

  • “Find Pablo’s email and draft a check-in”
  • “Who’s my contact at Siemens, and send them my Raven intro”
  • “Do I have an EPRI contact? If yes, draft an intro email”

What if I don’t remember anything?

Try the pattern “the person who [did X]”:

  • “Who replied to my last 2026 PMF email?”
  • “Who introduced me to Cecil Park?”
  • “Whoever I was last waiting on a contract from”

alfred_ pulls from your email history, not just contacts.

Saving what you learn

After alfred_ identifies someone, you can save context for next time:

  • “Remember Peter Wesslau is my main contact at RK”
  • “Remember Cecil Park is a VIP contact”

See Teach alfred_ something to remember.

Variations

  • What was my old client who is located in Azusa?
  • Do I have any EPRI contact from my old emails?
  • Which VIP contacts do I have in industrial companies, Siemens, Honeywell, Schneider Electric?
  • Find the Pablo contact info
  • Can you remember who Peter from RK is based on this result?
  • What is Peter from RK looking for me to do?

Best for

When you can almost remember who someone is, the company, the city, the deal, but not the name. alfred_ searches your contact graph + email history for the match.