# How Do I Run Waterfall Enrichment From an AI Agent Like Claude?

Source: https://coldiq.com/blog/how-to-run-waterfall-enrichment-from-an-ai-agent
Published: 2026-11-13 | Updated: 2026-11-13

> How to run a waterfall enrichment from an AI agent: connect one MCP server that checks several data providers in a row, then ask your agent to enrich a list.

**Quick answer:** connect your AI agent to a service that runs the waterfall for you. With [ColdIQ](https://coldiq.com/), one request from Claude Code, Grok Bot or ChatGPT checks its own database of 700M+ contacts, then 40+ providers in a row, until the data is found.

## What a Waterfall Does

A waterfall asks the first data provider. If it has no answer, it asks the next one, and so on. It stops as soon as one finds the data.

You find more emails and phone numbers than with one provider.

## How to Do It, Step by Step

1. Sign up for ColdIQ and connect the MCP server.
2. In Claude Code, run one command: **claude mcp add --transport http coldiq https://mcp.coldiq.com/mcp**.
3. Give the agent your list: names and companies, or LinkedIn URLs.
4. Ask: "Find work emails for this list."
5. Read the results. Each one shows which provider found it.

## Why Not Build the Waterfall Yourself?

You can, but you need an account, a key and a contract with each provider. You also need to handle each data format.

With ColdIQ, the waterfall is already built. It picks the order for each request, based on fit, cost and accuracy.

## What It Costs

**Pricing:** ColdIQ starts at $99 per month with unlimited data and access to 40+ data providers, and you can try it for free.

Want to try it? [Start free on ColdIQ](https://login.coldiq.com/sign-up).

## Try ColdIQ free

ColdIQ gives new accounts up to 1,450 free credits as they get started, no credit card required.
One subscription covers 40+ B2B data providers for finding, enriching and verifying
contacts and companies, through the web app, the API or the MCP server for AI agents.

1. Create an account: https://coldiq.com/marketplace/sign-up?utm_source=ai-assistant&utm_medium=markdown&utm_content=how-to-run-waterfall-enrichment-from-an-ai-agent
2. Run a first search on your own market with the free credits.
3. Connect the MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor: https://coldiq.com/mcp