Connected through the open API
Connecting Skipcall to Cognism
Verified numbers go into the call session, along with where they came from. No native integration, but no integration project either: the Skipcall REST API is open and documented, and an automation platform, or a coding assistant, is enough to bridge the two.
Charles Baldet Updated on API included in every plan · Ready in 5 minutes · No commitment
In brief
- Skipcall has no native integration with Cognism.
- The Skipcall REST API, on the other hand, is open, documented and complete: everything the product does can be driven from outside.
- The connection can be built without writing a line of code, with n8n, Zapier or Make.
- To call the API directly, a coding assistant such as Claude or Codex writes the script from the documentation in a few minutes.
- What goes to Skipcall: the verified contacts, with their direct number and where it came from.
- What comes back into Cognism: the call outcome, to measure the quality of the data.
- Allow an hour for a first working scenario, and a few minutes if you have the script written for you.
Why connect Cognism to Skipcall
Cognism makes a point of the compliance of its data and the verification of its direct numbers. That argument is only worth something if the chain stays clean to the end: a compliant number dialled without keeping a record of where it came from loses most of what you paid for.
Cognism belongs to the “data and enrichment” family of our integrations. A number found in the morning can be called in the afternoon, with no export in between.
How it connects
There are two routes, and neither is slower than the other. Neither means waiting for a connector to be built, nor tying up a technical team for weeks.
Without writing code
Through an automation platform
They call the Skipcall API on one side and the Cognism API on the other. You assemble the scenario with the mouse, with no server to host and no developer to book.
With a coding assistant
By calling the API directly
Hand the API documentation to a coding assistant: it writes the script in a few minutes. That is often the quicker route, and it avoids paying for a platform.
What travels between the two tools
A connection through an API has one advantage over a fixed connector: you decide what travels, in which direction, and into which field. Nothing leaves that you have not planned, which also keeps your record of processing activities simple.
| Direction | What travels |
|---|---|
| Cognism → Skipcall | the verified contacts, with their direct number and where it came from |
| Skipcall → Cognism | the call outcome, to measure the quality of the data |
| Available in the API | call outcome, date, duration, recording, transcript and AI-written summary |
Three concrete uses
- Call a Cognism list without going through a spreadsheet in between.
- Keep the origin of every number, so that the question can be answered.
- Measure the answer rate by data segment.
Getting started
Allow an hour for a first working scenario, a few minutes if you have a coding assistant write the script. The time goes on deciding what you want to move between the two tools, not on writing code.
- Create your Skipcall API key From your Skipcall workspace, you generate a key that opens the API. It gives access to contacts, call lists and outcomes.
- Connect Cognism to Skipcall In n8n, Zapier or Make, an HTTP module calls the Skipcall API on one side and the Cognism API on the other. No code to write, no server to host. If you would rather call the API directly, a coding assistant such as Claude or Codex writes the script from the documentation.
- Send the outcome back At the end of every call, Skipcall exposes the outcome, the duration, the transcript and the summary. The same scenario sends them into Cognism, wherever you chose to put them.
20 to 25
calls an hour when dialling by hand
60 to 80
with a power dialer, one number at a time
150 to 200
with a four-line parallel dialer
Those rates explain why sending the outcome back automatically matters so much. At twenty-five calls a day, a rep can still log them by hand in Cognism. At a hundred and fifty they will not, and your data becomes wrong without anyone noticing.
What to know before you start
No native integration
Skipcall has no ready-made connector for Cognism. The four native integrations are HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce and Attio. For everything else the open API does the work: expect a set-up rather than a button, but one measured in minutes or an hour, not weeks.
Before you switch recording on
Recording a call requires a documented lawful basis under the UK GDPR, information given to the people concerned beforehand, and a defined retention period; PECR governs the marketing calls themselves, with the ICO as the supervisory authority. These duties apply even when the recording is only used for internal training, and they do not disappear because the file travels through Cognism.
Beyond Cognism
What syncs is set out on the CRM integration page, and the open API page describes what the interface exposes. The MCP connector also opens your call data up to an assistant, to question it in plain language.
For what gets said once the line is open, the call script library gathers twenty ready-made frameworks. Plan details are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Why carry the origin of the number through to Skipcall?
Because that is what you need to be able to answer when a prospect asks where you got it. Compliant data that loses its provenance along the way no longer protects much.
Does the connection filter out unverified numbers?
If you plan for it in the scenario, yes. It is the first filter to put in place: it protects your statistics as much as the reputation of your lines.
Is there a native integration between Skipcall and Cognism?
No. The Skipcall native integrations are HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce and Attio. For Cognism, the connection goes through the open REST API, either directly or through an automation platform.
How long does it take to connect the two tools?
Allow an hour for a first working scenario, and a few minutes if you have a coding assistant write the script. In most cases it is the scoping, not the technical work, that takes the time.
Do you need a developer?
Not in most cases. n8n, Zapier and Make call the API without a line of code. And to call the API directly, a coding assistant such as Claude or Codex writes the script from the documentation in a few minutes: that has become the faster of the two routes.
Is API access charged separately?
No. The open API is included in every plan, from the Starter plan at €75 per licence per month, from a single licence and with no commitment. Only the automation platform you choose, if you use one, has a price of its own.
The other tools you can connect
Ready to multiply your productivity?
Join the sales teams that have transformed their prospecting.
Request a demoPersonalized demo • No commitment