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title: "Connect Specter to Rig — Rig guide"
description: "Connect Specter to Rig with an API key and sync every company and people list you have shared with the API into your warehouse."
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# Connect Specter to Rig

Sync the companies and people on your Specter lists into Rig. You share each list with the API in Specter, and Rig finds every shared list on its own, so there are no list IDs to copy.

## Before you start

- You need access to the Specter API Console, where a team-level API key is requested.
- New keys are approved by Specter, usually within one business day.
- Specter charges one credit for each record returned. Check your monthly allowance before you share large lists.

## Step 1: Request your Specter API key

1. Open the Specter API Console at `app.tryspecter.com/settings/api-console` and request an API key.
2. Wait for Specter to approve it, then copy the key. It is a single team-level key, so share it with care.

## Step 2: Share your lists with the API

1. In the Specter web app, open each company or people list, or saved search, that you want in Rig.
2. Turn on **Share with API** for it. The API cannot see a list until you do this.

## Step 3: Connect it in Rig

New to Rig? Watch how to find Connections

Adding a source needs a workspace owner, or a role with the Manage connections permission, on a workspace where you manage your own connections. If the Connectors tab says “Data ingestion for this workspace is managed by Rig”, ask an owner or Rig support to add the source.

1. In Rig, open `Connections`, choose the `Connectors` tab and go to `Sources & actions`.
2. Search for **Specter**, open the card and click `Connect`.
3. **Specter API key**: paste the key from the API Console.
4. Click `Continue`. Rig checks the credentials and lists the streams it can reach, so choose the ones you want and click `Connect`.
5. The source then syncs on its schedule, which is nightly unless you change it. To load data straight away, click `Sync` on its row; `Test` pulls a small sample first if you want to check the connection.

## What Rig pulls in

Specter lands in its own `specter` schema in your warehouse:

- **Company lists**: the lists of companies shared with your key, and the companies on them.
- **People lists**: the lists of people shared with your key, and the people on them.

## Good to know

- A list you share after connecting lands in your warehouse on the next sync.
- Each record costs a Specter credit every time it is returned. If your allowance is tight, share fewer lists or sync on a slower schedule.
- Specter saved searches and strategic signals are not part of the standard connector, because they need per-search settings.
- To disconnect Specter, click the bin icon on the source's row under `Sources & actions`. Only whoever connected the source or a workspace owner can do this, and data already synced stays in the warehouse.

## What people use this for

- Source high-growth target companies
- Track growth signals on existing accounts
- Build prioritised prospect lists
- Monitor competitor and market momentum

[More ideas for using Specter](https://rig.so/integrations/specter)

## Specter documentation

- [Specter API introduction](https://api.tryspecter.com/api-ref/introduction)

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