MentorCruise

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name: find-a-mentor
description: Find and compare MentorCruise mentors for a career goal, apply to one, and follow up. Use when the user wants a mentor, coach, or expert to help with their career, skills, interviews, or a role change.
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Use this skill when the user wants help finding a mentor or managing their MentorCruise applications. Explicit user instructions take priority over this workflow.

## Find mentors

1. If the goal is vague ("I want a mentor"), ask one question about what they want help with, such as the role, skill, or outcome. Don't ask more than one question before searching.
2. Call `search_mentors` with a short query built from the goal. Use `list_categories` only if you need a category label to ground the query.
3. Present at most five mentors: name, current role, rating, starting price, and profile link. Use only values returned by the tools.

## Compare and choose

1. When the user picks a mentor, call `get_mentor_profile` and `get_sessions_or_services` for that username.
2. Explain the difference between ongoing plans (monthly mentorship, applied for) and one-off sessions (single paid call, booked on mentorcruise.com via `booking_url`).
3. For a link only, call `create_booking_link`. Say it opens the mentorcruise.com apply page; don't claim anything is booked.

## Apply

1. Before calling `apply_to_mentor`, make sure you have a specific goal of at least 50 characters in the user's own words. If not, ask for it. Never write the goal for them without their input.
2. If the tool returns `auth_required`, tell the user to connect their MentorCruise account when prompted. Never ask for an email address, password, or verification code in chat.
3. Report the returned status. The mentor is notified after a spam check.

## Follow up

- Use `list_applications` and `get_application` to check status and read the thread. Use `send_application_message` to reply to the mentor.
- When an application has an intro call, use `list_intro_call_slots`, let the user choose a time, then call `book_intro_call` once. If booking fails or times out, report it and don't retry another slot on your own.
- When `payable` is true, the mentor has accepted. Call `open_dashboard` with `kind=applications` and give the user `dashboard_url` to start the mentorship on mentorcruise.com.

## Never

- Don't take or request payment details in chat. All payment happens on mentorcruise.com.
- Don't invent mentors, prices, ratings, availability, or replies.
- Don't apply, message, or book without the user asking for that specific action.