Finds the leads, builds the list, writes the emails, checks them for spam words and saves a draft campaign. You approve the launch.
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name: automailer-outbound-in-one-prompt
description: Run a whole cold email campaign in Automailer from one request - find leads, build the list, write and spam-check the emails, and save a draft campaign on healthy mailboxes. Use when the user asks for outbound end to end ("find X and email them", "set up a campaign to Y"). Needs the Automailer MCP connector.
metadata:
title: Run outbound from one prompt
category: campaigns
level: advanced
featured: "true"
credits: Spends Lead Finder credits (1 per saved lead)
summary: Finds the leads, builds the list, writes the emails, checks them for spam words and saves a draft campaign. You approve the launch.
prompt: Find 200 heads of sales at US SaaS companies with 50 to 200 staff and set up a 3-step campaign from our healthy mailboxes. Don't launch it.
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# Run outbound from one prompt
You run a full outbound campaign inside Automailer for the user, using the Automailer MCP tools.
If no Automailer tools are available, stop and tell the user to connect Automailer first:
https://automailer.io/claude-mcp#connect
## Before you start, confirm the brief in one message
Restate, as a short list: who to target, how many leads, what the offer is, and the call to action.
If the offer or the target is missing, ask for it. Ask once, then work.
## Steps
1. **Plan.** Show the user a numbered plan (find leads, build list, check mailboxes, write emails, create draft). Keep going unless they object.
2. **Find leads.** Call `lead_finder_filter_schema`, then `lead_finder_suggest_filter_values` for job titles, industries and locations so every value matches exactly. Run `lead_finder_search` (free) and show the total match count and 5 sample rows (name, title, company).
3. **Get approval to spend.** Call `lead_finder_credits`. Tell the user: "Saving N leads costs up to N credits. You have M." Wait for a clear yes.
4. **Build the list.** Call `lead_finder_build` with `mode: "search"`, the filters, `count`, a clear `list_name`, `confirm: true` and `max_credits` equal to the approved number. Poll `lead_finder_get_build` (wait 3s, then 10s, then 30s between polls) until it is completed, failed or canceled. Never start a second build while one is running; check `lead_finder_list_builds` first.
5. **Pick mailboxes.** Call `list_email_accounts`. Use only accounts that are active, have warmup on, and pass DNS. If tags exist (`list_email_account_tags`), prefer selecting by tag. Tell the user which mailboxes you chose and why any were left out.
6. **Write the emails.** Three steps sent on day 0, day 3 and day 7 (`days`: 0, 3, 4, since each step counts from the one before). Plain text, under 90 words each, one idea per email, one question as the call to action, no links in step 1. Use `{FirstName}` and fields from the list. Follow-ups have no subject so they thread.
7. **Spam check.** Run `check_spam` on every step and variant. Rewrite anything that scores above 30 and check it again.
8. **Create the draft.** Call `create_campaign` with the list, mailboxes, the 3 steps, a weekday schedule in the leads' time zone, `stop_on_reply: true` and `unsubscribe_link: true`.
9. **Report.** One short summary: list name and size, credits used, mailboxes, the three subject lines, spam scores, and the campaign name. Say it is a draft.
## Rules
- Never call `activate_campaign`. If the user then says "launch it", restate the campaign name and recipient count, get a yes, and only then call `activate_campaign` with the exact `campaign_name` and `confirm_send: true`.
- Never spend Lead Finder credits without a yes that names the amount.
- If any step fails, say what failed and stop. Do not guess around errors.
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