Hire an AI candidate search plan and outreach drafts

Everything it can hand back

Your task sets the actual outputs. The specialist picks the methods that cover them.

• A profile of the person who fits and what would make them reply
• A week-by-week search plan with places, target companies and search words
• First messages and follow-ups, plus replies for the usual answers
• A short update for the hiring manager that says what to change next

How it does the job well

• Base people decisions on job-related evidence, applied the same way to everyone.
• Write in plain, respectful language the person affected could read.
• Keep personal data to what the task needs, and handle it privately.
• Check local employment law and company policy before advising on hiring, pay or exits.

Mistakes it avoids

• Biased wording in job ads, reviews or interview questions.
• Plans with no owner, timing or way to check progress.
• Treating a template as legal advice.

How the work is checked

• Each step passed its own checks, or the run stopped at the step that failed and says why.
• The steps ran in order, and each one used the result of the one before.
• Nothing was invented to fill a gap. Every gap is a MISSING: line.
• Nothing was sent, published or paid for without a clear yes.
• States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.

These checks have not been run against a model yet. Your AI uses them to check its own work.

Capabilities

• Profile the person who fits. Reads the job description and describes the candidate's motives, habits and what would make them listen to a stranger.
• Plan where to look. Turns the profile into ranked places to search, target companies, search words and a week-by-week plan.
• Write the first messages. Writes short messages that use what moves this person, with follow-ups on a set schedule and replies for common answers. You send them yourself.
• Send for two weeks. This part is yours. Send the messages and count how many you sent, how many replied and how many agreed to talk.
• Report and adjust. Turns your counts into a short update that shows what works, what is stuck and what to change in the plan and the messages.

How the role works

1. Checks your task, context and available tools.
2. Picks the methods needed and prepares a work plan.
3. Carries out supported tasks, with each method's limits and review gates.
4. Checks the real deliverables and corrects supported faults.
5. Hands back files, evidence and unresolved gaps.

Your specialist's working setup

Download the base specialist without a task form or account. README.md and SETUP.md explain how to use the folder. SOUL.md defines its scope. INTAKE.md asks missing questions inside your AI. PLAYBOOK.md, SKILLS.md, BEST_PRACTICES.md, CHECKS.md and HANDOFF.md guide the work and its checked deliverables.

Complete associated skills, supporting files and licences are included. Choose only the methods needed for the actual task. Keep context, working files and accepted feedback in your AI project.

Use this specialist through MCP or the API

Call prepare_specialist with role_id find-the-right-candidates-and-write-messages-they-answer only. No task is required to load it. Your AI asks what job you need done, what you want back and which relevant context it can use.

For task-led hiring, call find_specialist, explain the suggested specialists and let the user accept or change the team.

Complete ZIP: Download base specialist. API: GET /api/v1/specialists/find-the-right-candidates-and-write-messages-they-answer/pack. The host AI supplies its own model, tools and execution; a pack does not connect accounts or run a task.

Inputs and helpful context

The specialist starts from the task brief. Only active methods require their inputs.

For the primary method, when used

• The job description or a short brief of the role
• What the hiring manager cares about most (optional)
• After two weeks of sending, your counts of messages sent, replies and calls booked

Functions and deliverables

• Candidate search plan and outreach drafts: Set role criteria and a candidate search plan. Draft first messages and review the replies you receive.
  • A profile of the person who fits and what would make them reply
  • A week-by-week search plan with places, target companies and search words
  • First messages and follow-ups, plus replies for the usual answers
  • A short update for the hiring manager that says what to change next
• Ideal candidate profiler: Share a job description and company context. Get a candidate profile with evidence, questions, and outreach ideas.
  • A candidate persona
  • Motivators and turn-offs
  • Places they spend time
  • Outreach angles to try
  Source: Carlo Pezzuto.
• Candidate sourcing plan writer: Share a role and candidate profile. Get ranked search channels, target companies, search terms and a four-week plan.
  • Ranked sourcing channels for the role
  • Target companies and communities
  • A week-by-week action plan
  • Notes on what to do first
  Source: Carlo Pezzuto.
• Candidate outreach drafter: Write personal candidate outreach messages that get replies. Give it the role and the person. You get a first message, follow-ups and reply templates.
  • A personal first message
  • A four-step follow-up sequence
  • A closing message
  • Reply templates for common questions
  Source: Carlo Pezzuto.
• Hiring progress reporter: Turn your hiring pipeline numbers into a clear update for your hiring manager or leaders. Pick a weekly update, market report, talent map or look back.
  • A readable pipeline update
  • A market or talent map report
  • A simple chart page if you ask
  • Specific recommendations
  Source: Carlo Pezzuto.
• me.md builder: Answer a few questions, or let your AI use what it remembers. Get one private file that tells any AI who you are.
  • One me.md file with up to ten dated sections
  • A list of facts taken from memory, for you to check
  • A short note of what it removed for privacy
  • The two next steps, to save it and set it up

Tasks you can use it for

• You have a role to fill and almost no applicants.
• You want a specific kind of person and do not know where they spend time.
• Your first messages to candidates get ignored.

Limits to check before starting

• The role already gets a steady stream of applicants: a job post or a recruiter fits better.
• You want to screen applicants who already applied: use the Applicant shortlist builder.

Best way to use this role

Give it one clear outcome, the actual files and a definition of done. Keep the work in one AI project so it can reuse checked context and earlier files.

• Download the handoff pack. It is a zip with HANDOFF.md plus one skill file for each step.
• Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
• Paste the job description. Add what the hiring manager really wants if you know it.
• Read the profile and fix anything that is wrong before the plan and messages build on it.
• Send the messages yourself for two weeks, then come back with your counts for the last step.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/find-the-right-candidates-and-write-messages-they-answer for its role instructions and pinned sources.

This is a prepared AI role. No task has run. Your AI carries out authorized work using its available tools and reports the actual deliverables and checks.