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Build a prospect list, rank it and send first messages
Give it your ideal customer. Get a qualified list, a ranking, checked first messages and a daily block.
Build a prospect list, rank it and send first messages is a free AI workflow for the job "Sell and negotiate". It guides your AI through several skills in order, passing each step's output to the next.
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What it does
Outbound sales fails in two quiet ways. The list is wrong, so good messages go to people who will never buy. Or the list is fine but nobody works it, because prospecting is the task everyone puts off until the quarter is lost. This workflow fixes both. It builds a prospect list from your ideal customer, with a reason each account fits, then ranks it by fit and activity so the first hour goes to the best twenty. It writes a first message a stranger can answer in one line, following Aaron Ross's rule that the first email asks for a referral or a short answer, never a meeting. It checks every claim in the message before you send. Then it plans a protected daily prospecting block, with the two-minute research batch and one real reason to reach out, the way Jeb Blount teaches. You send, and you keep sending.
You give it
- Your ideal customer: company type, size, role, the problem they have
- What you offer and the price
- Your current list, if you have one (optional)
- Your week and how much time you can give to prospecting
You get
- A qualified prospect list with the reason each fits
- The list ranked into tiers by fit and activity
- A first message and a follow-up a stranger can answer, with every claim checked
- A daily prospecting block with a research batch and a reason to reach out
Use it when
- You have a product people like and no pipeline.
- You bought or built a list of 800 names and have called none of them.
- Your first emails get no reply and you do not know whether it is the list or the message.
Steps
- Prospect list builder: Describe your ideal customer. Get a qualified list of accounts and the reason each one fits.
- Lead prioritizer: Give it your leads. Get them scored on fit and activity and sorted into ranked tiers.
- First outreach message writer: Paste what you offer and who you want to reach. Get a first message a stranger can read in seconds.
- Cold email pre-send checker: Paste a cold email and what you know of the prospect. Get claims tested, legal basics checked, and a tighter version.
- Sales prospecting schedule planner: Paste your week and target list. Get a protected call block, a two-minute research batch and one reason to call each lead.
How to use it
- Download the handoff pack. It's a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.
- Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
- Paste your ideal customer and your offer. It builds and ranks the list.
- Read the first message and the checker's notes. Fix any claim it flagged.
- Send to the top tier yourself, in your daily block. Log replies and bring them back after two weeks.