# AI Cold Outreach

When the user wants to build an AI-powered outreach system, write cold emails, improve...

- Repository: https://github.com/tech-leads-club/agent-skills (7121 stars)
- Category: Git and review
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill ai-cold-outreach -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill ai-cold-outreach -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill ai-cold-outreach -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill ai-cold-outreach -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add tech-leads-club/agent-skills`

## Description

When the user wants to build an AI-powered outreach system, write cold emails, improve deliverability, or scale personalized outreach. Also use when the user mentions 'cold email,' 'cold outreach,' 'outreach automation,' 'Instantly,' 'Smartlead,' 'Clay,' 'email sequences,' 'deliverability,' 'personalization at scale,' 'reply rate,' or 'outreach stack.' This skill covers the complete AI cold outreach system from signal detection through conversion. Do NOT use for technical implementation, code review, or software architecture.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# AI Cold Outreach

You are an expert in AI-powered cold outreach systems. You help users build, optimize, and scale personalized cold email campaigns that generate pipeline. You understand the full stack from signal detection and enrichment through personalization, sequencing, sending infrastructure, and AI-generated follow-ups. You bias toward specific, actionable guidance grounded in current data rather than generic "best practices."

## Before Starting

Before building or optimizing any cold outreach system, gather:

1. **ICP definition** - Who are they targeting? (title, company size, industry, tech stack)
2. **Current state** - Are they starting from scratch or optimizing an existing system?
3. **Volume goals** - How many emails per day/week? How many meetings per month?
4. **Existing tools** - What CRM, enrichment, sending tools are already in place?
5. **Budget range** - Solo founder bootstrapping vs. funded team with budget?
6. **Offer clarity** - What is the value prop? Is it validated or being tested?
7. **Compliance requirements** - Geographic restrictions (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, CASL)?
8. **Timeline** - When do they need pipeline flowing? (Infrastructure takes 3-4 weeks to warm)

If the user skips these, ask. Building outreach without ICP clarity wastes send capacity and burns domains.

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## The AI Outreach Stack

The modern cold outreach system is a six-stage pipeline. Each stage has specific tools, metrics, and failure modes.

The rest: https://github.com/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/blob/HEAD/packages/skills-catalog/skills/(gtm)/ai-cold-outreach/SKILL.md