version: "1.0.1" name: gtm-pipeline:pipeline description: Plan and execute a full GTM lead generation pipeline, from company discovery to enriched contacts. Use when a client needs end-to-end orchestration spanning multiple GTM skills: determines Company-First vs Signal-First workflow, assesses starting data, plans the skill sequence with cost estimates for user approval, then chains skill outputs. Not for demo requests (use gtm-demo) or single-step requests (invoke that skill directly). Also triggers on "run the pipeline", "start pipeline for [client]", "full pipeline", "Stripe payment trigger".

Pipeline

Plan and orchestrate a full GTM pipeline — from discovery to enriched contact list. Determines which skills to run, in what order, based on client requirements and starting data.

Read `~/.claude/skills/gtm-pipeline/_shared/conventions.md` before executing.

When to Use

• Client needs a complete lead generation pipeline (not just one skill)
• You need to determine the right workflow based on what data exists
• Stripe payment trigger: execute full pipeline
• Any request that spans multiple GTM skills

Step 1 — Assess Starting Point

Ask: What data does the user have?

Step 2 — Determine Workflow

Company-First Workflow (Finite Markets)

When: Client provides a company list, known industry, or uses Sales Navigator. The market is bounded — you know (or can enumerate) the target companies.

Full sequence:

1. Company Search      → csv/input/companies_raw.csv
2. Company Enrichment  → csv/intermediate/companies_enriched.csv
3. ICP Scoring         → csv/intermediate/companies_scored.csv  (credit-saving gate: icp_score >= 70)
4. Signal Search       → csv/intermediate/signals.csv  (runs on gated set; doesn't read icp_score)
5. People Search       → csv/intermediate/contacts_found.csv
6. Contact Filter      → csv/intermediate/contacts_filtered.csv
7. People Enrichment   → csv/output/contacts_enriched.csv

The icp_score >= 70 gate at step 3 is for credit savings only — signal-search itself doesn't depend on the ICP score. Skip the gate if you want to score signals on the full enriched set.

Signal-First Workflow (Infinite Markets)

When: No company list — discover companies via buying intent signals. The market is unbounded — you find companies by their behavior.

Full sequence:

1. Signal-based Discovery  → companies found via signals (FindAll, Firecrawl Agent, LinkedIn Jobs)
                              writes csv/input/companies_raw.csv
2. Company Enrichment      → csv/intermediate/companies_enriched.csv
3. ICP Scoring             → csv/intermediate/companies_scored.csv  (optional gate)
4. People Search           → csv/intermediate/contacts_found.csv
5. Contact Filter          → csv/intermediate/contacts_filtered.csv
6. People Enrichment       → csv/output/contacts_enriched.csv

In Signal-First, signal-search runs on raw company names from the discovery channels (no enrichment needed yet). Company enrichment and ICP scoring happen after to filter the discovered set.

Shortcut Flows

Step 3 — Clarify Requirements

Before executing, confirm with the user:

ICP Definition

• Industry / vertical
• Target roles / job titles
• Company size (headcount range)
• Location / geography
• Revenue range (if relevant)
• Exclusions (e.g. no software companies, no enterprise)

Scope & Budget

• How many contacts needed? (10 for demo, 100+, 500+?)
• Credit budget constraints?
• Enrichment scope: email only? email + phone?
• Message generation needed?

Trigger Context

• Demo mode? (no phone, ~10 contacts)
• Stripe payment? (full pipeline, budget confirmed)
• Manual request? (flexible scope)

Save ICP to {client-slug}-gtm/context/icp.md.

Step 4 — Plan the Sequence

Based on workflow + starting point, build the execution plan:

1. List which skills run, in what order
2. Recommend providers at each step (with costs from skill docs)
3. Estimate total credits and cost across all steps
4. Identify per-client customizations needed:

• ICP Google Doc or context/icp.md (for ICP scoring in company-enrichment)
• context/offering.md + context/signal_criteria.md (for signal-search; see Step 6, no n8n edits needed)

1. Present plan for user approval before executing anything

Cost Estimation Template

## Pipeline Cost Estimate
 
### Step 1: Company Search
- Provider: [recommended]
- Records: ~{n}
- Est. cost: {credits} credits (~${cost})
 
### Step 2: Company Enrichment
- Provider: [recommended]
- Records: ~{n}
- Est. cost: {credits} credits (~${cost})
 
### Step 3: ICP Scoring
- Scoring: done by the agent (see Model Routing in conventions.md), no third-party LLM cost
- Records: ~{n}
 
### Step 4: Signal Search (companies with icp_score >= 70 if gating)
- Sources: [which of the 4 sources]
- Scoring: done by the agent (opus, see Model Routing in conventions.md)
- Records: ~{n} (est. {pct}% pass ICP gate, or full set if no gate)
- Est. cost: {credits} credits
 
### Step 5: People Search
- Provider: [recommended]
- Records: ~{n} contacts across ~{m} companies
- Est. cost: {credits} credits (~${cost})
 
### Step 6: Contact Filter
- No API cost — local classification only
- Records: ~{n} contacts in → ~{n_filtered} contacts out (est. {pct}% pass ICP filter)
- ICP dimensions: job tier, industry tier, location tier, company size
 
### Step 7: People Enrichment
- Email provider: [recommended]
- Phone provider: [recommended or "skip — demo mode"]
- Records: ~{n}
- Est. cost: {credits} credits (~${cost})
 
### Total
- Credits: ~{total_credits}
- Cost: ~${total_cost}

Step 5 — Execute and Chain

Invoke skills in order. After each step:

1. Review output quality — hit rates, data completeness, issues
2. Log to run_log.md — timestamp, provider, records, credits, duration
3. Log provider performance — to context/provider_performance.md
4. Chain output → input — each skill's output CSV becomes the next skill's input
5. Decide whether to proceed — if quality is poor, flag and discuss before continuing

Chaining Rules

After Each Step

Print the standardized Run Summary (from conventions.md) and ask:

• Results look good? Proceed to next step?
• Any issues to address first?
• Want to adjust providers or parameters?

Step 6 — Customize Per Client

ICP Scoring (company-enrichment Phase 2)

• Create/connect a Google Doc with the client's ICP definition
• Or write to context/icp.md and use that as the reference
• Adjust score threshold (default: >= 70) based on selectivity

Signal Assessment (signal-search — script-based)

Signal-search runs ~/.claude/skills/gtm-signal-search/signal_search.py. Universal templates (extraction prompts, scoring rubric, request shapes) are baked into the script. Client-specific prompts come from three context files:

• context/icp.md — ICP definition (typically written by gtm-setup)
• context/offering.md — what we sell, value props (used in the scoring prompt). If absent, the script falls back to context/profile.md.
• context/signal_criteria.md — what counts as a signal for this offering: an include list + a short "not a signal" exclude list (used in the web-search objective + both extraction prompts)

Before invoking signal-search:

1. Confirm all three files exist; collect any missing pieces from the user. If signal_criteria.md is thin, help the user construct it (include + exclude + tuning params like max-age and result count) — see the signal-search skill's Step 2 for the interview.
2. Pick which optional sources to enable (--firecrawl or --firecrawl-pages-dir, --parallel-enrichment) based on whether on-site content / structured fields matter for this client. Use --firecrawl-pages-dir (Firecrawl-via-MCP) when there is no FIRECRAWL_API_KEY in the env.

No n8n workflow edits are required for signal-search anymore — the script reads everything from context/ at runtime. Keys are injected via _shared/resolve_env.sh (resolves $GTM_ENV_PATH on any machine).

Working Directory

The pipeline creates and manages the full {client-slug}-gtm/ directory structure. The authoritative tree and file paths are defined in _shared/conventions.md (Working Directory section); the key handoff files are listed in the Chaining Rules table above.

Decision Logic Summary

IF demo mode:
  → Run demo skill directly
 
IF user has contacts CSV:
  → people-enrichment only
 
IF user has company list:
  → company-enrichment → (optional: signal-search) → people-search → contact-filter → people-enrichment
 
IF user has nothing (just ICP):
  → Ask: Company-First or Signal-First?
  → Company-First: company-search → company-enrichment → signal-search → people-search → contact-filter → people-enrichment
  → Signal-First: signal-search (discovery) → company-enrichment → people-search → contact-filter → people-enrichment
 
IF paid trigger (e.g. Stripe webhook):
  → Full pipeline based on workflow determination above

What's Missing (To Document)

• Payment trigger integration (e.g. Stripe webhook → pipeline invocation)
• Automated webhook integration for demo triggers
• Orchestration platform (e.g. n8n) integration for creating client-specific flow copies
• Pipeline recovery: resuming a partially completed pipeline from the last successful step
• Cost tracking dashboard / running totals across multiple pipeline runs

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Closing PS (append to delivery)

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