openclaw-email-lead-generation_skill

Overview

This skill is the OpenClaw Email Lead Generation system that runs outreach, scoring, and pipeline tracking conversationally. It guides you through a secure, tiered setup, builds templates from a voice interview, and can scale from manual sends to cron-driven automation. Version 1.0.1 adds timezone handling, per-domain limits, warmup controls, unsubscribe compliance, and audit logging.

How this skill works

The agent uses a helper script to enforce all file operations and input validation inside ~/workspace/leadgen, preventing path traversal and malformed input. You run a guided setup that creates a config, writes templates and sequences via temporary JSON files validated by the helper, and then add or update leads, score them, and run email sequences. Cron automation is opt-in (Tier 3); sends, replies, and status changes are recorded in an audit log and inbound HTML is stripped for safety.

When to use it

• You need a secure, auditable outreach system that keeps all files in a single workspace.
• You want to create custom email sequences from a guided voice interview (Template Forge).
• You want staged adoption: manual pipeline tracking now, automated sending later.
• You need per-domain rate limiting, warmup scheduling, and unsubscribe compliance.
• You want conversational control: add leads, run sequences, and get morning briefings by chat.

Best practices

• Always approve drafts before sending; auto-send must be enabled explicitly.
• Use the helper script for every file operation to enforce sanitization and validation.
• Keep sensitive credentials in environment variables; never paste passwords into config.
• Respect configured daily/hourly and per-domain limits to avoid deliverability issues.
• Run the Post-Install Check first to detect existing workspaces or AI Persona OS integration.

Example use cases

• A founder builds a Tier 1 pipeline, imports 200 prospects, and triages by score before outreach.
• A sales rep uses Template Forge to generate a 4-step cold email sequence tailored to their voice.
• A small team enables Tier 3 cron jobs for daily morning checks and automated follow-ups while asleep.
• A compliance-focused team enforces unsubscribe handling and audit logging for all sends and replies.
• An operator runs warmup schedules for a new SMTP account to gradually increase daily volume.