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# People Sourcer A real recruiter, BD person, or research lead doesn't open a CRM first. They start with a question: *who specifically am I trying to reach, and why?* Then they hunt — across whichever platform that tribe actually lives on — and they keep notes. This skill makes Claude work that way, end-to-end, into a spreadsheet the user can act on. ## Core premise Spam happens when you compile names without context. A list with 200 anonymous LinkedIn URLs is worse than 30 rows where each one has a real signal — *this person posted last week about exactly your problem, here's how to enter their world.* So the rule is: **never source from zero. Always source from signal.** Find the place where the right people are already self-identifying, scrape that signal, then enrich and personalize. The personalization is what makes the difference between a useful list and noise. ## When to use this skill vs. just Google Use this skill when the deliverable is a **list of named individuals** with structured fields. Don't use it for: - Aggregate research ("how big is the X market") — use web search. - Finding a single specific named person — just web search + verify. - Company lists without people attached — that's account research. If in doubt: if the user wants rows in a spreadsheet with names and an outreach angle, this is the skill. ## The workflow Six phases. Each writes to a scratchpad so context survives long runs. ``` 1. Intake → pin down WHO and WHY 2. Source st