Use Operator to research one sales lead at a time
A tester used Operator to gather sales-prospect details from public sources, but it needed repeated guidance after a CAPTCHA and only handled one lead at a time.
- What they did
- The testers asked Operator to investigate a company for a sales call and told it where to look: the company website, LinkedIn, Crunchbase, review sites, press releases, and SEC filings. It opened several tabs and spent about 15 minutes collecting information. When a CAPTCHA appeared, the testers stepped in, then gave the task back to Operator.
- How it went
- After control returned, Operator drifted into broad company summaries instead of producing qualified leads. The testers had to restate the source, the specific detail to find, and which companies had already been covered each time. It was usable for one prospect at a time, but not for batch prospecting.
- Tips
- Plan on supervising the handoff if a CAPTCHA appears. This works better when you re-state the exact source and target for each company, and it is too slow for unattended bulk lead research.
Try it yourself with Operator
Help me research [number] sales leads that fit this profile: [industry], [company size], [region], and [job titles]. For each lead, find the company name, one contact name and title, why they match, and a source link from public sources such as the company site, LinkedIn, Crunchbase, review sites, press releases, or SEC filings. Work on one company at a time. If you run into a CAPTCHA, stop and ask me to solve it, then wait for my approval before continuing. Do not contact anyone, do not submit anything, and before any action that would send, delete, or submit information, pause and ask for my confirmation. Finish with a table of the qualified leads.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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