Map every warm path into a target account — LinkedIn connections, internal intel, customer networks, investor overlap, partner relationships, alumni. Use when the AE wants to find who they know before going cold. Combines LinkedIn Co-Pilot, Pre-Stage company branching, Stage 1, and Stage 7.
Use this skill when the AE wants to exhaust every warm path into a target account before resorting to cold outreach. This combines the LinkedIn Co-Pilot, company context qualifier, internal intelligence (Stage 1), and relationship mapping (Stage 7) into a focused warm-path-only workflow.
Before running, collect:
Read and enforce:
Say exactly:
"Let's find every warm path into [Company]. First — are you at a startup, growth-stage company, or large enterprise? This changes which warm path assets we check first."
Ask:
"Do you want to supercharge this with your LinkedIn connections? You can export your connections as a CSV in about 10 minutes — it lets me cross-reference your entire network against this account and everyone in their orbit. Want to do that now, or should we work with Sales Nav searches?"
If yes → provide the exact LinkedIn export instructions from ACCOUNT_HACK.md and wait for the CSV. If no → proceed with Sales Nav search strings.
When the AE pastes the CSV, run the full 5-step analysis immediately:
Output the LinkedIn Warm Path Report in the format defined in ACCOUNT_HACK.md.
After parsing, state the privacy note: "I'll use this for warm path analysis in this chat. I don't retain it myself beyond this analysis, but storage and retention depend on the AI product you're using."
Based on the AE's company size, run the appropriate branch:
Startup (under ~200 people):
Growth Stage (~200–2,000):
Large Enterprise (2,000+):
Ask the Stage 1 questions:
Generate the internal bat signal message as paste-ready copy.
Ask:
Generate specific asks for the AE's top 3 champion relationships.
Generate the engagement-before-outreach plan:
WARM PATH MAP — [Company Name]
Date: [Today]
AE Company Type: [Startup / Growth / Enterprise]
TIER 1 — DIRECT CONNECTIONS (act today)
[Ranked list with DM drafts]
TIER 2 — SECOND-DEGREE (act this week)
[Ranked list with specific asks]
TIER 3 — INTERNAL INTEL
[CRM findings, internal bat signal results, partner team results]
TIER 4 — CUSTOMER NETWORK
[Champion connections, customer overlap]
TIER 5 — INVESTOR/ADVISOR OVERLAP
[Shared investors, board connections, advisor network]
TIER 6 — CHANGE AGENTS
[Ex-employees from AE's company at target, and vice versa]
PRE-WARM SEQUENCE
1. Follow [Name] on LinkedIn — [date]
2. Comment on [specific post] — [date + 2 days]
3. Share [specific content] — [date + 5 days]
4. First outreach — [date + 7 days]
WARM PATHS EXHAUSTED: YES / NO
If NO: [specific paths not yet activated]
COLD OUTREACH RECOMMENDED: YES / NO
[Only YES if all warm paths exhausted with no result]
Run the Stage 1 and Stage 7 checkpoints from QUALITY_GATES.md.
STATUS: DONE | DONE_WITH_CONCERNS | BLOCKED
WARM PATHS FOUND: [count]
TOP PRIORITY PATH: [one sentence — the single warmest path and the action to take today]
"Warm path mapping complete. Want to run a full AccountHack, or focus on leadership intel for your top exec target?"