{"name":"Autumn research prompt library","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library","tested":"October 2026","updated":"2026-10-30","usage":"Send `prompt` as the prompt to POST https://api.autumn.ai/task, or replace each {slot} in `task` and append the rules and columns as in `prompt`.","jobs":[{"key":"sales","label":"Sales","blurb":"Inbound, accounts, buyers and timing"},{"key":"market","label":"Founders and market","blurb":"Competitors, new companies, lookalikes"},{"key":"people","label":"Recruiting and experts","blurb":"People who don't show up in the usual searches"},{"key":"investors","label":"Investors","blurb":"Who is building, who is funding, who just left"},{"key":"risk","label":"Risk and KYC","blurb":"Check that a company is what it says"}],"prompts":[{"slug":"person-profile","title":"Profile a person","kind":"one-line","jobs":["sales","people","investors"],"use_when":"You know who it is and want everything public about them in one record.","looks_in":["LinkedIn","Personal sites","Talks and podcasts","Press"],"task":"Profile: {who}","slots":[{"key":"who","label":"Person","example":"Karri Saarinen, Linear"}],"rules":[],"columns":[],"prompt":"Profile: Karri Saarinen, Linear","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#person-profile"},{"slug":"company-profile","title":"Profile a company","kind":"one-line","jobs":["sales","market","investors"],"use_when":"Before a call, a deal or a partnership: one record with the company's people, money, product and news.","looks_in":["Company site","Funding announcements","Press","Job posts"],"task":"Profile: {company}","slots":[{"key":"company","label":"Company","example":"Linear (linear.app)"}],"rules":[],"columns":[],"prompt":"Profile: Linear (linear.app)","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#company-profile"},{"slug":"account-research","title":"Research an account from its domain","kind":"one-line","jobs":["sales"],"use_when":"A signup or a target account where all you have is the domain.","looks_in":["Company site","Funding announcements","Press","Job posts"],"task":"Account: {domain}","slots":[{"key":"domain","label":"Domain","example":"ramp.com"}],"rules":[],"columns":[],"prompt":"Account: ramp.com","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#account-research"},{"slug":"tech-stack","title":"Find a company's tech stack","kind":"one-line","jobs":["sales","market"],"use_when":"You sell to teams that run a given tool, or you need to know what a company already pays for.","looks_in":["DNS records","Subprocessor lists","Job posts","Site code"],"task":"Tech stack: {domain}","slots":[{"key":"domain","label":"Domain","example":"ramp.com"}],"rules":[],"columns":[],"prompt":"Tech stack: ramp.com","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#tech-stack"},{"slug":"org-chart","title":"Map who reports to whom","kind":"one-line","jobs":["sales","people"],"use_when":"You need the real buying path or a team's structure, not a flat list of titles.","looks_in":["LinkedIn","Team pages","Press"],"task":"Org chart: {company}","slots":[{"key":"company","label":"Company","example":"Ramp (ramp.com)"}],"rules":[],"columns":[],"prompt":"Org chart: Ramp (ramp.com)","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#org-chart"},{"slug":"inbound-signups","title":"Research inbound signups","kind":"rules","jobs":["sales"],"use_when":"New signups arrive as bare emails and you want to know who they are before you reply.","looks_in":["Company sites","LinkedIn","GitHub","Press"],"task":"Research these inbound signups. For each email, identify the person and their current company. Keep exactly one row per input, in this order, and never merge or drop rows:\n{emails}","slots":[{"key":"emails","label":"Signup emails, one per line","example":"jane@company.com\nsam.lee92@gmail.com\nalex@startup.io"}],"rules":["Identify the person only from public evidence that ties this email, or the name and company it implies, to them (company site, LinkedIn, GitHub, personal site, press).","For a work email, confirm they work at that domain's company today.","Keep job_title verbatim from their current profile. company_domain is the employer's root domain.","Never guess a LinkedIn URL or a name. Leave a cell blank rather than guess."],"columns":["input_email","name","job_title","company","company_domain","company_headcount","company_stage","linkedin_url","location","why_it_matters","source_urls"],"prompt":"Research these inbound signups. For each email, identify the person and their current company. Keep exactly one row per input, in this order, and never merge or drop rows:\njane@company.com\nsam.lee92@gmail.com\nalex@startup.io\n\nRules:\n- Identify the person only from public evidence that ties this email, or the name and company it implies, to them (company site, LinkedIn, GitHub, personal site, press).\n- For a work email, confirm they work at that domain's company today.\n- Keep job_title verbatim from their current profile. company_domain is the employer's root domain.\n- Never guess a LinkedIn URL or a name. Leave a cell blank rather than guess.\n\nColumns: input_email, name, job_title, company, company_domain, company_headcount, company_stage, linkedin_url, location, why_it_matters, source_urls.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#inbound-signups"},{"slug":"work-email","title":"Find work emails without guessing","kind":"rules","jobs":["sales"],"use_when":"You need a work email you can defend, and a bounce or a wrong person costs more than a blank.","looks_in":["Company sites","Press releases","GitHub commits","Talk pages"],"task":"Find the work email for each of these people. Keep exactly one row per person, in this order:\n{people}","slots":[{"key":"people","label":"People, one per line","example":"1. Karri Saarinen, Linear (linear.app)\n2. Zach Lloyd, Warp (warp.dev)\n3. 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Amjad Masad, Replit (replit.com)\n\nRules:\n- Return an email only when (a) a public source shows this exact address (company site, press release, personal site, GitHub commit, talk or conference page), or (b) the company's email pattern is confirmed by a public address of another employee at the same domain, cited.\n- Label how you know: email_basis is \"published\", \"pattern-confirmed\" or \"not found\".\n- Never return an unconfirmed guess. Leave work_email blank instead.\n- Confirm the person still works at that company today; if they don't, say where they are now in notes.\n\nColumns: name, company, work_email, email_basis, evidence_url, notes.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#work-email"},{"slug":"buying-committee","title":"Find the buying committee at an account","kind":"rules","jobs":["sales"],"use_when":"You are working one account and need everyone who will weigh in, not just the top title.","looks_in":["LinkedIn","Company site","Talks and posts"],"task":"Buying committee: who at {company} would evaluate and approve buying {product}? Find the current people in {teams}.","slots":[{"key":"company","label":"Account","example":"Notion (notion.so)"},{"key":"product","label":"What you sell","example":"a sales prospecting and data enrichment tool"},{"key":"teams","label":"Teams","example":"sales leadership, revenue operations, sales operations / GTM engineering, and growth"}],"rules":["Each person currently holds the role today, shown by a public source dated in the last 12 months.","No former employees. Leave a person out rather than guess."],"columns":["name","title","team","seniority","linkedin_url","likely_role_in_purchase","evidence_url"],"prompt":"Buying committee: who at Notion (notion.so) would evaluate and approve buying a sales prospecting and data enrichment tool? Find the current people in sales leadership, revenue operations, sales operations / GTM engineering, and growth.\n\nRules:\n- Each person currently holds the role today, shown by a public source dated in the last 12 months.\n- No former employees. Leave a person out rather than guess.\n\nColumns: name, title, team, seniority, linkedin_url, likely_role_in_purchase, evidence_url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#buying-committee"},{"slug":"hiring-signals","title":"Find companies hiring for a role","kind":"rules","jobs":["sales","market"],"use_when":"A new hire for a specific role means a team is about to buy, build or change something you care about.","looks_in":["Careers pages","Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby"],"task":"Find {count} B2B software companies with {size} employees that posted a job for {roles} in the last {days} days.","slots":[{"key":"count","label":"How many","example":"20"},{"key":"size","label":"Company size","example":"50 to 500"},{"key":"roles","label":"Roles","example":"a GTM engineer, RevOps engineer or growth engineer"},{"key":"days","label":"Days","example":"30"}],"rules":["The job post is on the company's own careers page or ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable), dated within the window, and still open; cite it.","Exclude staffing agencies and recruiters."],"columns":["company","domain","headcount","job_title","posted_date","job_url","hiring_manager_if_named","why_it_matters"],"prompt":"Find 20 B2B software companies with 50 to 500 employees that posted a job for a GTM engineer, RevOps engineer or growth engineer in the last 30 days.\n\nRules:\n- The job post is on the company's own careers page or ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable), dated within the window, and still open; cite it.\n- Exclude staffing agencies and recruiters.\n\nColumns: company, domain, headcount, job_title, posted_date, job_url, hiring_manager_if_named, why_it_matters.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#hiring-signals"},{"slug":"leader-change","title":"Check for leadership changes at your accounts","kind":"rules","jobs":["sales"],"use_when":"A new leader in the seat you sell to is the best reason to reach out, and the worst one to miss.","looks_in":["Company posts","LinkedIn","Press"],"task":"Executive change check. For each account, tell me who holds the {role} role today, whether the same person held it six months ago, and if not, who they replaced and when. Keep one row per account, in this order:\n{accounts}","slots":[{"key":"role","label":"Role","example":"CTO (or the most senior engineering leader if there is no CTO)"},{"key":"accounts","label":"Accounts, one per line","example":"linear.app\nvercel.com\nnotion.so\nfigma.com"}],"rules":["Current holder confirmed by a source dated in the last 12 months.","Any change backed by an announcement or a dated profile change.","Leave a cell blank rather than guess."],"columns":["account","current_leader","current_title","in_role_since","changed_in_last_6_months","previous_leader","change_evidence_url","linkedin_url"],"prompt":"Executive change check. For each account, tell me who holds the CTO (or the most senior engineering leader if there is no CTO) role today, whether the same person held it six months ago, and if not, who they replaced and when. Keep one row per account, in this order:\nlinear.app\nvercel.com\nnotion.so\nfigma.com\n\nRules:\n- Current holder confirmed by a source dated in the last 12 months.\n- Any change backed by an announcement or a dated profile change.\n- Leave a cell blank rather than guess.\n\nColumns: account, current_leader, current_title, in_role_since, changed_in_last_6_months, previous_leader, change_evidence_url, linkedin_url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#leader-change"},{"slug":"competitor-tracking","title":"Track everything a competitor publishes","kind":"rules","jobs":["market"],"use_when":"You want one dated list of a competitor's launches, posts and events instead of checking five channels.","looks_in":["Blog and changelog","LinkedIn","X","Webinars"],"task":"Track everything {company} published in the last {days} days: blog posts, changelog entries, product launches, case studies, webinars and posts from the company's LinkedIn and X accounts.","slots":[{"key":"company","label":"Competitor","example":"Clay (clay.com)"},{"key":"days","label":"Days","example":"30"}],"rules":["One row per item, dated inside the window, with a direct link.","Skip reposts and job posts."],"columns":["date","channel","title","type","one_line_summary","url"],"prompt":"Track everything Clay (clay.com) published in the last 30 days: blog posts, changelog entries, product launches, case studies, webinars and posts from the company's LinkedIn and X accounts.\n\nRules:\n- One row per item, dated inside the window, with a direct link.\n- Skip reposts and job posts.\n\nColumns: date, channel, title, type, one_line_summary, url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#competitor-tracking"},{"slug":"new-delaware-companies","title":"Find startups the week they incorporate","kind":"rules","jobs":["market","investors","sales"],"use_when":"You want new companies before they announce: founders to back, hire or sell to first.","looks_in":["Delaware registry","Company sites","LinkedIn"],"task":"Find {count} companies incorporated in Delaware between {from} and {to} that look like {kind}. For each one, resolve the company behind the filing: its live website or domain, what it does in one sentence, and its founders with their LinkedIn URLs and previous employer.","slots":[{"key":"count","label":"How many","example":"15"},{"key":"from","label":"From","example":"2026-10-16"},{"key":"to","label":"To","example":"2026-10-30"},{"key":"kind","label":"What kind","example":"software or AI startups"}],"rules":["The entity appears in the Delaware registry with an incorporation date inside the window; cite the registry or a filing source.","Only list a founder when a public source ties that person to this specific company.","Leave a cell blank rather than guess. A shorter verified list beats a padded one."],"columns":["entity_name","file_number","incorporation_date","domain","one_line_description","founders","founder_linkedin_urls","founder_previous_employers","source_urls"],"prompt":"Find 15 companies incorporated in Delaware between 2026-10-16 and 2026-10-30 that look like software or AI startups. For each one, resolve the company behind the filing: its live website or domain, what it does in one sentence, and its founders with their LinkedIn URLs and previous employer.\n\nRules:\n- The entity appears in the Delaware registry with an incorporation date inside the window; cite the registry or a filing source.\n- Only list a founder when a public source ties that person to this specific company.\n- Leave a cell blank rather than guess. A shorter verified list beats a padded one.\n\nColumns: entity_name, file_number, incorporation_date, domain, one_line_description, founders, founder_linkedin_urls, founder_previous_employers, source_urls.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#new-delaware-companies"},{"slug":"lookalikes","title":"Find lookalikes of a company","kind":"rules","jobs":["market","sales","investors"],"use_when":"You have one great customer, competitor or portfolio company and want more like it.","looks_in":["Company sites","Funding announcements","Press"],"task":"Lookalikes: find {count} companies most similar to {company}.\n\nFirst, write down what defines {company} from its own site: who buys it, how it sells (self-serve, free tier, sales-assisted), its product category and its stage. Then find companies that match on at least three of those, {filters}.","slots":[{"key":"count","label":"How many","example":"15"},{"key":"company","label":"Company","example":"Linear (linear.app)"},{"key":"filters","label":"Filters","example":"founded after 2018, 30 to 500 employees"}],"rules":["similarity_reason names the specific shared traits for that company with a fact from its own site or press, never a generic sentence reused across rows.","Cite source_url for every row.","Exclude the company itself and companies over 1,000 employees."],"columns":["company","domain","one_line_description","founded","headcount","last_funding_round","shared_traits","similarity_reason","source_url"],"prompt":"Lookalikes: find 15 companies most similar to Linear (linear.app).\n\nFirst, write down what defines Linear (linear.app) from its own site: who buys it, how it sells (self-serve, free tier, sales-assisted), its product category and its stage. Then find companies that match on at least three of those, founded after 2018, 30 to 500 employees.\n\nRules:\n- similarity_reason names the specific shared traits for that company with a fact from its own site or press, never a generic sentence reused across rows.\n- Cite source_url for every row.\n- Exclude the company itself and companies over 1,000 employees.\n\nColumns: company, domain, one_line_description, founded, headcount, last_funding_round, shared_traits, similarity_reason, source_url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#lookalikes"},{"slug":"market-map","title":"Map a market","kind":"rules","jobs":["market","investors"],"use_when":"You need every company in a category with who funds them, in one table you can sort.","looks_in":["Company sites","Funding announcements","Filings"],"task":"Market map: find every company building {category}.","slots":[{"key":"category","label":"Category","example":"observability, evaluation or monitoring tooling for AI agents and LLM applications"}],"rules":["The company's own site shows a live product for this use (not a services firm or a feature inside a broad suite); cite it.","Include funding only from an announcement or filing."],"columns":["company","domain","one_line_description","segment","founded","founders","total_raised","last_round","lead_investors","latest_announcement","source_url"],"prompt":"Market map: find every company building observability, evaluation or monitoring tooling for AI agents and LLM applications.\n\nRules:\n- The company's own site shows a live product for this use (not a services firm or a feature inside a broad suite); cite it.\n- Include funding only from an announcement or filing.\n\nColumns: company, domain, one_line_description, segment, founded, founders, total_raised, last_round, lead_investors, latest_announcement, source_url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#market-map"},{"slug":"students-building","title":"Find students building in public","kind":"rules","jobs":["people","investors"],"use_when":"You want builders before they start a company or show up in recruiting searches.","looks_in":["GitHub","Hackathon results","Papers","University pages"],"task":"Find {count} university students (undergraduate or graduate, 18 or older) who are building notable {field} projects in public but have not started a funded company yet.","slots":[{"key":"count","label":"How many","example":"15"},{"key":"field","label":"Field","example":"software or AI"}],"rules":["Show the project with a link (GitHub repo, launched product, paper or demo) and a traction signal (stars, users, citations, press or a hackathon win).","Confirm they are currently a student.","Exclude anyone whose company has raised money."],"columns":["name","university","program_and_year","project","project_url","traction_signal","github_url","x_or_linkedin_url","source_url"],"prompt":"Find 15 university students (undergraduate or graduate, 18 or older) who are building notable software or AI projects in public but have not started a funded company yet.\n\nRules:\n- Show the project with a link (GitHub repo, launched product, paper or demo) and a traction signal (stars, users, citations, press or a hackathon win).\n- Confirm they are currently a student.\n- Exclude anyone whose company has raised money.\n\nColumns: name, university, program_and_year, project, project_url, traction_signal, github_url, x_or_linkedin_url, source_url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#students-building"},{"slug":"expert-sourcing","title":"Find experts who have done the job","kind":"rules","jobs":["people"],"use_when":"You need people for expert calls or advisory roles who have actually run the thing, not just written about it.","looks_in":["LinkedIn","Talks and podcasts","Blog posts"],"task":"Find {count} people who ran {domain} at {scale}, are no longer in that role, and have written or spoken publicly about it.","slots":[{"key":"count","label":"How 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past_company, years_in_role, current_role, current_company, public_work_title, public_work_url, linkedin_url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#expert-sourcing"},{"slug":"lab-departures","title":"Spot people leaving to start companies","kind":"rules","jobs":["investors","people"],"use_when":"You want to meet founders in the weeks after they leave, before the round is announced.","looks_in":["LinkedIn","X","Personal sites","Incorporations"],"task":"Find people who left {companies} in the last {days} days and show signs of starting a company.","slots":[{"key":"companies","label":"Companies","example":"OpenAI, Anthropic or Google DeepMind"},{"key":"days","label":"Days","example":"90"}],"rules":["A dated public source (LinkedIn, X, personal site, press) shows they left within the window.","At least one founding signal, cited: a new company or domain, an incorporation, a profile change to \"stealth\" or \"founder\", a funding announcement, or a co-founder pairing.","Exclude people who simply joined another existing company."],"columns":["name","left_company","role_there","left_date","founding_signal","new_company_or_stealth","co_founders","linkedin_url","evidence_url"],"prompt":"Find people who left OpenAI, Anthropic or Google DeepMind in the last 90 days and show signs of starting a company.\n\nRules:\n- A dated public source (LinkedIn, X, personal site, press) shows they left within the window.\n- At least one founding signal, cited: a new company or domain, an incorporation, a profile change to \"stealth\" or \"founder\", a funding announcement, or a co-founder pairing.\n- Exclude people who simply joined another existing company.\n\nColumns: name, left_company, role_there, left_date, founding_signal, new_company_or_stealth, co_founders, linkedin_url, evidence_url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#lab-departures"},{"slug":"lead-investors","title":"Rank who leads rounds in a category","kind":"rules","jobs":["investors","market"],"use_when":"You're raising, or tracking competition for deals, and need who actually leads, not who participates.","looks_in":["Funding announcements","Filings","Company posts"],"task":"List the investors who led the most {rounds} in {category} companies in the last {months} months.","slots":[{"key":"rounds","label":"Rounds","example":"seed or Series A rounds"},{"key":"category","label":"Category","example":"developer infrastructure and developer tools"},{"key":"months","label":"Months","example":"12"}],"rules":["Count only rounds where the investor is named as lead in the announcement, a filing or the company's own post; cite each round.","Rank investors by number of led rounds."],"columns":["investor","led_rounds_count","companies_led","notable_co_investors","partner_who_led_if_named","source_urls"],"prompt":"List the investors who led the most seed or Series A rounds in developer infrastructure and developer tools companies in the last 12 months.\n\nRules:\n- Count only rounds where the investor is named as lead in the announcement, a filing or the company's own post; cite each round.\n- Rank investors by number of led rounds.\n\nColumns: investor, led_rounds_count, companies_led, notable_co_investors, partner_who_led_if_named, source_urls.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#lead-investors"},{"slug":"verify-business","title":"Verify a business","kind":"rules","jobs":["risk","sales"],"use_when":"Onboarding a merchant, vendor or customer and you need each claim checked against a source.","looks_in":["State registries","Domain records","Company site","Founder profiles"],"task":"Verify this business: {business}.\n\nCheck each item against a public source and say whether it lines up: incorporation (state, date, entity type), registered agent, the people listed as founders or officers and whether their public profiles support those roles, operating address, domain registration date and age, whether the website describes a real product, and any public funding or press. Flag anything that does not line up or cannot be confirmed.","slots":[{"key":"business","label":"Business","example":"Example Labs, Inc. (examplelabs.ai), Delaware file number 1234567"}],"rules":["One row per check; status is \"confirmed\", \"mismatch\" or \"not found\".","Never mark a check confirmed without a source."],"columns":["check","finding","status","evidence_url"],"prompt":"Verify this business: Example Labs, Inc. (examplelabs.ai), Delaware file number 1234567.\n\nCheck each item against a public source and say whether it lines up: incorporation (state, date, entity type), registered agent, the people listed as founders or officers and whether their public profiles support those roles, operating address, domain registration date and age, whether the website describes a real product, and any public funding or press. Flag anything that does not line up or cannot be confirmed.\n\nRules:\n- One row per check; status is \"confirmed\", \"mismatch\" or \"not found\".\n- Never mark a check confirmed without a source.\n\nColumns: check, finding, status, evidence_url.","url":"https://www.autumn.ai/resources/prompt-library#verify-business"}]}