cold-outreach SKILL.md skillA

cold-outreach from the-utopia-studio/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add the-utopia-studio/skills/cold-outreach@git:20260806.73fec06

Pins git:20260806.73fec06 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
the-utopia-studio/skills
Path
plugins/utopia-gtm/skills/cold-outreach/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
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Latest version
git:20260806.73fec06, committed Aug 6, 2026
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1,992 bytes
Repository stars
7
License
Apache-2.0

Master cold email, LinkedIn, and first-touch prospect outreach. Use when crafting outbound sequences, social touches, or follow-ups that must earn fast responses.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Cold Outreach Mastery

## When to Use

- Building outbound sequences for new personas or segments
- Personalizing cold email / LinkedIn outreach at scale
- Diagnosing low open or reply rates in existing sequences
- Designing follow-up cadences for SDR/XDR or founder-led sales

## Framework
1. **Core Principles** – pattern interruption, value before ask, authentic personalization, mobile-first formatting, single CTA.
2. **SPARK Flow** – Subject hook → Personalized opening → Agitate problem → Relevant value → Kick-off CTA.
3. **Channel Mix** – email templates + LinkedIn touches + call follow-ups working together.
4. **Cadence Design** – 3-touch follow-up over 14 days with new insights each step.
5. **Experimentation** – test subject/openers/value props/CTAs/send times; watch ≥30% opens, ≥10% replies.

## Templates
- Subject line bank ("Quick question about [initiative]", "Noticed you're hiring [role]", etc.)
- Email templates (Observation & Insight, Problem/Solution, Referral) plus LinkedIn connection + post-accept scripts.
- Personalization trigger sheet (company + individual signals) and follow-up schedule checklist.
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add the-utopia-studio/skills/cold-outreach@sha256:b9fe3a6bf5c46b1e

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260806.73fec06, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 6, 2026.

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  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1992 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
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  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

the-utopia-studio/skills · 7 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4ctqcqt7uuhwf43y
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=the-utopia-studio/skills/cold-outreach
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b9fe3a6bf5c46b1e51c6cc035ea7d757df09ca807eb7b148f2d69e33a1350af3

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