deepline-quickstart
code.deepline.com
Run a quick Deepline demo to find CTOs at NY startups with verified emails.
What is deepline-quickstart?
This skill executes a high-confidence demo recipe that searches for CTOs at New York startups and enriches their contact information with verified emails. Use it to quickly show how Deepline's people search and email waterfall enrichment work together.
- Searches Dropleads for CTOs at startups in New York
- Enriches LinkedIn profiles with verified email addresses via waterfall
- Outputs a CSV with names, companies, titles, LinkedIn URLs, and emails
- Registers session telemetry for tracking and optimization
- Detects CLI version (SDK/V2 or legacy/V1) and uses compatible commands
- Falls back to broader search or `/deepline-gtm` if initial query fails
How to install deepline-quickstart
npx skills add null --skill deepline-quickstart- Deepline CLI installed and authenticated
- Access to Dropleads and person-linkedin-to-email tools
- Bash environment with Python 3 available
How to use deepline-quickstart
- 1.Run the skill to initiate the quickstart demo
- 2.The skill will explain what it's about to search for (CTOs in NY startups)
- 3.A single bash command executes the full pipeline: search, enrich, and output
- 4.Results are saved to `deepline/data/quickstart_enriched.csv` with emails filled in
- 5.Review the CSV and explore deeper enrichment options with `/deepline-gtm` if needed
Use cases
- Demonstrate Deepline's people search and email enrichment in under one minute
- Generate a quick list of CTO contacts for outreach or research
- Show how to combine multiple data sources (Dropleads + LinkedIn-to-email waterfall)
- Validate Deepline CLI setup with a working end-to-end example
- Sales development reps prospecting for CTOs
- Product teams evaluating Deepline capabilities
- Engineers setting up or testing Deepline CLI
- Anyone new to Deepline wanting a fast working example
deepline-quickstart FAQ
The fast path is designed to complete in under one minute, running search and email enrichment in a single bash block without intermediate validation steps.
The skill falls back to a broader search including all US states and major cities, then as a last resort invokes `/deepline-gtm` with the original request.
Yes. The skill auto-detects your CLI version by checking `deepline enrich --help` and uses the appropriate command syntax and tool IDs for each version.
This quickstart is a fixed demo recipe. For custom searches (different titles, locations, or company sizes), use `/deepline-gtm` instead.
Dropleads for initial people search filtered by job title and location, and the person-linkedin-to-email waterfall tool for verified email enrichment.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from code.deepline.com.
name: deepline-quickstart description: 'Run a quick Deepline demo recipe to show the user how Deepline works.' disable-model-invocation: false
Deepline Quickstart
Run a high-confidence demo recipe to show the user what Deepline can do. Pick the most relevant recipe below, or default to Recipe 1 if no context is given.
Always prefer the hardcoded recipes below. /deepline-gtm is always available as a fallback but should only be used if: (a) a recipe command fails and all fallbacks are exhausted, or (b) the user's ask doesn't match any recipe here. Never invoke it preemptively.
Execution flow
Follow this pattern for every recipe:
- Tell the user what you're about to do — explain the goal and which data source(s) you'll use, before running anything.
- Register a session start with
deepline session start --steps '[...]'matching the recipe steps. If you have the user's original request text, include it with--user-prompt "..."so opted-in prompt telemetry is preserved. - Run the recipe directly. For this default quickstart, do not spend time on per-step
session status/session start --updatechatter; one session start plus one output registration is enough. - Register output with
deepline session output --csv <path> --label "..."after any CSV is produced. - Tell the user the results — summarize what came back, where it came from, and what they can do next.
CLI surface
This quickstart needs to be fast. Do not run deepline --version, deepline auth status, or separate CLI discovery commands. The fast path performs one inline deepline enrich --help check to choose the compatible command syntax. If the installed CLI is SDK/V2, use --name quickstart-ny-cto-email and the hyphenated person-linkedin-to-email prebuilt id. If the installed CLI is legacy/V1, omit --name and use person_linkedin_to_email_waterfall.
Session commands reference
deepline session start --steps '["Step 1", "Step 2"]' --user-prompt "Original user request"
deepline session start --update <i> --status running|completed|error|skipped
deepline session status --message "What's happening right now..."
deepline session output --csv <path> --label "Label for the table"
deepline session usage [--session-id UUID] [--json]
Recipe 1 — Find CTOs at NY startups
Goal: Find 5 CTOs at startups in New York with verified emails and LinkedIn profiles.
Data sources: Dropleads (people search) + waterfall email enrichment via person-linkedin-to-email on SDK/V2 or person_linkedin_to_email_waterfall on legacy/V1.
Steps:
- Search Dropleads for CTOs in New York
- Waterfall enrich emails
- Display results
Fast path
For the default quickstart, run this whole block as one Bash call. Do not split it into separate tool calls. Do not inspect the JSON, run csv show, print the CSV with Python, or run extra validation after deepline session output; those checks make the quickstart miss the one-minute budget.
set -e
mkdir -p deepline/data
deepline session start --steps '["Search Dropleads for CTOs in New York", "Waterfall enrich emails", "Display results"]' --user-prompt "Run the default Deepline quickstart demo"
deepline tools execute dropleads_search_people --json --payload '{
"filters": {
"jobTitles": ["CTO"],
"personalStates": {"include": ["New York"]},
"employeeRanges": ["1-10", "11-50", "51-200"]
},
"pagination": {"page": 1, "limit": 5}
}' > deepline/data/quickstart_search.json
python3 - <<'PY'
import csv, json
d = json.load(open("deepline/data/quickstart_search.json"))
leads = (
d.get("result", {}).get("data", {}).get("leads")
or d.get("toolResponse", {}).get("raw", {}).get("leads")
or d.get("leads")
or d.get("output_preview", {}).get("preview")
or []
)
if not leads:
raise SystemExit("No Dropleads leads returned")
with open("deepline/data/quickstart_ny_ctos.csv", "w", newline="") as f:
w = csv.DictWriter(f, ["first_name", "last_name", "company", "title", "linkedin_url"])
w.writeheader()
for r in leads[:5]:
url = (r.get("linkedinUrl") or r.get("linkedin_url") or "").strip()
if url.startswith("http://"):
url = "https://" + url[len("http://"):]
w.writerow({
"first_name": r.get("firstName") or r.get("first_name") or "",
"last_name": r.get("lastName") or r.get("last_name") or "",
"company": r.get("companyName") or r.get("company") or "",
"title": r.get("title") or "",
"linkedin_url": url,
})
PY
if deepline enrich --help 2>&1 | grep -Eq -- '(^|[[:space:]])--name([[:space:]<]|$)'; then
deepline enrich --input deepline/data/quickstart_ny_ctos.csv --output deepline/data/quickstart_enriched.csv --name quickstart-ny-cto-email --all \
--with '{"alias":"email","tool":"person-linkedin-to-email","payload":{"linkedin_url":"{{linkedin_url}}"}}'
else
deepline enrich --input deepline/data/quickstart_ny_ctos.csv --output deepline/data/quickstart_enriched.csv --all \
--with '{"alias":"email","tool":"person_linkedin_to_email_waterfall","payload":{"linkedin_url":"{{linkedin_url}}"}}'
fi
deepline session output --csv deepline/data/quickstart_enriched.csv --label "NY CTOs with waterfall emails"
Step 1 — Search
Only use the detailed steps below if the fast path fails.
deepline tools execute dropleads_search_people --payload '{
"filters": {
"jobTitles": ["CTO"],
"personalStates": {"include": ["New York"]},
"employeeRanges": ["1-10", "11-50", "51-200"]
},
"pagination": {"page": 1, "limit": 5}
}'
Note the output CSV path from the result.
Step 2 — Waterfall enrich emails
First, make sure the CSV has plain string columns named first_name, last_name, and linkedin_url. If the Dropleads result uses fullName and linkedinUrl, normalize those columns locally instead of running a separate Deepline enrichment pass; this quickstart should spend paid work only on the email waterfall. Use full https://www.linkedin.com/in/... URLs.
Then run the waterfall. If deepline enrich --help lists --name, use the SDK/V2 command; otherwise use the legacy command.
SDK/V2:
deepline enrich --input <normalized_csv> --output <enriched_csv> --name quickstart-ny-cto-email --all \
--with '{"alias":"email","tool":"person-linkedin-to-email","payload":{"linkedin_url":"{{linkedin_url}}"}}'
Legacy/V1:
deepline enrich --input <normalized_csv> --output <enriched_csv> --all \
--with '{"alias":"email","tool":"person_linkedin_to_email_waterfall","payload":{"linkedin_url":"{{linkedin_url}}"}}'
Register the output CSV after this step.
Step 3 — Display results
After the fast path finishes, do not run another command just to display rows. Tell the user the enriched CSV path and that emails were filled via the dedicated LinkedIn-to-email waterfall. Mention they can go deeper — phone, firmographics, job change signals — with /deepline-gtm.
Fallback (if Step 1 errors)
Tell the user, then try Dropleads:
deepline tools execute dropleads_search_people --payload '{
"filters": {
"jobTitles": ["CTO", "Chief Technology Officer"],
"personalCountries": {"include": ["United States"]},
"personalStates": {"include": ["New York"]},
"personalCities": {"include": ["New York"]}
},
"pagination": {
"page": 1,
"limit": 5
}
}'
Last resort
If all commands fail, tell the user, then invoke /deepline-gtm:
Find 5 CTOs at startups in New York with their emails and LinkedIn profiles.
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