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Workshop prompts
Becoming AI-Native · ISB

Find your next
20 customers.

One job — getting ready for a sales call and reaching out — climbed across the stages of AI. Tap Copy, drop in your details, paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

First, decide three things

What you sell · who buys it · the problems you solve. Every prompt has [bracketed] spots — fill them with these.

0 · Manual 1 · Assistant 2 · Agent 3 · Co-worker 4 · Autonomous
Stage 0 · Manual

You research. AI just writes the email.

The way most people use AI today: you do the digging by hand, then ask AI to write the note. It works — but the AI knows nothing about them, so the email stays generic.

Intro email prompt
You're my B2B sales assistant. I sell [product] to [who].
I researched [person] at [company] by hand — here's what I found:
[paste your notes]
Write a short, warm intro email: 3 sentences, one clear reason to talk, a soft ask for 15 minutes. No fluff.
Stage 1 · Assistant

Hand over the research

Now let AI do the research too. Fill in your product, persona and problems once at the top — that context is what makes the note sharp.

Research-note prompt
You're a B2B sales researcher. I work at [my company].

Here's what I sell:
[one or two lines]

My customer persona:
[who you sell to]

Their problems:
[the pains you solve]

I'm getting on a call with [person] at [company]. Give me a detailed research note:
 - what the company actually does
 - the likely pain my product removes
 - one specific reason this person would care
 - what they use today, and why mine is better
Flag anything you're guessing.
Stage 2 · Agent

Same prompt. Turn on search.

Identical prompt — but switch web search on and ask for sources. Now it has hands: real news, real signals, links you can check. Stale guesses become grounded facts.

Research-note + web search
Use web search, and cite a source for every fact.
You're a B2B sales researcher. I work at [my company].

Here's what I sell:
[one or two lines]

My customer persona:
[who you sell to]

Their problems:
[the pains you solve]

Research [person] at [company] and give me a detailed note:
 - what they do, and a recent signal — news, funding, or hiring
 - the likely pain my product removes, and why this person would care
 - what they use today, and why mine is better
If you can't verify something, say so — don't guess.
Open one cited source and check it before you trust a single number.
Stage 3 · Co-worker

Turn it into a skill

Stop re-typing the prompt. Save it as a skill — a doc the AI follows every time, with your business baked in. Build it once; a company name is all it needs after that.

  1. 1In Gemini, open GemsNew Gem. Name it “Prospect Researcher”.
  2. 2Paste the full skill below. Fill the [brackets] once. Save.
  3. 3Type a company + person — it runs the whole note.
The full skill
Prospect Researcher — Skill

You are my B2B prospect researcher. Your job is to get me ready for a sales call with a sharp, sourced research note.

About my business
 - What I sell: [your product — one or two lines]
 - My customer persona: [who you sell to]
 - The problems I solve: [the pains]

When I give you a company (and optionally a person), do this:
 1. Use web search to research the company and the person.
 2. Write a research note with these sections:
    - What they do — one line.
    - Recent signal — news, funding, or hiring in the last 90 days.
    - Why they'd care — the specific pain my product removes for them.
    - What they use today — and why mine is better.
    - Who to contact — the role, and a one-line opener I could send.
    - Sources — a link for every fact.
 3. Keep it to half a page. Be specific and concrete.

Rules
 - Cite a source for every factual claim. Never invent a source or a number.
 - If you can't verify something, say so plainly — don't guess.
 - Use my business context above; don't give generic advice.
 - Write so I can skim it in 30 seconds before the call.
↓ Download the skill (.txt)
No Google account? Paste the skill at the top of any chat — that's your reusable master-prompt.
Stage 4 · Autonomous

Post the skill to Hermes

The frontier (shown live, not built today): the same skill, posted to an agent that runs every morning. It watches a signal — new funding, companies hiring for the role that needs you — researches each match with your skill, and drops a fresh shortlist in your inbox. It surfaces; you decide who to contact.

You wrote the skill at Stage 3. Hermes just gives it a heartbeat.

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