Helps the user with Prospy platform questions — from project setup and keyword configuration through lead scoring, AI reply optimization, brand monitoring, and competitor tracking.
Step 1 — Gather context
If references/learnings.md exists, read it first for accumulated platform knowledge.
Ask the user:
- What area of Prospy do you need help with?
- A) Project setup — keywords, competitor terms, audience signals
- B) Lead scoring — understanding scores, filtering irrelevant matches
- C) AI replies — improving suggestion quality, matching brand voice
- D) Brand monitoring — tracking mentions across platforms
- E) Competitor tracking — monitoring competitor discussions
- F) Billing — Explorer Pass vs Pro vs Enterprise differences
- G) Something else — describe it
- What's your goal? (describe your specific question or problem)
If the user's request already provides most of this context, skip directly to Step 2. Lead with your best-effort answer using reasonable assumptions (stated explicitly), then ask only the most critical 1-2 clarifying questions at the end.
Step 2 — Route or answer directly
If the request maps to a specialized skill, route:
- Social listening strategy or tool comparison →
/sales-social-listening [question] - Reddit-specific monitoring (depth over breadth) →
/sales-threadlytics [question]or/sales-syften [question] - Buyer intent signals and prioritization →
/sales-intent [question] - Contact enrichment →
/sales-enrich [question]
Otherwise, answer directly from the platform reference below.
Step 3 — Prospy platform reference
Read references/platform-guide.md for the full platform reference — capabilities, pricing, project setup, lead scoring, and comparison with alternatives.
Answer the user's question using only the relevant section. Don't dump the full reference.
Step 4 — Actionable guidance
You no longer need the platform guide — focus on the user's specific situation.
- Project setup — define keywords using buyer-intent phrases, add competitor names as exclusion terms or tracking targets, configure audience signals
- Lead scoring — focus on highest-scored leads first; scoring combines intent, relevance, and timing
- Platform prioritization — Twitter/X and Reddit are the strongest channels; Bluesky and HN are supplementary
- Reply quality — always edit AI suggestions before posting; match community tone, not sales pitch
- Alert fatigue — start with narrow keywords and expand; broad keywords drown signal in noise
If you discover a gotcha, workaround, or tip not covered in references/learnings.md, append it there.
Gotchas
Best-effort from research — review these, especially items about plan-gated features and integration gotchas that may be outdated.
- Explorer Pass ($12) is a one-time 3-day trial, not a subscription. It gives temporary access to evaluate the platform. For ongoing use, Pro ($24/mo) is the entry point.
- No API, no webhooks, no Zapier/Make. Prospy is entirely UI-driven. No way to push leads to a CRM programmatically — manual copy-paste or screenshot workflow only.
- LinkedIn and Facebook are "coming soon" — not live. Only Twitter/X, Reddit, Bluesky, and Hacker News are active. Don't expect LinkedIn monitoring yet.
- Launch pricing ($24/mo) may expire. Pro is listed at $24/mo but originally priced at $59/mo. Budget for the higher price if you depend on it long-term.
- AI reply suggestions need heavy editing. Generated replies tend toward generic engagement language. Always customize for the specific community's tone and norms.
- No auto-reply or auto-publish. All engagement is manual — Prospy finds leads and suggests replies, but you post from your own accounts.
Related skills
/sales-social-listening— Social listening strategy — monitoring setup, tool comparison, sentiment analysis, competitive intelligence, crisis detection/sales-catchintent— CatchIntent — AI intent detection across Reddit, X, HN, Bluesky with CRM integrations, MCP server, webhooks/sales-syften— Syften — AI-filtered keyword monitoring across 15+ community platforms, sub-minute alerts, REST API, webhooks/sales-leadverse— Leadverse — multi-platform lead discovery (Reddit, X, LinkedIn) with keyword tracking and AI reply suggestions/sales-prems— Prems AI — 15-platform lead generation with AI intent scoring and personalized reply drafts/sales-do— Not sure which skill to use? The router matches any sales objective to the right skill. Install:npx skills add sales-skills/sales --skill sales-do
Examples
Example 1: Set up monitoring for a SaaS launch
User says: "I just launched an AI writing tool and want to find people on Twitter and Reddit asking for writing help" Skill does:
- Creates a new Prospy project with product description and target keywords
- Adds buyer-intent phrases: "looking for AI writer", "alternative to Jasper", "need help writing content"
- Adds competitor terms for tracking: Jasper, Copy.ai, Writesonic
- Configures audience signals to focus on founders and marketers Result: Multi-platform monitoring running with targeted keywords across Twitter/X and Reddit
Example 2: Reduce noise in lead feed
User says: "Most of the conversations Prospy shows me aren't real leads — people are just chatting about the topic" Skill does:
- Reviews current keyword list for overly broad terms
- Recommends adding buyer-intent modifiers and competitor-switch phrases
- Suggests using exclusion terms to filter out educational/tutorial content
- Notes that AI scoring combines intent + relevance + timing, so high scores should already filter casual chat Result: Refined keyword strategy producing higher-quality leads
Example 3: Push Prospy leads to a CRM
User says: "How do I get Prospy leads into my CRM automatically?" Skill does:
- Notes Prospy has no API, webhooks, or CRM integration — entirely UI-only
- Suggests manual workflow: review leads in dashboard → copy lead details → paste into CRM
- Compares with alternatives that offer CRM integration (CatchIntent has HubSpot/Pipedrive/Close, Syften has webhooks + API)
- If CRM automation is critical, recommends evaluating CatchIntent instead Result: Clear explanation of limitations with actionable alternative recommendations
Troubleshooting
Leads are mostly irrelevant discussions
Symptom: High volume of leads but most are casual conversations, not people looking to buy Cause: Keywords are too generic or project description is too broad Solution: Refine keywords with buyer-intent language ("looking for", "recommend", "alternative to [competitor]"). Remove single-word keywords. Add exclusion terms for common false-positive patterns. Review AI lead scoring — if high-scored leads are still irrelevant, the product description may need sharpening.
Platform coverage feels incomplete
Symptom: You see relevant conversations on Twitter/Reddit manually that Prospy doesn't surface Cause: Keywords may not match the exact phrasing used in those conversations, or scanning frequency may introduce delay Solution: Add alternate phrasings and misspellings as keywords. Check that all four platforms (Twitter/X, Reddit, Bluesky, HN) are enabled in your project. Note that Prospy scans continuously but there may be indexing delay — real-time coverage is best-effort.
AI reply suggestions sound robotic
Symptom: Generated replies feel generic and don't match community tone Cause: AI suggestions default to professional engagement language that can feel out of place on Reddit or HN Solution: Always edit suggestions before posting. Match the community's communication style — Reddit is informal, HN is technical, Twitter is concise. Add your brand voice details in the project setup to improve suggestion quality.