# audience-targeting

Filters HubSpot contacts by lifecycle stage, engagement, or job title and exports segments to JSONL. Useful when preparing audience batches for sales campaigns.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 27
- Author: HubSpot
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/HubSpot/agent-cli-skills/tree/HEAD/audience-targeting/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
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## What it does

The skill instructs the agent on building contact segments using HubSpot CLI commands. It structures queries around `hubspot objects search`, chaining conditions with `--filter` flags and streaming raw records directly into JSONL files for downstream tooling.

The CRM search API enforces hard constraints: up to 5 `--filter` groups, at most 6 conditions per group, and an 18-condition ceiling overall. In addition, the `~` operator matches full tokens rather than arbitrary substrings. Complex string manipulation relies on subsequent `jq` filtering.

Firmographic fields like `industry` or `numberofemployees` belong to companies rather than contact records. Because of that architecture, querying people by employer attributes requires a cross-object workflow: find companies first, page through their associations, and then fetch contact objects in batch.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HubSpot/agent-cli-skills --skill audience-targeting -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/audience-targeting/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/audience-targeting/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HubSpot/agent-cli-skills --skill audience-targeting -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/audience-targeting/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HubSpot/agent-cli-skills --skill audience-targeting -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/audience-targeting/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install HubSpot/agent-cli-skills audience-targeting
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/audience-targeting/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HubSpot/agent-cli-skills --skill audience-targeting -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/HubSpot/agent-cli-skills --path audience-targeting
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/audience-targeting/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HubSpot/agent-cli-skills --skill audience-targeting -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/HubSpot/agent-cli-skills/tree/HEAD/audience-targeting/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- extract unassigned lead contacts into a JSONL file
- target decision-makers using title token matching
- fetch contacts tied to specific company industries
- exclude opted-out addresses before scheduling email outreach

## Example prompts
- Find all opted-in leads in the United States who opened an email recently, then save them to `segments/active_leads.jsonl`.
- Extract decision-maker contacts with director or VP in their job title into JSONL.
- Target contacts working at software companies that have at least 100 employees.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: audience-targeting
description: Build a targeted contact segment by filtering on lifecycle, engagement, jobtitle, geography, or firmographics — then export it as JSONL for a campaign or downstream tool.
triggers:
  - "segment contacts"
  - "target audience"
  - "find prospects"
  - "build audience"
  - "contact segmentation"
  - "contacts in industry"
  - "decision makers"
  - "engaged contacts"
---

## Foundation

Read `bulk-operations/SKILL.md` first — pagination, JSONL piping, destructive-op safety. Reshape recipes in `bulk-operations/resources/json-patterns.md`. Resource: `resources/contact-segmentation-filters.md` is the filter-expression cookbook (lifecycle, lead status, email engagement, activity, deals, owner).

## Filter syntax cheat sheet

Source of truth: `hubspot objects search --help`.

- One `--filter` flag = one AND group: `--filter "lifecyclestage=lead AND !hubspot_owner_id"`.
- Multiple `--filter` flags are OR'd. Use for enum-OR-enum.
- Operators: `=`, `!=`, `>`, `>=`, `<`, `<=`, `~` (CONTAINS_TOKEN — whole-word, NOT substring), `@=` (IN), `@!=` (NOT_IN).
- HAS_PROPERTY: bare `name` or `name?`. NOT_HAS_PROPERTY: `!name`. Dates: `YYYY-MM-DD`.
- **Limits (CRM search API):** max 5 `--filter` flags, max 6 conditions per flag, max 18 conditions total. Prefer `@=` / `@!=` for enum lists — `lifecyclestage@=lead,customer` is **one** condition, `--filter "lifecyclestage=lead" --filter "lifecyclestage=customer"` is two groups.
- **"None of these, or empty" needs two groups** — `@!=` skips records where the property is unset, so OR in a `!name` group and repeat the shared conditions in both:
  `--filter "hubspot_owner_id=123 AND lifecyclestage@!=customer,evangelist" --filter "hubspot_owner_id=123 AND !lifecyclestage"`

`~` gotcha: `jobtitle~director` matches the token "director", not arbitrary substrings. No regex operator — search broadly, post-filter with `jq`.

## Properties this skill turns on

Full live list: `hubspot properties list --type contacts`. Enum options: `hubspot properties options-list --type contacts <name> | jq -r '.value'`. As a fallback (e.g. to see which values are actually in use), read live records: `hubspot objects list --type contacts --properties <name> --limit 100 --format json | jq -r '.data[].properties.<name> // empty' | sort -u`.

Core fields used here: `lifecyclestage`, `hubspot_owner_id` (bare/`!` for owned/unowned; `hubspot owners list` for IDs), `hs_email_optout` (`!=true` excludes opted-out), `hs_email_last_open_date` / `notes_last_contacted` (recency), `jobtitle` / `country` / `city` (string `=` or `~`), `num_associated_deals` (0 net-new, `>=1` has-pipeline).
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