# influencer-outreach

Drafts the first-touch message and follow-up plan for one already-vetted creator: a personalization angle, the stated compensation, and the channel they actually list.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 12700 installs · ★ 2
- Author: Maya-Beth Finotti
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/influencer-outreach/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/influencer-outreach

## What it does

The skill runs an interview before it writes anything. It asks whether this is a B2C brand collab or a B2B creator program, what the brand makes, who the creator is and what evidence backs the fit, which compensation model applies with the actual number, and what contact the creator publishes — business email, DM, or a manager. One question per message, multiple-choice where possible.

Then comes the angle. The skill proposes 2-3 candidates with trade-offs and waits for you to pick one. If your agent can browse, it loads the creator's recent posts and confirms the fit itself; if not, it asks you for the specific post or audience trait to cite. It will not invent familiarity.

The published contact decides the recipient. Default order: listed manager, then listed business email, then DM. Going around a manager is a failure mode, not a shortcut. Compensation is passed through, not designed: commission offers front-load exact mechanics, flat-fee offers name the model without a rate card. The job ends at the first positive reply, and the stated compensation facts carry into negotiation unchanged. This is not the tool for list-scale affiliate recruitment — that is `mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-recruitment-outreach`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill influencer-outreach -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill influencer-outreach -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill influencer-outreach -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mbfinotti/partnerships-skills influencer-outreach
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill influencer-outreach -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --path skills/influencer-outreach
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/partnerships-skills --skill influencer-outreach -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/mbfinotti/partnerships-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/influencer-outreach/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a first-touch pitch for one specific launch
- pick the contact channel the creator lists
- state the offer without dumping a rate card
- plan a bounded follow-up cadence
- avoid going around a listed manager

## Example prompts
- Pitch @plantsbypriya for our ceramic planter launch — she's vetted, 48k on Instagram, offer is gifted product plus 15% commission.
- Write the first-touch email to the DevOps newsletter writer from our shortlist — $2,000 sponsored deep-dive.
- Give me 2-3 personalization angles for this creator and tell me which one to pick.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: influencer-outreach
description: Draft the personalized first-touch pitch message and follow-up plan used to propose a partnership to one already-vetted influencer or creator - personalization angle, the compensation stated on offer, a message fitted to the channel the creator actually lists (email, DM, or their manager), and a bounded follow-up cadence. Covers B2C brand collabs and B2B creator programs (newsletter writers, podcasters, industry experts). Use whenever the user mentions pitching a creator, DMing an influencer, a collab proposal, or a creator outreach message, even if they never say outreach. Stops at the first positive reply. Do NOT use for list-scale affiliate recruitment - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-recruitment-outreach instead.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Maya-Beth Finotti
  version: "1.0.10"
---

# Influencer Outreach

Draft the first-touch pitch and follow-up plan a partnership manager uses to propose a collaboration to one individually vetted influencer or creator, then stop at the first positive reply.

No named industry-standard framework exists for creator pitching. Published guidance is a scatter of single-outlet formulations, none branded or adopted cross-vendor:

- one vendor's soft-CTA vs. specific-ask split
- one commerce guide's four-question first-message checklist
- one consultant's unnamed six-step process

Never present any of them as a standard.

## Interview

Ask before drafting anything. One question per message; offer multiple-choice answers when possible. Skip any question the user already answered.

- Is this a B2C brand collab or a B2B creator program? (Product sold to consumers vs. to businesses - drives message framing and deliverable types.)
- What does the brand make, and what is the one-line reason this creator's audience would care?
- Who is the creator, on which platform(s), and what evidence says they fit? (Specific posts, audience data, a discovery brief - fit evidence is required input, not something to invent here.)
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