# Hot Warm Lead Classifier

> Sort LinkedIn posts or inbound leads into HOT, WARM, or REJECT so outreach never goes to recruiters, competitors, or job seekers. Use after collecting posts, or when the user asks "is this a good lead?".

- Skill: `syp1xd/hot-warm-lead-classifier` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add syp1xd/hot-warm-lead-classifier`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/syp1xd/hot-warm-lead-classifier/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: syp1xd (https://skillmd.com/u/syp1xd)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/syp1xd/hot-warm-lead-classifier

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# Hot / warm / reject classifier

## HOT - someone is buying
The post asks for a provider, agency, scope, quotation, or proposal for the user's service.

## WARM - a company has work it cannot staff
A company posts its OWN role related to the service. Qualify on the job description: phrases like "coordinate with external vendors", "remediation of findings", or named audits and compliance frameworks describe work that gets outsourced.

## REJECT
- **Competitors** - a company that sells the same service is hiring or asking for subcontractors.
- **Staffing and recruiters** - reject even when the role fits. The end client is unnamed, so the lead cannot be qualified, and the recruiter owns the relationship. Test: the poster's headline says recruiter, talent acquisition, resourcing, or staffing, OR the post says "our client" / "for a leading company". Either one is enough.
- Vendor marketing, courses, certifications, internships, open-to-work posts.
- Vendors quoting buyer language back ("a client says: we need X, send quotations").
- Posts that say "no agencies" or "no vendors".

WARM vs REJECT depends on **who is hiring**. It must be the employer itself.

## Output
For each post: `tier` (hot / warm / reject), a one-sentence reason, and for HOT the buyer's own words (`scope`) to reuse in the email subject and opening. For WARM, `role_hint`.
When you are not sure, mark it `hold` and say what is unknown. Do not guess.