Scope — existing relationships only

This skill re-ignites existing stalled conversations — people the user
has previously spoken with and who have gone quiet. It is not for:

• - Cold outreach to people the user has never contacted
• Lead generation or prospect acquisition
• Mass outreach or automated sales sequences

Every contact surfaced must already exist in the user's communication history.
The opening lines restart real conversations — they do not initiate new ones.

The difference from relationship-pulse

INLINECODE0 — personal relationships. People you care about. Friendship maintenance.
biz-relationship-pulse — commercial relationships. Deals, partnerships, door-openers, former clients. Revenue and opportunity.

Different detection logic. Different output. Different stakes.

File structure

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Token discipline: weekly cron reads only config.md + pipeline.md + context.md.

What counts as a stalled conversation

A conversation is stalled — not ended — when:

Recency signal:

• - Was actively exchanged (3+ messages back and forth) within the last 18 months
• Then went quiet for 60+ days with no clean resolution
• Last message was not a hard no or a natural close ("great working with you, take care")

Momentum signal:

• - The thread contained forward-looking language: "let's reconnect", "follow up next quarter", "send me more when you're ready", "timing isn't right but keep me posted"
• A concrete next step was mentioned but never happened
• One party went quiet mid-thread without a clear reason

Relationship type signal:

• - Was tagged or inferable as: prospect, partnership discussion, investor conversation, former client, connector/advisor

Recency of last contact:

• - Cold zone: 6-18 months (most re-ignitable — enough time has passed, not so long it's awkward)
• Warm zone: 2-6 months (still recent enough, something clearly stalled)
• Archive zone: 18+ months (surface only if context.md shows a specific reason to reconnect now)

Sources and what to extract

Gmail

• - Search sent + received threads with external contacts
• Flag: threads with 3+ exchanges that went quiet
• Extract: last message sender, last message content, any forward-looking language, implied next step
• Note: who went quiet — did they stop replying, or did you?

LinkedIn (if connected via MCP)

• - Connection requests accepted but no follow-up conversation
• Message threads that stalled
• Profile views from people in your network — they looked you up recently, timing may be right
• Recent job changes or company news for contacts in pipeline.md — a trigger to reach out

WhatsApp (if accessible via channel)

• - Business conversations that went quiet
• Voice note conversations with no follow-up
• Group chats with relevant contacts

context.md (internal)

• - What are you actively working on, selling, or building right now?
• Who would be specifically relevant to current projects?
• Any names or companies you want to prioritise?

Scoring model

Each candidate contact gets scored across five dimensions:

1. Momentum score (0-3)

• - 3: had explicit next step that never happened, or they said "follow up in X weeks"
• 2: warm exchange that tapered off, no explicit close
• 1: light exchange, interest was implied but not stated
• 0: one-sided (only you reached out) or clearly ended naturally

2. Recency score (0-3)

• - 3: stalled 2-6 months ago (warm zone)
• 2: stalled 6-12 months ago
• 1: stalled 12-18 months ago
• 0: stalled 18+ months ago (unless context.md gives specific reason)

3. Relationship value score (0-3)

• - 3: former client or active deal prospect
• 2: partnership or collaboration discussion
• 2: investor or serious door-opener
• 1: connector or loose advisor conversation
• 0: unclear or low commercial relevance

4. Context relevance score (0-3)

• - 3: directly relevant to what's in context.md right now
• 2: adjacent — would be useful but not primary
• 1: general network value
• 0: no clear current relevance

5. Re-ignition plausibility score (0-3)

• - 3: there's a natural hook — their company is in the news, they changed roles, something relevant happened
• 2: time has passed cleanly — "it's been a while" is a natural opener
• 1: harder to re-open without it feeling like a delayed sales follow-up
• 0: would feel forced or inappropriate to reach out

Total: 0-15. Surface contacts scoring 8+.
If fewer than 3 score 8+, lower threshold to 6+ for that week.
Hard cap: surface maximum 5 contacts per week. Quality over quantity.

Setup flow

Step 1 — Connect sources

Confirm which sources are available:

• - Gmail: check if connected
• LinkedIn MCP: check if connected
• WhatsApp: check if accessible via channel

Note which are unavailable. The skill runs with whatever is connected — it doesn't fail on missing sources.

Step 2 — Build context.md

This is the most important setup step.

Ask the user:
"What are you actively working on right now? What would make a re-connection commercially useful — are you fundraising, selling something, looking for partnerships, hiring, or something else?"

Also ask:
"Are there any specific people or companies you've been meaning to reach out to but haven't?"

Write context.md:

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Step 3 — Write config.md

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Step 4 — Initial pipeline scan

On first run, do a full scan across all sources going back 18 months.
Build pipeline.md with all candidates found.
This first run will take longer — worth flagging to the user.

Step 5 — Register cron job

Weekly, Monday morning, isolated, lightContext.

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Runtime flow

1. Read config, pipeline, context

Load scoring preferences, what's been surfaced before, and current commercial priorities.

2. Scan sources

Gmail scan:

• - Search sent mail for external contacts going back 18 months
• Find threads with 3+ exchanges that went quiet
• Extract: last message date, last sender, any forward-looking language
• Note: did you send last (they went quiet) or did they send last (you went quiet)?

LinkedIn scan (if connected):

• - Check message threads for stalled conversations
• Check for recent profile views from pipeline contacts
• Check for job changes or company news from pipeline contacts

WhatsApp scan (if accessible):

• - Check business-context conversations
• Flag any threads with pending follow-ups

3. Score all candidates

Apply the five-dimension scoring model.
Cross-reference context.md for relevance boost.
Flag any names mentioned specifically in context.md — surface regardless of score.

4. Pick top 3-5

Select highest scoring contacts not surfaced in the last 4 weeks.
Avoid surfacing the same person twice in a month.

5. For each contact — generate the brief

Section A: Who they are and what the relationship was

[NAME] — [Title] at [Company]
Relationship type: [prospect / partner / investor / former client / connector]
Last contact: [X months ago] via [Gmail / LinkedIn / WhatsApp]

[One sentence: what the conversation was about]
[One sentence: where it stalled and why]

Score: [X/15]
[The specific reason this person is worth re-igniting now — either a trigger event or a clean time-has-passed window]

Examples of good "why now":

• - "They changed roles 3 weeks ago — natural moment to reconnect"
• "Their company just announced a funding round — relevant to what you're building"
• "It's been exactly 6 months since they said 'follow up in Q2'"
• "You're now working on [X from context.md] — directly relevant to what they were looking for"

If there's no specific trigger, say: "No recent trigger — but 8 months is a clean enough gap that re-opening won't feel like a delayed chase."

One specific opening line. Not a template. Written for this person, this context.

Rules:

• - References something specific from the conversation history — not generic
• Does not feel like a sales follow-up
• Has a reason to reach out that isn't "just checking in"
• Short enough to send as-is or with minimal editing
• Honest about the gap — don't pretend no time has passed

Good:

"Nico — it's been a while since we spoke about [X]. I've been thinking about our conversation re [specific thing they mentioned] — we've since [relevant development]. Worth a quick call to catch up?"

Bad:

"Hi [NAME], hope you're well! I wanted to reach out and reconnect. Are you free for a quick call?"

The opening line is the most important output.
If it's generic, the skill has failed.

6. Update pipeline.md

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Context updates

The skill improves the more context.md stays current.

When your situation changes — new project, new funding stage, new product — update context.md:
INLINECODE5

The next weekly run will re-score all pipeline contacts against the new context.

Management commands

• - /bizpulse now — run immediately
• INLINECODE7 — see the score and reasoning for a specific contact
• INLINECODE8 — manually add someone to track
• INLINECODE9 — remove from active tracking
• INLINECODE10 — mark as reached out (pauses for 30 days)
• INLINECODE11 — mark as re-engaged (moves to active pipeline)
• INLINECODE12 — update current commercial context
• INLINECODE13 — show full history for a contact
• INLINECODE14 — show full scored pipeline

What makes it good

The opening line has to be specific. That's the whole product.
Anyone can surface a list of cold contacts.
The skill earns its place by writing the first sentence so you don't have to.

The scoring model distinguishes stalled from ended.
A clean goodbye is not a stall. A "let's talk in Q2" that never happened is.

The context.md update loop is the compounding mechanism.
A skill running against current priorities is 3x more useful than one running against stale ones.

The "who went quiet" signal matters.
If you went quiet on them, the re-opening message is different than if they went quiet on you.
The skill tracks this and the opening line reflects it.

Privacy rules

SOUL.md applies. Commercial relationships only.
Never surface personal email threads in the business output.
If a thread is ambiguous (personal friend who is also a business contact), default to not surfacing unless context.md explicitly includes them.

Names in output are fine — these are professional relationships.
Do not include email addresses, phone numbers, or other contact details in the delivery.
User already has these. The skill provides context and a message, not a contact dump.