| name | research-account |
| description | Deep research on a single company — signals, hiring, news, tech stack, and LinkedIn presence. Uses the Saber CLI for signal data and any available MCP tools for broader research.
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Research Account
Use this skill to build a comprehensive picture of a target company before reaching out or prioritising them for outreach.
Goal
Produce a research brief covering: company overview, recent news and events, hiring signals, tech stack, LinkedIn presence, and any Saber signal results — ready to inform outreach or qualification decisions.
Step 1 — Identify the target
Ask the user for the company name or domain if not already in conversation context.
Step 2 — Gather available tools
Check what research tools are available:
Saber CLI (saber --help): runs signals against the domain for structured data. An account brief is mostly commodity facts, which is exactly what the five prebuilt signals return — saber signal funding|mna|tech|open-jobs|firmographics --domain <domain>, structured and source-cited, no question design needed. For anything the brief needs that isn't one of those five facts — a product capability, a specific hiring pattern, a qualification judgement — write a custom --question.
MCP tools: scan available tools for:
- Web search (Brave, Perplexity, Tavily, or similar)
- LinkedIn MCP
- HubSpot MCP (to check if they're already a known contact/account)
- Any other research or enrichment tools
Note what's available — use everything you can find.
Step 3 — Research the company
Run these in parallel where possible:
Company overview
- What do they do, what market, what size, what business model
- Saber CLI:
saber signal firmographics --domain <domain> → size, HQ, industry, employee count, founded year (structured + sourced)
- Otherwise use web search MCP, or rely on conversation context / ask the user
Recent news and events
Focus on the last 6–12 months.
- Saber CLI:
saber signal funding --domain <domain> (rounds, amounts, investors) and saber signal mna --domain <domain> (acquisitions, as acquirer or target) — both source-cited
- Web search for the rest: leadership changes, product launches, layoffs, expansion announcements, press coverage
Hiring signals
- Saber CLI:
saber signal open-jobs --domain <domain> → open-role count, hiring themes, locations, and what they're hiring for
- Otherwise search open roles on LinkedIn or their careers page. Note:
- Volume of open roles (growth vs. contraction)
- Roles in sales, RevOps, or buyer-relevant departments
- Senior hires that indicate strategic shifts
Tech stack
- Saber CLI:
saber signal tech --domain <domain> --category crm (or --category erp, or --technology "<name>" for a specific product) → current systems, each backed by public web evidence
- Otherwise check job descriptions, BuiltWith mentions in search results, or G2/Capterra reviews for technology signals — e.g. what CRM, data stack, or infra they run
LinkedIn presence
If a LinkedIn MCP is available, look up the company page:
- Employee count and recent growth
- Recent company posts or announcements
- Key decision-makers and their recent activity
Saber signal results
If the Saber CLI is available, the prebuilt signals above are the fastest way to get structured, source-cited data for this domain. Each consumes credits — check the balance first (saber credits), then fire them in parallel and collect:
saber signal funding --domain <domain> --no-wait
saber signal mna --domain <domain> --no-wait
saber signal open-jobs --domain <domain> --no-wait
saber signal firmographics --domain <domain> --no-wait
saber signal tech --domain <domain> --category crm --no-wait
saber signal get <signalId>
For a fact no prebuilt signal covers, run a custom question: saber signal --domain <domain> --question "<question>" --answer-type boolean.
If pre-defined signal subscriptions exist for a list containing this company, retrieve those results:
saber subscription list
saber subscription get <subscriptionId>
HubSpot check
If a HubSpot MCP is available, look up whether this company already exists as a contact or deal in HubSpot — note the current stage and any logged activity.
Step 4 — Present the research brief
Structure the output as a brief:
## [Company Name] — Research Brief
**Overview:** 2–3 sentence summary of what they do and why they matter.
**Recent signals:**
- [Funding / M&A — from `saber signal funding` / `mna`, with source URL]
- [Hiring — from `saber signal open-jobs`]
- [Any subscription signal results]
**Tech stack:** [CRM/ERP and notable tools — from `saber signal tech`, with evidence URLs]
**LinkedIn:** [Employee count, growth trend, notable activity]
**HubSpot status:** [Known / not known; deal stage if applicable]
**Outreach angle:** 1–2 sentence recommendation for how to approach them based on the research.
Step 5 — Suggested next steps
After presenting the brief, suggest:
- Use
write-outreach to draft a personalised message using this research
- Use
qualify-inbound if you need a formal signal-based qualification score
- Use
enrich-contacts to find specific contact details for the people to reach out to