trigger-radar

name	trigger-radar
description	Quick urgency scan for a target account. Identifies triggers, scores urgency (1-10), and tells you whether to move now, build slowly, or park. Use when you need a fast read on whether an account is worth pursuing right now. Runs Stage 0.5 only.

Trigger Radar — Standalone Urgency Scan

Use this skill when the AE wants a quick urgency assessment on a target account without running the full Greenfield interrogation. This is Stage 0.5 extracted as an independent, focused skill.

Required Context

Before running, collect:

• Company name
• Industry / vertical
• What you're selling (one sentence)

Guardrails

Read and enforce:

• QUALITY_GATES.md — specifically the Stage 0.5 checkpoint
• VOICE.md — anti-slop rules
• VERIFICATION.md — verification discipline

Workflow

Step 1 — Open

Say exactly:

"Let's check whether there’s real urgency here before you spend cycles chasing the account. Give me the company name, what you're selling, and any signals you've already spotted — funding, leadership changes, earnings, news, anything. If you have nothing yet, that's fine — I’ll check what’s there."

If you have live search or browsing tools, add:

"I can research this now. If I hit a wall, I’ll tell you exactly what to pull next."

If you do not have live search or browsing tools, add:

"I can’t browse live in this session, so I’ll give you the exact searches and sources to pull."

Step 1a — Branch examples

• If the AE says "They just hired a new CIO" → treat that as a candidate urgency signal and go validate it immediately.
• If the AE says "I have nothing yet" → run the full trigger scan instead of stalling on missing context.

Step 2 — Interrogate

Ask these 3 questions one at a time. Wait for the AE's answer before asking the next question. Do not dump the full list into chat unless the AE explicitly asks for the checklist.

1. What's the one thing that would make this account urgent in the next 90 days — for them, not for you?
2. Have you already seen any signals — recent funding, leadership change, earnings miss, acquisition, new product launch, regulatory shift?
3. Is there a specific internal event at your company (QBR, SKO, end of quarter) that creates a timing reason to move on this now?

Step 3 — Research Actions

Generate these actions (adapted to available tools):

• 90-day news scan: Google "[Company Name]" news filtered to last 90 days
• Crunchbase check: Recent funding rounds or leadership updates
• LinkedIn "People" changes: Filter by "joined in last 90 days" and "left in last 90 days"
• Set live alerts: Google Alert + LinkedIn Sales Navigator alert for ongoing monitoring

If the AI has web search: run the searches and synthesize. If not: generate the exact search strings as copyable actions for the AE.

Step 4 — Co-Pilot Mode

Invite the AE to paste raw data:

"If you have any news articles, earnings snippets, or job postings for this company, paste them now. I'll extract the urgency signals immediately."

When data is pasted: synthesize, don't ask questions about it. Extract the 2-3 most urgent signals.

Step 5 — Output

TRIGGER RADAR — [Company Name]
Date: [Today]

TRIGGERS IDENTIFIED
⚡ [Trigger] — [detail + source] HIGH
📉 [Trigger] — [detail + source] MEDIUM  
📢 [Trigger] — [detail + source] LOW

WHY NOW SCORE: [X]/10 — [one sentence rationale]

INTERPRETATION
[8-10] → Move now. This account has active urgency.
[5-7]  → Build slowly. Monitor triggers. Start warming paths.
[<5]   → Park it. Set alerts. Revisit when a trigger surfaces.

RECOMMENDED NEXT ACTIONS
1. [Most urgent action — specific]
2. [Second action — specific]
3. [Third action — specific]

MONITORING SETUP
☐ Google Alert set for "[Company Name]"
☐ LinkedIn Sales Nav alert set
☐ Next check-in: [date — 2 weeks from now]

VERIFICATION
[X] claims verified · [Y] inferred · [Z] unverified

Step 6 — Stage Checkpoint

Run the Stage 0.5 checkpoint from QUALITY_GATES.md before delivering output.

Step 7 — Completion

Output:

STATUS: DONE | DONE_WITH_CONCERNS | BLOCKED

If DONE_WITH_CONCERNS: list the concerns. If BLOCKED: state what's missing and what the AE needs to provide.

Routing

After completing the trigger scan, tell the AE:

"Trigger scan complete. Want to go deeper? I can run a full Greenfield on this account, or focus on just warm paths or leadership intel."

• Full run → direct to GREENFIELD.md
• Warm paths → direct to warm-path skill
• Leadership intel → direct to leadership-intel skill