Initialize Profile

The /linkt-init skill creates your user profile, which other skills use to personalize outreach and ensure messaging aligns with your company, role, and value proposition.

Purpose

Before drafting outreach messages, Claude needs context about:

Who you are and what you do
Your company and its value proposition
Your target audience and their pain points
Key talking points for conversations

The init skill collects this information through an interactive interview and saves it for use by other skills.

What It Collects

Field	Description	Example
Company name	Your organization	"Linkt"
Your role	Your title and function	"Head of Growth"
Company description	What your company does	"AI-powered lead discovery platform"
Target audience	Who you sell to	"B2B SaaS companies with 50-500 employees"
Value proposition	Core benefit you provide	"Find high-intent prospects before competitors"
Pain points addressed	Problems you solve	"Manual prospecting, low conversion rates"
Talking points	Key messages to convey	"Signal-based outreach, 3x response rates"
Tone preference	Communication style	"Professional but conversational"

Workflow

1. Start the skill

/linkt-init

2. Answer the interview questions

Claude will ask about your company, role, target audience, and messaging preferences. Answer naturally—Claude extracts the structured data.

3. Optional: Auto-lookup

If you provide your company website, Claude can use Linkt's enrichment to auto-populate company information.

4. Review and confirm

Claude shows the extracted profile for your approval before saving.

5. Save

The profile is saved to .claude/user-context.json in the cookbook directory.

User Context Schema

The saved profile follows this structure:

{
  "user": {
    "name": "Jane Smith",
    "role": "Head of Growth",
    "email": "jane@example.com"
  },
  "company": {
    "name": "Linkt",
    "description": "AI-powered lead discovery platform",
    "website": "https://linkt.ai",
    "industry": "B2B SaaS"
  },
  "targeting": {
    "audience": "B2B SaaS companies with 50-500 employees",
    "painPoints": [
      "Manual prospecting is time-consuming",
      "Low response rates on cold outreach",
      "Missing high-intent buying signals"
    ],
    "valueProposition": "Find high-intent prospects before competitors using AI-powered signal detection"
  },
  "messaging": {
    "talkingPoints": [
      "Signal-based outreach increases response rates 3x",
      "Automated lead discovery saves 10+ hours per week",
      "Integrates with existing CRM workflows"
    ],
    "tone": "Professional but conversational",
    "avoidTopics": []
  }
}

When to Use

Initial setup — Run once when first using the cookbook
Role change — Update when your position or responsibilities change
Messaging refresh — Re-run to update talking points or value proposition
New campaign — Adjust targeting for different audience segments

How Other Skills Use It

/linkt-outreach

The outreach skill loads your user context to:

Reference your role and company in messages
Align messaging with your value proposition
Match your preferred tone
Include relevant talking points based on the prospect's profile

Example transformation

Without context:

"Hi, I'd like to connect."

With context:

"Hi Sarah—noticed Acme just announced their Series B. As Head of Growth at Linkt, I help B2B teams find high-intent prospects using signal detection. Would love to share how we're seeing 3x response rates. Worth a quick chat?"

Customization

You can manually edit .claude/user-context.json to fine-tune your profile. The skill will respect manual edits on subsequent runs.

For advanced customization, see the Linkt Cookbook documentation.

Next Steps

/linkt-signals — Monitor business signals
/linkt-outreach — Draft personalized outreach

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