Last month we built a clay alternative which is working great for us
Our clients moved from clay to this agent in just 3 days.
It’s the easiest n8n workflow.
Clay is ofc great but if you want something of your own inhouse without spending a lot.
Then this post is for you.
All I do is type a keyword + location.
The AI agent does the rest.
Here’s how it works 👇
Step-by-Step Breakdown:
① You input a keyword + location
→ Example: “Software Engineers, San Francisco”
② It scrapes LinkedIn profiles from Google
→ Uses Google Custom Search API (free & scalable)
③ It enriches each lead using Dropcontact
→ Pulls name, title, company, phone, email, LinkedIn
→ Filters out invalid or catch-all emails
④ It enriches the company using Nebula
→ Gets website, size, description, industry, LinkedIn URL, etc.
→ If LinkedIn isn’t found, it uses the company website
⑤ It qualifies every lead using GPT
→ Scores them 0–10
→ Tags them as Low / Medium / High based on ICP fit
→ Only good leads move forward
⑥ It writes 1-line personalized icebreakers
→ GPT analyzes their site & landing page copy
→ Writes a hyper-specific opener for cold email
⑦ It adds everything to Smartlead, Heritage & Google Sheets
→ Email + LinkedIn campaigns launch on autopilot
→ No manual uploads or CSVs
Tools Used:
- n8n (automation brain)
- Dropcontact (email & phone enrichment)
- Nebula (company & profile enrichment)
- Google Search API (profile sourcing)
- OpenAI (GPT-4) for lead scoring + icebreakers
- Smartlead for campaign delivery
- Google Sheets for data logging
We have built it for you so you dont have to do it from scratch
The best part is it’s tested by 100+ companies.
Want the exact workflow+json file?
Comment “AX”
I’ll send you the full n8n setup + guide.
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