Agent skill

Pp Smartlead

by mvanhorn in mvanhorn/printing-press-library

Every SmartLead API feature, plus a local mirror that answers campaign-health, silent-lead, and cross-campaign...

Apache-2.0Auto-check: notes

Install Pp Smartlead

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-smartlead -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-smartlead --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-smartlead .claude/skills/pp-smartlead && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
pp-smartlead
GitHub stars
2.1k
Token cost
~3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,306 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
506
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Every SmartLead API feature, plus a local mirror that answers campaign-health, silent-lead, and cross-campaign...

  • Works in 3 steps: Install via the Printing Press… → Verify: smartlead-pp-cli --version → Ensure the reported install directory is…
  • Phrases: check my smartlead campaigns
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites: Install the CLI, When to Use This CLI, Unique Capabilities and Command Reference, plus 10 more sections
  • Calls claude, npx and go; needs SMARTLEAD_API_KEY

What it does

Pp Smartlead is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Every SmartLead API feature, plus a local mirror that answers campaign-health, silent-lead, and cross-campaign... Trigger phrases: check my smartlead campaigns, which leads went silent, is this domain already pitched, rank my sender accounts, use smartlead, run smartlead.

Its SKILL.md is about 3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Official library of CLIs generated by the CLI Printing Press. Endorsed, tested, and community-contributed. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Phrases: check my smartlead campaigns
  • Which leads went silent
  • Is this domain already pitched
  • Rank my sender accounts

Example prompts

  • “/pp-smartlead”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in SMARTLEAD_API_KEY
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and…
  2. Verify: smartlead-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 76de244. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • claude
    • npx
    • go

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • SMARTLEAD_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pp Smartlead loads about 3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,306 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Bash

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mvanhorn/printing-press-library at commit 76de244, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mvanhorn). 1,306 words, ~3,012 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pp-smartlead/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pp-smartlead
description
Every SmartLead API feature, plus a local mirror that answers campaign-health, silent-lead, and cross-campaign... Trigger phrases: `check my smartlead campaigns`, `which leads went silent`, `is this domain already pitched`, `rank my sender accounts`, `use smartlead`, `run smartlead`.
allowed-tools
Read, Bash
author
bossriceshark
license
Apache-2.0
argument-hint
<command> [args] | install cli|mcp
<!-- GENERATED FILE — DO NOT EDIT.
     This file is a verbatim mirror of library/sales-and-crm/smartlead/SKILL.md,
     regenerated post-merge by tools/generate-skills/. Hand-edits here are
     silently overwritten on the next regen. Edit the library/ source instead.
     See the repository agent guide, section "Generated artifacts: registry.json, cli-skills/". -->

SmartLead — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the smartlead-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

  1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
    bash
    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install smartlead --cli-only
  2. Verify: smartlead-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer):

bash
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/sales-and-crm/smartlead/cmd/smartlead-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

When to Use This CLI

Use this CLI when an agent or operator needs to audit cold-email outreach in SmartLead: checking which campaigns are healthy, building follow-up lists of silent leads, deduplicating leads across campaigns before launch, or ranking sender accounts by deliverability. It is the right tool when the question spans multiple campaigns or needs week-over-week history, because those answers come from the local mirror rather than a single API call.

Unique Capabilities

These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.

Local state that compounds
  • health — One-shot scorecard for every campaign — bounce rate, reply rate, silent-lead count, sender count, and a stale flag — without clicking through the dashboard.

    Reach for this first when an agent needs to know which campaigns are healthy before drilling into any one of them.

    bash
    smartlead-pp-cli health --json
  • silent — Finds leads that were emailed but have not replied within N days — the exact set to follow up with or retire.

    Use this to build a follow-up list instead of paging the whole lead set and diffing timestamps by hand.

    bash
    smartlead-pp-cli silent --campaign 12345 --days 7 --json
  • dupes — Scans the whole lead mirror for emails or domains that appear in two or more campaigns; --domain prints the full pitch ledger for one site.

    Run this before adding leads to a campaign to avoid double-contacting a prospect already in flight.

    bash
    smartlead-pp-cli dupes --domain example.com --json
  • drift — Computes week-over-week reply, open, and bounce deltas for a campaign by querying analytics one seven-day window at a time.

    Use this to catch a campaign decaying over time rather than judging it from a single point-in-time stat.

    bash
    smartlead-pp-cli drift --campaign 12345 --weeks 4 --json
Deliverability intelligence
  • sender-health — Ranks every email sender account by a composite of inbox-warmup landing rate, SMTP/IMAP connection health, and sending utilization.

    Reach for this to find which sender accounts are dragging deliverability before they tank a campaign.

    bash
    smartlead-pp-cli sender-health --json
  • warmup-gate — Checks each sender account against warmup thresholds (--min-days, --min-inbox-rate); with --strict it exits non-zero when any account fails — a scriptable launch gate.

    Call this in a launch script to block attaching a sender account that is not warmed up yet.

    bash
    smartlead-pp-cli warmup-gate --account 6789 --json

Command Reference

campaigns — Manage campaigns

  • smartlead-pp-cli campaigns create — Create a new campaign
  • smartlead-pp-cli campaigns delete — Delete a campaign
  • smartlead-pp-cli campaigns get — Get a campaign by ID
  • smartlead-pp-cli campaigns list — Retrieves every email campaign for the authenticated SmartLead account.

client — Manage client

  • smartlead-pp-cli client create — Create a whitelabel client
  • smartlead-pp-cli client list — List all whitelabel clients

email-accounts — Manage email accounts

  • smartlead-pp-cli email-accounts create — Add a new email sender account
  • smartlead-pp-cli email-accounts list — List all email sender accounts
  • smartlead-pp-cli email-accounts reconnect-failed — Trigger a reconnect of all disconnected email accounts
  • smartlead-pp-cli email-accounts update — Update an email sender account

leads — Manage leads

  • smartlead-pp-cli leads add-domain-block-list — Add domains to the account-wide block list
  • smartlead-pp-cli leads get-by-email — Look up a lead by email address
  • smartlead-pp-cli leads list-categories — List all lead categories for the account
  • smartlead-pp-cli leads update — Update a lead's fields
Finding the right command

When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:

bash
smartlead-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"

which resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match — fall back to --help or use a narrower query.

Recipes

Morning campaign triage
bash
smartlead-pp-cli sync && smartlead-pp-cli health --json

Refresh the mirror, then get the all-campaigns health scorecard in one structured payload.

Pre-launch dedupe check
bash
smartlead-pp-cli dupes --domain prospect-site.com --json

See every campaign, category, and last-contact date for a domain before pitching it again.

Build a follow-up list
bash
smartlead-pp-cli silent --campaign 12345 --days 10 --json

Pull leads emailed but silent for 10+ days to feed into a follow-up sequence.

Trim a verbose campaign payload
bash
smartlead-pp-cli campaigns list --agent --select id,name,status

SmartLead campaign objects are large; --agent with --select narrows the response to just the fields an agent needs.

Gate a launch on sender warmup
bash
smartlead-pp-cli warmup-gate --account 6789 --json

Returns a typed exit code so a launch script can block on a sender that is not warmed up.

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Auth Setup

SmartLead authenticates with an API key passed as the api_key query parameter. Set SMARTLEAD_API_KEY in your environment (find the key under Settings -> API in the SmartLead app). No OAuth, no login flow.

Run smartlead-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.

Agent Mode

Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.

  • Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr

  • Filterable — --select keeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:

    bash
    smartlead-pp-cli campaigns list --agent --select id,name,status
  • Previewable — --dry-run shows the request without sending

  • Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available

  • Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag

  • Explicit retries — use --idempotent only when an already-existing create should count as success, and --ignore-missing only when a missing delete target should count as success

Response envelope

Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:

json
{
  "meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
  "results": <data>
}

Parse .results for data and .meta.source to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable N results (live) summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal AND no machine-format flag (--json, --csv, --compact, --quiet, --plain, --select) is set — piped/agent consumers and explicit-format runs get pure JSON on stdout.

Agent Feedback

When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:

smartlead-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
smartlead-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
smartlead-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10

Entries are stored locally at ~/.smartlead-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless SMARTLEAD_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or SMARTLEAD_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.

Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.

Output Delivery

Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:

SinkEffect
stdoutDefault; write to stdout only
file:<path>Atomically write output to <path> (tmp + rename)
webhook:<url>POST the output body to the URL (application/json or application/x-ndjson when --compact)

Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.

Named Profiles

A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.

smartlead-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
smartlead-pp-cli --profile briefing campaigns list
smartlead-pp-cli profile list --json
smartlead-pp-cli profile show briefing
smartlead-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes

Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.

Exit Codes

CodeMeaning
0Success
2Usage error (wrong arguments)
3Resource not found
4Authentication required
5API error (upstream issue)
7Rate limited (wait and retry)
10Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

  1. Empty, help, or --help → show smartlead-pp-cli --help output
  2. Starts with install → ends with mcp → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
  3. Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with --agent)

MCP Server Installation

Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release, then register it:

bash
claude mcp add smartlead-pp-mcp -- smartlead-pp-mcp

Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

  1. Check if installed: which smartlead-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
  2. Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
  3. Execute with the --agent flag:
    bash
    smartlead-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
  4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: smartlead-pp-cli <command> --help.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in cli-skills/pp-smartlead of mvanhorn/printing-press-library.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 76de244

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Questions about Pp Smartlead

What does Pp Smartlead do?

Every SmartLead API feature, plus a local mirror that answers campaign-health, silent-lead, and cross-campaign... Pp Smartlead is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Every SmartLead API feature, plus a local mirror that answers campaign-health, silent-lead, and cross-campaign...

When should I use Pp Smartlead?

Pp Smartlead fits situations like: phrases: check my smartlead campaigns; which leads went silent; is this domain already pitched; rank my sender accounts.

How do I install Pp Smartlead in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-smartlead -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-smartlead in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .claude/skills/pp-smartlead in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pp Smartlead in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-smartlead -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-smartlead in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .agents/skills/pp-smartlead in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pp Smartlead in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-smartlead -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pp-smartlead, .gemini/skills/pp-smartlead, .github/skills/pp-smartlead and .opencode/skills/pp-smartlead in your project.

What does Pp Smartlead need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Pp Smartlead needs the command-line tools its instructions call (claude, npx and go) and credentials named SMARTLEAD_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in SMARTLEAD_API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash.

Does Pp Smartlead access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pp Smartlead safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Pp Smartlead use?

Pp Smartlead is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Pp Smartlead use?

About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Pp Smartlead?

mvanhorn (a GitHub user) maintains it in mvanhorn/printing-press-library, which has 2,056 GitHub stars. The repository holds 506 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mvanhorn/printing-press-library on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.