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How to use the Lead Scout agent skill: find businesses without websites
Updated · written with AI from the project's own documentation and checked against our catalogue data
Lead Scout is an agent skill: a set of written instructions that teaches an AI agent a specific method for finding sales leads. This guide covers the method, how to install the skill, how to ask for it in plain language, and the limits you should know about. By the end you will be able to have an agent build a list of local businesses in a city that appear to have no website of their own, with search evidence for each one.
Lead Scoutspinabot/brigade · MIT Download the skill Quick start
- 1Download the ZIP. Get the lead-scout ZIP from the skill's page on this directory.
- 2Unzip into your skills folder. Extract it into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder.
- 3Or upload it in the Claude apps. Go to Settings → Capabilities → Skills and upload the ZIP.
- 4Confirm the tools are available. Make sure the agent has a web search tool and a browser tool for fallback.
- 5Ask with a niche and a city. Request businesses in a niche and location, stating that you want ones without their own website.
- 6Review the evidence. Check the search evidence and contact details for each lead and spot-check a few before using them.
What the Lead Scout skill makes the agent do
The skill is built around one goal: a verified lead is a business that has no website of its own, confirmed by searching for it. It is meant for cases like selling website services to local businesses that lack one.
The agent first gathers candidate businesses with a web search for a niche and city. For each candidate it runs a search on the business name. If the results show only social media pages, aggregator or directory listings such as Zomato or Justdial, or Google Maps entries, with no official domain, the business counts as a lead.
- Social pages such as instagram.com and facebook.com do not count as a website.
- Aggregators and directories such as Zomato, Swiggy, Justdial, Tripadvisor, magicpin and Dineout do not count either.
- A Google Maps or Google Business listing does not count as a website.
- The agent reports each lead with its evidence, plus name, area and phone number where found.
Install the Lead Scout skill
You can install the skill in one of two ways. Download the ZIP from the skill's page on this directory and unzip it into your personal skills folder, ~/.claude/skills/, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder if you want it available only in that project.
Alternatively, upload the ZIP in the Claude apps under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
- Personal install: unzip into ~/.claude/skills/
- Project install: unzip into the project's .claude/skills/ folder
- Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, then upload the ZIP
Check what the skill needs before you run it
Lead Scout needs a web search tool available to the agent. It also uses a browser tool as a fallback, for reading Google Maps, Bing or DuckDuckGo results pages when search is unavailable or rate-limited.
The skill does not need an API key. According to its description, web search and the browser do all the work. The package contains only SKILL.md and runs no scripts, but it does use the network, because its searches and browser reads go out to the web.
- Web search tool available to the agent
- Browser tool for the fallback path
- No API key needed
- Runs scripts: no
- Uses network: yes
Trigger the skill with natural requests
You do not need a special command. The skill's description says to use it whenever you ask the agent to find businesses, shops, vendors, professionals or sales leads in a location. Name the niche and the city, and say what you want back.
Be specific about the goal. If you want businesses without websites, say so, because the skill's rule is built around that test. Requests for other kinds of prospecting do not fit this workflow well.
- "Find cafés in Panaji that don't have their own website."
- "Find web design leads: independent salons in Pune with no domain."
- "Build a list of local bakeries in Jaipur without a website, with phone numbers where you can find them."
How the agent verifies each lead
The method runs in two stages. First, the agent searches for a niche and city to get candidate names. Only if web search is unavailable does it open a Google Maps results page and read the list with one snapshot.
Second, for each business it searches the business name and city. If any result is the business's own domain, the business has a website and is dropped. If the results contain only social, aggregator or Maps pages, it is reported as a lead with the search it ran as evidence.
- Stage 1: web search for the niche and city to get candidates
- Stage 2: search each business name and city to check for an own domain
- Report only businesses that were actually searched
- Phone numbers and addresses come from search results or the business's own social page
Tips for better results
Treat the output as a starting list, not a final database. Phone numbers come from search results and may be outdated or missing, and the skill is designed not to invent them. Ask the agent to show its evidence so you can spot-check a few leads yourself.
If the agent repeats the same action without finding anything new, the skill tells it to stop and report what it has. That is a useful signal to narrow the niche or try a different city.
- Start with a narrow niche and one city, then widen the search.
- Ask for the search evidence for each lead and spot-check a few.
- Verify phone numbers before you call or send messages.
- Do not treat a directory page as the business's real website.
What people use it for
- A freelance web designer building a list of local shops with no website to pitch.
- A sales team collecting prospects such as restaurants or professionals in one city.
- An agency building a verified, search-based list of businesses without websites for a regional campaign.
Frequently asked questions
Is the lead-scout skill free?
The skill is published under the MIT licence, as stated on this page. The skill itself needs no API key, though your agent platform may have its own requirements.
What does lead-scout require to run?
It requires a web search tool available to the agent and a browser tool for fallback on Google Maps, Bing or DuckDuckGo results pages. It runs no scripts and uses the network.
How do I install the lead-scout agent skill?
Download the ZIP from this skill's page and unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ or a project's .claude/skills/ folder. You can also upload the ZIP in the Claude apps under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
Why does the skill not use the Google Maps website button?
A missing Website button only means nobody linked a site to the Google listing. The skill decides by searching the business name and checking whether its own domain appears.
Are the phone numbers from lead-scout accurate?
Not guaranteed. Phone numbers come from search results or social pages and may be outdated or missing. The skill is written to never invent them, so verify before contacting anyone.
How is lead-scout different from scraping tools?
It is a method for an agent to search and verify businesses one by one, not a bulk scraper. The skill relies on repeated web searches and browser reads, which may be rate-limited or restricted by some sites' terms.
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Our verdict
Lead Scout suits freelance web designers, agencies and sales teams who want a search-verified list of local businesses without their own websites. It is a poor fit if you need guaranteed contact details, a different kind of prospecting, or large-scale scraping.
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