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Build a list of businesses to sell to

“I know who my ideal customer is but not who they actually are.”

AI can search directories, maps and websites for businesses that match your ideal customer and put them in a sheet with why each fits. Use public business info only.

Fix it yourself in 3 steps

Describe your ideal customer: industry, size, location, and a sign they need you.
Ask the AI to find 25 matches from public sources with a fit score and reason.
Spot-check 5 by hand before you contact anyone.

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Find 25 businesses that match: [industry, size, location, need signal, e.g. 'no website' or 'hiring for X']. Use only public business info. Make a table: name, website, city, why they fit, fit score 1–5, and source link. Don't contact anyone or look up personal contact details — stop after the table.

Fill in the [brackets]. Each prompt says when the AI should stop, so it doesn't wander off.

Agents people used for this: Claude Code, OpenClaw, Manus, Hermes Agent.

Inspired by real examples collected at agentusecases.ai.

📚 17 real stories of people doing this with AI agents

Build lead lists and multichannel outbound sequences · Grok Bot
Build prospect lists and cold emails from the web · Claude Code | Claude in Chrome
Find and clean leads for recruiting outreach · Claude Code
Find and email businesses that need AI · Grok Bot
Find and qualify sales leads against ICP · Hermes Agent
Find and vet ICP leads and plan outreach · OpenClaw
Find local businesses without websites as leads · Hermes Agent
Find prospects and summarize business opportunities for sales · n8n
Find target businesses with Manus · Manus
Find weak-web-presence businesses and pitch them with personalized outreach · custom-built or unnamed agent
Find web design prospects with sales agents · ChatGPT
Hand lead-gen agency tasks to an agent instead of a VA · ChatGPT Agent
Research companies and fill a CRM for outreach · Claude Code
Research dentist offices and build an outreach CRM · Manus
Research sales leads with Operator · Operator
Scrape real estate agent leads and start roofing outreach · OpenClaw
Scrape startup directories for leads in parallel · Perplexity Comet

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