Hermes researches 24 leads into YouTrack briefs

Marcin Golonka describes using Hermes at Halfbit Studio, a three-person software house targeting logistics and e-commerce. The agent holds company context, including the team's limited sales experience and dependence on a single client. That context informs research rather than making every lead assessment start from an empty conversation.

For a previously unprioritised spreadsheet of prospects, Hermes researched 24 companies and created a YouTrack ticket for each. Briefs included industry, company size, technology, a specific business problem, a recommended first contact and a hot, warm or cold assessment. Golonka emphasises concrete problems rather than a generic assumption that every company needs IT. The team packaged this process as a reusable lead-research skill.

The output prepares outreach; Hermes does not send the company's emails or make its business decisions. Golonka notes that research is sometimes incomplete and recommendations sometimes too generic. His later discussion of a recurring pipeline includes imagined next steps, so this account does not establish unattended follow-ups or a fully scheduled sales operation. The concrete result is a researched ticket set the team can inspect and use. A useful copyable brief separates the evidence about a prospect from the suggested contact strategy, leaving the commercial judgment and actual contact with a person.

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Source: Blog · Marcin Golonka