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cold emailoutboundAI agents
The median AI skill ships 2 files. Mine ships 156.
I counted every file in 109 public AI marketing skills. The median ships 2 files, and 91 of the 109 ship no executable code at all. Here is the full tree of mine, with the graders' real PASS and FAIL output.
Martin Shein
Aug 22, 2026 · 15 min read

cold emailoutboundAI agents
My AI writes the whole cold campaign. I still approve every one.
I wanted an AI that runs cold outreach at volume without firing emails in my name that I never saw. So outbound-engine now builds you a board — it drafts every campaign, then stops at an approval gate you own. Speed of an agent, go-button of a human.
Martin Shein
Jul 20, 2026 · 4 min read

cold emailoutboundsales
58% of my replies come from emails I almost didn't send
Most cold outreach pours everything into the first email and treats follow-ups as a chore. The data says the opposite: 58% of positive replies land on follow-ups two through four. Here's how I rebuilt outbound-engine around the ladder.
Martin Shein
Jul 20, 2026 · 5 min read
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