Candidate Sourcing Run

Candidate Sourcing Run is a routine your Townie AI assistant runs whenever you hand it an open role and its job description: it builds a sourcing plan, finds and enriches 20-50 on-target candidates through Clay, scores each on fit — including the non-obvious signals a title doesn't show — and hands back a ranked Google Sheet with a personal outreach note drafted for every candidate. Nothing is sent to anyone; you send the notes yourself.

To: your Townie

Subject: Create me a Candidate Sourcing Run routine

Source candidates for an open role and hand me a ranked sheet I can work straight from — no manual LinkedIn hunting.

Do this whenever I ask you to source for a role. I'll give you the role and its job description (or an Ashby link); if I don't, ask before you start.

When you run it:
- Read the JD closely: the outcomes the role owns, must-haves vs. nice-to-haves, any hard filters, and the 2-4 backgrounds that would crush it, in priority order.
- Think about the non-obvious signals of fit — what beyond a title says someone's right — and use them to widen the search.
- Build a sourcing plan: exact and adjacent titles, ~10-20 target companies that over-index on those backgrounds, and a location filter. Show me the plan.
- Use Clay to find and enrich 20-50 real people who match — name, LinkedIn, location, company, title. Search before you enrich, and only include real results.
- Score each 1-100 on fit, tag their archetype, and spread the scores so the list actually ranks.
- Best-effort, flag the teammate closest to each person so I can chase a warm referral, with a confidence read.
- Draft a short outreach note for each in MY voice — one specific personalization, a one-line pitch, a light CTA, under ~300 characters.
- Put it all in a Google Sheet — name, status, notes, LinkedIn, location, company, title, note, fit, score, closest connection — sorted by score, and send me the link.

Draft everything — never send outreach yourself; I'll send the notes.

Before you build this, tailor it to the tools I actually use and ask me the questions that would make it stronger — including what to do on your own vs. check with me first.

Sent when you sign up — works as-is, or edit anything.

Get started with this routine

Outreach is drafted, never sent — you work the sheet.

See it work: a role in, a ranked shortlist out

Fill any role's shortlist without the manual sourcing grind

Scored, enriched, and outreach drafted — nothing sent until you send it.

How this routine works

Works with

You send the role
Hand your Townie the job description or an Ashby link. It reads the role closely — the outcomes it owns, must-haves versus nice-to-haves, hard filters, and the two to four backgrounds that would crush it — then shows you its sourcing plan before searching.
It sources, enriches, and scores
Through Clay it finds and enriches 20-50 real matching people — name, LinkedIn, location, company, title — scores each 1-100 on fit including the non-obvious signals, and flags the teammate closest to each candidate so you can chase a warm referral.
You work straight from the sheet
A ranked Google Sheet with a short outreach note drafted in your voice for every candidate — one real personalization, a one-line pitch, a light ask. You review, tweak, and send the notes yourself.

Candidate Sourcing Run FAQ

It's a routine your Townie AI assistant runs whenever you hand it an open role and its job description: it builds a sourcing plan, finds and enriches 20-50 on-target candidates through Clay, scores each on fit, drafts a personal outreach note per candidate in your voice, and hands back a ranked Google Sheet you can work straight from — no manual LinkedIn hunting.

No. Every outreach note is a draft — nothing is sent to any candidate until you send it yourself. It reads only the tools you connect, and it shows you its search plan before it starts. Read more in our security overview.

From a Clay search built off your job description — exact and adjacent titles at target companies that over-index on the right backgrounds, with a location filter. It searches before it enriches to keep costs down, and it only includes real, verifiable profiles.

One row per candidate: name, status, notes, LinkedIn, location, company, title, the drafted outreach note, a fit archetype, a 1-100 priority score, and your closest connection to them — sorted by score so the top of the sheet is where you start.

No — it runs when you ask. Any time a role opens, send your assistant the JD and it kicks off a fresh sourcing run for that role.