DataCraft Studios internal
Lantern: human-in-the-loop lead generation
Daily runs find prospects, audit their sites and processes, research the right contacts and draft personal messages. A human reviews and sends every one.
- Role
- Architect & engineer
- Timeframe
- 2026
Problem
Finding and researching the right decision-makers is slow; fully automated outreach is spam.
Approach
Daily n8n runs (triggered from Payload or Telegram) find prospects, audit their sites and processes, find the right contacts and draft personalized messages. Every message is reviewed and sent by a human.
Outcome
Every message is reviewed and sent by a human.
Architecture
- SourceTrigger (cron / Telegram / admin): Runs daily, or on demand.Leads to Discovery
- ProcessingDiscovery: Finds companies that fit the profile.Leads to Site audit
- AISite audit: Reviews their site and visible processes.Leads to Contact research
- AIContact research: Finds the right decision-maker.Leads to Draft
- AIDraft: A personalized message, grounded in the audit.Leads to Human review ✓
- OutputHuman review ✓: Nothing goes out without a person approving it.Leads to Sent
- OutputSent: Sent by a human.
Metrics
- AI-drafted messages reviewed by a human before sending
- Every one
Stack
- Payload CMS
- n8n
- OpenAI
- Render