Apollo Operator
An open-source library of Claude Code skills that turns the raw Apollo MCP into a guided outbound motion. Free, and built by running it end to end on a live account.
WHAT A RUN LOOKS LIKE
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apollo-operator / live run
On the left, what running it looks like: you describe the job in plain language and the skills carry the method, routing between 17 of them across eight phases. On the right, the whole library in one prompt. Copy it into Claude Code and it installs itself, then asks for your context before it searches anything.
WHAT IS INSIDE
FIG. 01
FOUNDATIONS
operator context and voice
TARGETING
ICP, angles, signals
LIST
built, graded, suppressed
MESSAGE
sequences and personalization
LAUNCH
stop a send any time
THE LANES
four, not three
THE
LANES
Apollo can be driven four ways, and picking the right one decides what a job costs and whether it is possible at all
MCP
Apollo arrives as typed tools inside the model. Guardrailed and human-gated, and every result lands in the context window. Right for small record counts, and for anything that actually sends.
CLI binary
One terminal command, output straight to disk. Right for bulk search and enrichment on the common filters, and for any job you want to re-run later.
REST, CLI token
The lane most people miss. The token stored by apollo auth login already reaches the full filter surface, with disk output and no API key to manage.
API key
For building software that runs without a logged-in user. Useful, but not the lane you want when you are running a motion.

HOW IT BEHAVES
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LEARNED BY
“Outbound is a system, relevance beats volume, deliverability is sacred, humans approve the copy.”
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Title filters
A Founder filter also matches Founding Engineer. The list builder checks for that instead of trusting the count.
02
Pagination overlap
Overlapping pages are flagged before you pay to enrich the same person a second time.
03
Credit ceiling
A job that would cross 85% of your remaining credits stops and asks before it spends.
UPDATE HISTORY
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Four lanes, not three
Reading Apollo's full REST spec turned up a fourth access path: the CLI's own OAuth token reaches the complete MCP filter surface, with output written to disk and no API key needed. Numbered levels became named phases across all 17 skills, and re-engagement shipped as its own skill.
CLI awareness
Apollo shipped a command line tool and framed three lanes for running Apollo headless, so the library learned to route between them: MCP by default, the CLI for high-volume search and enrichment. Added sending infrastructure and the business brief. Sixteen skills.
Launch
Thirteen Claude Code skills that turn the raw Apollo MCP into a guided outbound motion, from operator context through targeting and list building to going live. Free, open source, and built by running it on a live account.

