
Pp Smartlead
- 25 installs
- 1.9k repo stars
- Updated August 4, 2026
- mvanhorn/printing-press-library
Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.
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pp-smartlead is a Claude Code skill for ai & agent building. It helps solo builders move faster with AI-assisted coding.
- pp-smartlead
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Pp Smartlead by the numbers
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| Installs | 25 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 1.9k |
| Last updated | August 4, 2026 |
| Repository | mvanhorn/printing-press-library ↗ |
What it does
Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.
Files
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SmartLead — Printing Press CLI
Prerequisites: Install the CLI
This skill drives the smartlead-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:
1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install smartlead --cli-only2. Verify: smartlead-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.
If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.4 or newer):
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/sales-and-crm/smartlead/cmd/smartlead-pp-cli@latestIf --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.
When to Use This CLI
Use this CLI when an agent or operator needs to audit cold-email outreach in SmartLead: checking which campaigns are healthy, building follow-up lists of silent leads, deduplicating leads across campaigns before launch, or ranking sender accounts by deliverability. It is the right tool when the question spans multiple campaigns or needs week-over-week history, because those answers come from the local mirror rather than a single API call.
Unique Capabilities
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
Local state that compounds
- `health` — One-shot scorecard for every campaign — bounce rate, reply rate, silent-lead count, sender count, and a stale flag — without clicking through the dashboard.
_Reach for this first when an agent needs to know which campaigns are healthy before drilling into any one of them._
smartlead-pp-cli health --json- `silent` — Finds leads that were emailed but have not replied within N days — the exact set to follow up with or retire.
_Use this to build a follow-up list instead of paging the whole lead set and diffing timestamps by hand._
smartlead-pp-cli silent --campaign 12345 --days 7 --json- `dupes` — Scans the whole lead mirror for emails or domains that appear in two or more campaigns; --domain prints the full pitch ledger for one site.
_Run this before adding leads to a campaign to avoid double-contacting a prospect already in flight._
smartlead-pp-cli dupes --domain example.com --json- `drift` — Computes week-over-week reply, open, and bounce deltas for a campaign by querying analytics one seven-day window at a time.
_Use this to catch a campaign decaying over time rather than judging it from a single point-in-time stat._
smartlead-pp-cli drift --campaign 12345 --weeks 4 --jsonDeliverability intelligence
- `sender-health` — Ranks every email sender account by a composite of inbox-warmup landing rate, SMTP/IMAP connection health, and sending utilization.
_Reach for this to find which sender accounts are dragging deliverability before they tank a campaign._
smartlead-pp-cli sender-health --json- `warmup-gate` — Checks each sender account against warmup thresholds (--min-days, --min-inbox-rate); with --strict it exits non-zero when any account fails — a scriptable launch gate.
_Call this in a launch script to block attaching a sender account that is not warmed up yet._
smartlead-pp-cli warmup-gate --account 6789 --jsonCommand Reference
campaigns — Manage campaigns
smartlead-pp-cli campaigns create— Create a new campaignsmartlead-pp-cli campaigns delete— Delete a campaignsmartlead-pp-cli campaigns get— Get a campaign by IDsmartlead-pp-cli campaigns list— Retrieves every email campaign for the authenticated SmartLead account.
client — Manage client
smartlead-pp-cli client create— Create a whitelabel clientsmartlead-pp-cli client list— List all whitelabel clients
email-accounts — Manage email accounts
smartlead-pp-cli email-accounts create— Add a new email sender accountsmartlead-pp-cli email-accounts list— List all email sender accountssmartlead-pp-cli email-accounts reconnect-failed— Trigger a reconnect of all disconnected email accountssmartlead-pp-cli email-accounts update— Update an email sender account
leads — Manage leads
smartlead-pp-cli leads add-domain-block-list— Add domains to the account-wide block listsmartlead-pp-cli leads get-by-email— Look up a lead by email addresssmartlead-pp-cli leads list-categories— List all lead categories for the accountsmartlead-pp-cli leads update— Update a lead's fields
Finding the right command
When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:
smartlead-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"which resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match — fall back to --help or use a narrower query.
Recipes
Morning campaign triage
smartlead-pp-cli sync && smartlead-pp-cli health --jsonRefresh the mirror, then get the all-campaigns health scorecard in one structured payload.
Pre-launch dedupe check
smartlead-pp-cli dupes --domain prospect-site.com --jsonSee every campaign, category, and last-contact date for a domain before pitching it again.
Build a follow-up list
smartlead-pp-cli silent --campaign 12345 --days 10 --jsonPull leads emailed but silent for 10+ days to feed into a follow-up sequence.
Trim a verbose campaign payload
smartlead-pp-cli campaigns list --agent --select id,name,statusSmartLead campaign objects are large; --agent with --select narrows the response to just the fields an agent needs.
Gate a launch on sender warmup
smartlead-pp-cli warmup-gate --account 6789 --jsonReturns a typed exit code so a launch script can block on a sender that is not warmed up.
Auth Setup
SmartLead authenticates with an API key passed as the api_key query parameter. Set SMARTLEAD_API_KEY in your environment (find the key under Settings -> API in the SmartLead app). No OAuth, no login flow.
Run smartlead-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.
Agent Mode
Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.
- Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
- Filterable —
--selectkeeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:
smartlead-pp-cli campaigns list --agent --select id,name,status- Previewable —
--dry-runshows the request without sending - Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
- Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag
- Explicit retries — use
--idempotentonly when an already-existing create should count as success, and--ignore-missingonly when a missing delete target should count as success
Response envelope
Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:
{
"meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
"results": <data>
}Parse .results for data and .meta.source to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable N results (live) summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal AND no machine-format flag (--json, --csv, --compact, --quiet, --plain, --select) is set — piped/agent consumers and explicit-format runs get pure JSON on stdout.
Agent Feedback
When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:
smartlead-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
smartlead-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
smartlead-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10Entries are stored locally at ~/.smartlead-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless SMARTLEAD_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or SMARTLEAD_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.
Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.
Output Delivery
Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:
| Sink | Effect |
|---|---|
stdout | Default; write to stdout only |
file:<path> | Atomically write output to <path> (tmp + rename) |
webhook:<url> | POST the output body to the URL (application/json or application/x-ndjson when --compact) |
Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.
Named Profiles
A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.
smartlead-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
smartlead-pp-cli --profile briefing campaigns list
smartlead-pp-cli profile list --json
smartlead-pp-cli profile show briefing
smartlead-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yesExplicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.
Exit Codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Success |
| 2 | Usage error (wrong arguments) |
| 3 | Resource not found |
| 4 | Authentication required |
| 5 | API error (upstream issue) |
| 7 | Rate limited (wait and retry) |
| 10 | Config error |
Argument Parsing
Parse $ARGUMENTS:
1. Empty, `help`, or `--help` → show smartlead-pp-cli --help output 2. Starts with `install` → ends with mcp → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above 3. Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with --agent)
MCP Server Installation
Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release, then register it:
claude mcp add smartlead-pp-mcp -- smartlead-pp-mcpVerify: claude mcp list
Direct Use
1. Check if installed: which smartlead-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill). 2. Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above. 3. Execute with the --agent flag:
smartlead-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: smartlead-pp-cli <command> --help.