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Data extraction

Lead extraction

Walk a directory you are authorized to access and collect a clean list of leads, ready for your CRM.

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5 steps 20-90s depending on page count ✓ Safety rails on
Writ runs on your own accounts, with your own credentials and data, on sites you are authorized to use.
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safety

This template can take an action with consequences.

Safety rails on Action templates lead with guardrails. Before anything happens, every guard below is in force: a dry-run preview, a confirm-gate, a rate limit, an audit log, and idempotency so a retry never double-acts.

  • ✓Respect robots.txt, Terms of Service, and rate limits
  • ✓Public data, your own data, or your own authenticated accounts only
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what it does

The outcome

Walk a directory you are authorized to access and collect a clean list of leads, ready for your CRM.

Backed by a real, installable recipe, not a generated stub. Install it, attach your own inputs, and run it on your own accounts.

Expected output

A successful run returns a structured result:

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json 
[{ "name": "...", "company": "...", "url": "..." }]
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the steps

5 steps

Real step types from the 30+ in the workflow vocabulary. Edit any of them after you install.

  1. 1
    navigate

    Open the directory or search results.

  2. 2
    extract

    Read each entry's public fields.

  3. 3
    navigate

    Page through results to the end.

  4. 4
    evaluate

    De-duplicate and normalize into a clean shape.

  5. 5
    api_call

    Optionally upsert each lead into your CRM.

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what you provide

Inputs

  • directory_urlurl must match ^https?://
  • max_pagesnumber

Input shape

Inputs are validated against per-slot regex rules before a run starts.

inputs.json
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{
  "directory_url": "<url>"  // matches ^https?://,
  "max_pages": "<number>"
}

Estimated runtime: 20-90s depending on page count.

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Local runs have no compute charge and do not use Writ cloud compute. Paid plans are for cloud execution, faster monitors, teams, managed AI, and fleet features.

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works on

Point it at a site

This recipe adapts to any of these, all on your own authorized accounts.

Automate LinkedIn open a profile, extract fields, send a connection request, turned into a callable workflow. · Also: extract · monitor LinkedIn Automate Indeed search a role, open a posting, extract fields, turned into a callable workflow. · Also: extract · monitor Indeed
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faq

Lead extraction questions

What does the Lead extraction template do?
Walk a directory you are authorized to access and collect a clean list of leads, ready for your CRM.
Where does it run?
On your own machine free of compute charges with the local agent, or on metered cloud running time. Either way it runs on your own authorized accounts and data.
Does it spend money automatically?
No spend happens without the safety rails: Respect robots.txt, Terms of Service, and rate limits, Public data, your own data, or your own authenticated accounts only. You stay in control with a confirm-gate and a rate limit.
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