Instantly Skill Pack

Cold email outreach automation via Instantly.ai API v2 — campaigns, leads, warmup, analytics, and webhooks (24 skills)

Instantly.ai is a cold email outreach platform that manages sending infrastructure, email warmup, campaign sequencing, and reply detection at scale. This skill pack provides production-ready patterns for the Instantly API v2 (https://api.instantly.ai/api/v2/), covering the full campaign lifecycle from account warmup through lead import, sequence creation, launch, analytics, and webhook-driven CRM sync.

API Version: v2 (v1 deprecated January 2026) Auth: Bearer token with scoped API keys Plan Required: Hypergrowth ($97.95/mo) for full API + webhooks

Installation

/plugin install instantly-pack@claude-code-plugins-plus

Skills Included

Standard Skills (S01-S12)

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | instantly-install-auth | API v2 authentication, scoped key generation, client wrapper setup | | instantly-hello-world | First API call — list campaigns, check accounts, pull analytics | | instantly-local-dev-loop | Mock server, integration tests, local webhook testing with ngrok | | instantly-sdk-patterns | Type-safe client, retry logic, cursor pagination, multi-tenant factory | | instantly-core-workflow-a | Full campaign launch: create sequences, add leads, assign accounts, activate | | instantly-core-workflow-b | Email warmup lifecycle, warmup analytics, campaign & step-level analytics | | instantly-common-errors | HTTP error reference, campaign status codes, lead/account diagnostics | | instantly-debug-bundle | Collect workspace-wide debug evidence (campaigns, accounts, warmup, webhooks) | | instantly-rate-limits | 429 handling, exponential backoff, request queue, throttled email fetcher | | instantly-security-basics | Scoped keys, secret management, key rotation, webhook auth, audit logs | | instantly-prod-checklist | 5-phase pre-launch validation: accounts, config, leads, test, launch | | instantly-upgrade-migration | API v1 to v2 migration: endpoint map, auth change, pagination, new features |

Pro Skills (P13-P18)

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | instantly-ci-integration | GitHub Actions CI with mock server, scope validation, deploy pipeline | | instantly-deploy-integration | Deploy webhook receivers to Vercel, Cloud Run, or Fly.io | | instantly-webhooks-events | All 16 event types, webhook CRUD, event routing, CRM sync handlers | | instantly-performance-tuning | Caching, batch lead import, prefetch pagination, connection pooling | | instantly-cost-tuning | Plan comparison, account utilization audit, campaign efficiency analysis | | instantly-reference-architecture | Project layout, modular client design, campaign template system |

Flagship Skills (F19-F24)

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | instantly-multi-env-setup | Dev/staging/prod workspace isolation, environment guards, webhook routing | | instantly-observability | Campaign health monitor, warmup alerts, webhook delivery tracking | | instantly-incident-runbook | P1-P4 response procedures: unhealthy accounts, bounce protect, rate storms | | instantly-data-handling | Lead CRUD, list management, block lists, GDPR deletion, CAN-SPAM compliance | | instantly-enterprise-rbac | Workspace members, scoped API keys, custom tags, audit logging | | instantly-migration-deep-dive | Platform migration: account import, CSV leads, parallel run, cutover |

Key API Endpoints Covered

| Category | Endpoints | |----------|----------| | Campaigns | POST/GET/PATCH/DELETE /campaigns, activate, pause, analytics, variables | | Accounts | POST/GET/PATCH /accounts, warmup/enable, warmup-analytics, test/vitals, pause, resume | | Leads | POST/GET/PATCH/DELETE /leads, leads/list, leads/move, update-interest-status | | Lead Lists | POST/GET/PATCH/DELETE /lead-lists | | Webhooks | POST/GET/PATCH/DELETE /webhooks, test, resume, webhook-events/summary | | Email | GET /emails, POST /emails/reply, POST /emails/test, unread/count | | Block Lists | POST/GET/DELETE /block-lists-entries, bulk-create, bulk-delete | | Analytics | campaigns/analytics, analytics/daily, analytics/steps, analytics/overview | | Admin | api-keys, audit-logs, workspace-members, custom-tags, background-jobs |

Usage

Skills trigger automatically when you discuss Instantly topics:

• "Set up Instantly API" triggers instantly-install-auth
• "Create a cold email campaign" triggers instantly-core-workflow-a
• "Enable warmup on my accounts" triggers instantly-core-workflow-b
• "Handle Instantly webhooks" triggers instantly-webhooks-events
• "Debug Instantly errors" triggers instantly-common-errors

License

MIT