t420-kol-scout — KOL Discovery + Personalized DM

Purpose

Find crypto/DePIN Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) on X/Twitter, score their relevance, personalize outreach from templates, send DMs, and track results.

Dependencies

• brave-search — Web search for KOL discovery

• grok-search — X/Twitter search for KOL profiles and recent activity

• chirp — X/Twitter read, DM sending

• exa — Neural search for deeper KOL research

• leadklick — Log leads to Supabase

Rate Limits

• Max 20 DMs per day (hard cap: 30)

• Min 30 minutes between DMs (to avoid X rate limiting)

• 1 follow-up per KOL (after 48 hours, if no response)

• Max 10 DMs per session (morning + afternoon sessions)

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Workflow

Phase 1: Discovery

Search for KOLs matching these criteria:

1. Follower range: 5,000 - 50,000 (micro-KOLs, more responsive)

2. Topics: DePIN, Solana, robotaxi, autonomous vehicles, RWA, crypto infrastructure

3. Activity: Posted within last 7 days

4. Engagement: Avg 10+ likes per post (indicates real audience)

5. Language: English (primary), expand to other languages if capacity allows

Search queries:

"DePIN" crypto KOL -bot -giveaway
"Solana ecosystem" builder
"robotaxi" OR "autonomous vehicles" crypto
"RWA tokenization" thought leader
"fleet management" blockchain

Phase 2: Scoring

Score each KOL 1-10 based on:

Factor	Weight	Criteria
Relevance	30%	How closely their content aligns with T420 thesis
Audience size	20%	5K-10K (6pts), 10K-25K (8pts), 25K-50K (10pts)
Engagement rate	25%	Likes+replies / followers ratio
Recent activity	15%	Days since last post about DePIN/Solana/RWA
Tone fit	10%	Builder mentality vs. hype/shill style

Threshold: Only DM KOLs scoring 6+ out of 10.

Phase 3: Personalization

For each qualifying KOL, research and note:

1. Their most recent relevant post (to reference in DM)

2. Projects they've previously promoted

3. Their typical content style (technical, hype, analytical)

4. Any existing connection to Solana/DePIN ecosystem

Phase 4: DM Composition

Select and personalize from these templates:

Template A — Direct (for DePIN/Solana natives):

Hey [name] - building T420, a DePIN project for community-owned robotaxi fleets on Solana.

We're in presale and looking for partners. Offering 500k tokens ($2,500 presale value) for a promo thread.

FleetOS (our coordination platform) is in testing. Real product, real roadmap.

Interested? Can send deck or hop on a quick call.

Template B — Value-First (for skeptical/analytical KOLs):

[name] - love your content on [specific recent post topic].

Building something in the DePIN space you might find interesting - community-owned robotaxi fleets tokenized on Solana.

Not asking for anything yet - just wanted to share: learn.t420.io

If it resonates, happy to discuss a partnership. We're doing token-based collabs with aligned voices.

Template C — Exclusive (for higher-follower KOLs):

Hey - reaching out to 10 DePIN-focused accounts about early partnership on T420.

We're tokenizing robotaxi fleet ownership on Solana. Presale is live, FleetOS in testing.

Offering early partners 500k tokens + advisory allocation for promotional support.

Worth 5 min of your time? learn.t420.io

Personalization rules:

• Always reference something specific from their recent content

• Match their communication style (formal vs. casual)

• Never send identical messages to multiple KOLs

• Template is a starting point — adapt, don't copy-paste

Phase 5: Send + Log

1. Send DM via chirp

2. Log to kol-tracker.json:

   • KOL handle, name, follower count

   • Score (1-10)

   • Template used (A/B/C)

   • Personalization notes

   • Timestamp sent

   • Status: "dm_sent"

3. Log to leadklick (Supabase) for persistence

Phase 6: Follow-Up

• After 48 hours with no response: Send one follow-up:

  Hey - just following up. Happy to answer any questions or send more details. No pressure either way.

• After 72 hours total with no response: Mark as "no_response" and move on

• If interested: Move to deal negotiation (send KOL Content Kit details)

• If declined: Thank them gracefully, mark as "declined"

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Deal Negotiation (After Interest)

When a KOL expresses interest, send partnership details:

Great! Here's the offer:

- 500,000 T420 tokens (worth $2,500 at presale price)
- Tokens vest over 6 months (same as other presale investors)
- You post: 1 thread (8+ tweets) + pin for 48 hours
- We provide: talking points, images, key stats

We'll send tokens to your Solana wallet after post goes live.

If you want to negotiate (more tokens for longer pin, etc.) I'm open.

Wallet ready? I can send over the content kit.

Negotiation bounds (do NOT exceed without Zane approval):

• Standard: 500K tokens for 1 thread + 48hr pin

• Max: 750K tokens for 10+ tweet thread + 72hr pin + 1 follow-up engagement tweet

• Cash component: Not available (escalate to Zane if demanded)

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Output Format (kol-tracker.json entry)

{
  "handle": "@example_kol",
  "name": "Example Name",
  "followers": 15000,
  "relevance_score": 7.5,
  "template_used": "B",
  "personalization": "Referenced their thread on Helium network growth",
  "dm_sent_at": "2026-02-06T09:30:00Z",
  "follow_up_sent_at": null,
  "status": "dm_sent",
  "response": null,
  "deal_terms": null,
  "post_live_url": null,
  "tokens_sent": false,
  "notes": ""
}

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A/B Testing

Track response rates by template. After 30 DMs (10 per template), analyze which template performs best and shift 70% of future DMs to the winning template.

Abort Conditions

• If DM send fails 3x consecutively → pause for 6 hours (possible rate limit)

• If account gets restricted → STOP immediately, alert Zane in daily brief

• If response rate drops below 3% after 50+ DMs → pause, redesign templates, consult Zane