# Buying Signal Scan

> See which target accounts just raised, hired or changed tools, and contact them now.

Category: Research · Status: draft · Price: free (MIT) · Output: Ranked account list

Give it a list of target companies or your ICP. It checks for funding, hiring for relevant roles, new technologies and news, then ranks who to contact this week and why, with the signal behind every row.

## Use it when
- B2B teams with a target account list.
- Timing outreach to real events.

## Do not use it for
- Consumer products.
- Predicting purchases with certainty.

## Input
Account list or ICP

## What it produces
A ranked list of accounts with the signal and the reason.

- Accounts ranked by how ready they look.
- The exact signal and date for each.
- A suggested opening line per account.

## What it needs
PredictLeads API (100 free requests a month) or an Apify API token for job-board scrapers. Works on plain web search with neither, just slower.

Bring your own API keys. Ekos never asks for, receives or stores them.

## Install and run
1. Get the skill: `git clone https://github.com/Ekos-Labs/skills.git`, then use `skills/buying-signal-scan`. Or read it directly: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ekos-Labs/skills/main/skills/buying-signal-scan/SKILL.md
2. Copy the folder into your agent's skills directory (Claude Code: `~/.claude/skills/`, Codex: `~/.agents/skills/`), or tell your agent:

```text
Read https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ekos-Labs/skills/main/skills/buying-signal-scan/SKILL.md and use it for this task. Ask me before using any paid API.
```

Install guide: https://www.ekoslabs.com/skills/install.md

## Links
- Human page: https://www.ekoslabs.com/skills/buying-signal-scan
- Source: https://github.com/Ekos-Labs/skills/tree/main/skills/buying-signal-scan
- All skills: https://www.ekoslabs.com/skills/llms.txt
- Machine-readable catalog: https://www.ekoslabs.com/skills/catalog.json