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Use case

Cold email outreach with approval

Cold outreach without the deliverability hangover. Drafts come from your real address (or a dedicated agent inbox) and queue for one-tap human approval before they ship.

How it works

  1. 01

    Connect your real inbox

    Use your real Gmail or Outlook so the From: header is yours and the reputation belongs to you. Or create a dedicated outbound inbox in 30 seconds.

  2. 02

    Drop in a stalled-deal-chaser or leads-qualifier template

    Each template inherits the right tone, cadence, and approval policy. Drive the agent from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or n8n over the MCP endpoint.

  3. 03

    Approve every send

    Drafts queue with the agent’s reasoning attached. Approve, edit, or skip in one tap. Audit log records every action with a per-identity scope.

In plain prose

Cold outreach is the use case most likely to embarrass you with an autonomous agent. A bad reply-to, an off-tone subject, or the wrong personalisation token will burn a sender domain in days.

Helix sits between "fully autonomous send" and "draft generator I copy-paste". Every send queues for human approval; the agent learns from your edits over time. The mailbox is real — Gmail or Outlook — so deliverability stays where it is supposed to be.

Templates ship pre-tuned tone and cadence. Pair with a stalled-deal chaser or a leads qualifier; the same identity drives both.

FAQ

Will my domain reputation suffer?

Helix sends through your real Gmail or Outlook account (or a fresh agent inbox you provision). Reputation belongs to the mailbox; the approval gate keeps the volume sane.

How does this avoid spam?

Default policy is "always approve". Free tier is rate-limited. Every agent has a sponsor with a verified dashboard account; revocation is one click.

Can I drive this from Apollo / Outreach / Salesloft?

Yes — Helix exposes a REST API and webhooks. Push trigger events from your sequencer; the agent drafts the reply and queues it for approval.

Next step

Ship this workflow: Stalled-deal chaser template · Bridge from your sequencer via n8n.

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