/intro: warm-introduction automation

The operator's matchmaking is a conveyor: a warm intro is the product they trade. This skill turns "introduce X to Y" into one repeatable operation, run from their Telegram account.

Proven live 2026-06-19 (test pair Rita @teammate_r + Nataly @teammate_n). Standing rules live in memory [[intro-automation]] and [[no-long-dashes]].

Flow

1. RESOLVE both people

For each name, identify the real person before doing anything:

• /find or namesearch over names.db, the Platinum CRM leads/contacts, and Telegram resolve_username / search_contacts.
• Disambiguate name collisions (the operator has many same-name contacts: 8 Denises, several Karim) using get_common_chats, company, recent calls.
• Capture for each: real name, @handle, tg_id, company, and the Latin first name for the title.

2. CONFIRM (DEFAULT: ON, approval required)

Show the operator a compact BEFORE→AFTER block:

• who each person resolved to (name, @handle, company),
• the exact group title that will be created,
• which account will send. Wait for their "+". Do NOT create anything before that. Skip this gate ONLY if the operator explicitly says "no approval needed" in the request.

3. CREATE the group

• create_group from the chosen account, title = LatinName1 <> LatinName2 <> Palo Alto Research Lab.
• The <> sign goes between ALL elements. Names are LATIN only, taken from the lead's own name. Pass the title with plain <> AT creation. Never HTML-escape it. Never rely on renaming afterward (see gotchas).
• Account label "default" = @work_acct_a (id 226258979); "corp_acct" is the company voice. Pick the account with the warmest existing thread to each lead.

4. INTRO blurb in the group

• Right after creating the group, get its invite link via export_chat_invite.
• Short, warm, in the operator's voice. State who each person is and why they are a fit, INCLUDE the group link ("Group: <link>"), close with "over to you two".
• LANGUAGE: write to each lead in THEIR language. A Russian-speaking lead gets Russian, an English-speaking lead gets English. Detect language from the CRM card (country / language field), the vault person note, or the prior DM-thread language. If the two leads share no common language, write the group blurb bilingually (RU plus EN).
• No long dashes anywhere (use a colon, comma, or parentheses). See [[no-long-dashes]].

5. DM each side

• A one-line personal heads-up to each participant, written IN THAT PERSON'S language, including the group invite link so they can jump straight in.

6. LOG and close the loop

• Mark both in the Platinum CRM at the INTRO stage.
• Set a watcher to close the loop later ("how did the conversation go?", the operator's double-intro rule).

Telegram-MCP connector gotchas

• edit_chat_title FAILS on basic groups (CHAT-ERR-838): you cannot rename after creation, so always create with the final correct title in one shot.
• There is no delete for Telegram basic groups, only leave_chat (which leaves a ghost group for the others). Get the title right the first time.
• Adding mutual contacts works. If a non-contact's privacy blocks adding, fall back to export_chat_invite and send the link.
• Pace intros one at a time with gaps (anti-ban). Never mass-create.

Hard stops (defer to operating-agreement + bible)

Pause and ask the operator when an intro carries money, a commitment, secrets, or would be a mass blast. A plain social intro with no such payload is fine to run after their approval.

Report to the operator

Short summary of what was created plus the group title and who is in it, then a 🧒 In plain words recap. No long dashes.

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Author: Anton Dziatkovskii, Palo Alto AI Research Lab. Telegram @tonydzi - WhatsApp +1 341 222 9178 - X @Tony_Stef_

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