Smartlead

The Smartlead component is an application component that allows users to organize your leads and helps you close more deals. It can carry out the following tasks:

Create Campaign
Setup Campaign
Save Sequences
Get Sequences
Add Leads
Add Sender Email
Update Campaign Status
Get Campaign Metric
List Leads Status

Use Cases

To achieve the basic use case that creating a campaign from scratch, you need to follow the steps below:

Create campaign by TASK_CREATE_CAMPAIGN.
Update campaign schedule & update campaign general settings by TASK_SETUP_CAMPAIGN.
Save sequences by TASK_SAVE_SEQUENCES.
Add leads to the campaign by TASK_ADD_LEADS.
Add sender email by TASK_ADD_SENDER_EMAIL. Please notice that you need to create a sender email and configure in Smartlead console before adding it to the campaign.
Start campaign by TASK_UPDATE_CAMPAIGN_STATUS.

Release Stage

Alpha

Configuration

The component definition and tasks are defined in the definition.yaml and tasks.yaml files respectively.

Setup

In order to communicate with Smartlead, the following connection details need to be provided. You may specify them directly in a pipeline recipe as key-value pairs within the component's setup block, or you can create a Connection from the Integration Settings page and reference the whole setup as setup: ${connection.<my-connection-id>}.

Field	Field ID	Type	Note
API Key (required)	`api-key`	string	Fill in your Smartlead API key. You can generate one from your Smartlead account.

Supported Tasks

Create Campaign

Create a new campaign. You have to create a campaign before you can start adding leads to it. Please check Smartlead API document.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_CREATE_CAMPAIGN`
Name (required)	`name`	string	Name of the campaign.

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
ID	`id`	string	ID of the campaign.
Created At	`created-at`	string	Created at timestamp of the campaign.

Setup Campaign

Setup a campaign. You can update campaign settings to this campaign. For Smartlead campaign, you will need to setup the schedule settings and general settings.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_SETUP_CAMPAIGN`
Campaign Name (required)	`campaign-name`	string	Name of the campaign.
Timezone (required)	`timezone`	string	Timezone of the campaign. Please choose the value in List of Timezones.
Days of the Week (required)	`days-of-the-week`	array[number]	Days of the week when the campaign will run. A number value ranging from 0 to 6; i.e [0,1,2,3,4,5,6]. 0 is Sunday, 1 is Monday, and so on.
Start Hour (required)	`start-hour`	string	Start hour of the campaign. Time to start the campaign in 24-hour format (HH:MM).
End Hour (required)	`end-hour`	string	End hour of the campaign. Time to end the campaign in 24-hour format (HH:MM).
Minimum Time Between Emails (required)	`min-time-btw-emails`	number	Minimum time between emails in minutes. The minimum value is 3 minutes.
Maximum New Leads per Day (required)	`max-new-leads-per-day`	number	Maximum new leads per day.
Schedule Start Time (required)	`schedule-start-time`	string	Schedule start time of the campaign. Please specify the campaign start time in standard ISO 8601 format. e.g. 2024-11-27T07:29:25.978Z.
Track Settings	`track-settings`	array[string]	Tracking settings like not tracking opens or link clicks. Enum values `DONT_TRACK_EMAIL_OPEN` `DONT_TRACK_LINK_CLICK` `DONT_TRACK_REPLY_TO_AN_EMAIL`
Stop Lead Settings	`stop-lead-settings`	string	Stops lead if they do the action specified. Enum values `CLICK_ON_A_LINK` `OPEN_AN_EMAIL`
Send As Plain Text	`send-as-plain-text`	boolean	Send emails as plain text.
Follow up Percentage	`follow-up-percentage`	number	Specifies the percentage of leads in a campaign who should receive follow-up emails.
Add Unsubscribe Tag	`add-unsubscribe-tag`	boolean	Add an unsubscribe tag to the email.
Ignore Mailbox Sending Limit	`ignore-ss-mailbox-sending-limit`	boolean	Ignore mailbox sending limits, used when creating a subsequence.

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
Result (optional)	`result`	string	Result of setting up a campaign.

Save Sequences

Save sequences to a campaign. A Smartlead sequence is a series of automated emails sent to potential customers based on specific actions, or triggers.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_SAVE_SEQUENCES`
Campaign Name (required)	`campaign-name`	string	Name of the campaign.
Sequences (required)	`sequences`	array[object]	A Smartlead sequence is a series of automated emails sent to potential customers based on specific actions, or triggers.

Input Objects in Save Sequences

Sequences

A Smartlead sequence is a series of automated emails sent to potential customers based on specific actions, or triggers.

Field	Field ID	Type	Note
Email Body	`email-body`	string	Body of the email. If you want to set the variable according to different leads, you can use `{{variable_name}}`. It will be replaced by the actual value from the lead.
Sequence Number	`seq-number`	number	Sequence number means the order of the sequence. If you don't specify this, it will be automatically assigned by the order of the sequences.
Sequence Delay Days	`sequence-delay-days`	number	Number of days to wait before sending the next email. If you don't specify this, the default value is 1 day.
Subject	`subject`	string	Subject of the email. If you want to set the variable according to different leads, you can use `{{variable_name}}`. It will be replaced by the actual value from the lead.

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
Result	`result`	string	Result of saving sequences.

Get Sequences

Get sequences of a campaign. If you want to add more sequences to the campaign, you can get the existing sequences and add new sequences to them. And, you can execute TASK_SAVE_SEQUENCES to save the sequences.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_GET_SEQUENCES`
Campaign Name (required)	`campaign-name`	string	Name of the campaign.

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
Sequences	`sequences`	array[object]	Sequences of the campaign.

Output Objects in Get Sequences

Sequences

Field	Field ID	Type	Note
Email Body	`email-body`	string	Body of the email when you save the sequence.
Sequence ID	`seq-id`	string	ID of the sequence.
Sequence Number	`seq-number`	number	Sequence number means the order of the sequence.
Sequence Delay Days	`sequence-delay-days`	number	Number of days to wait before sending the next email.
Subject	`subject`	string	Subject of the email when you save the sequence.

Add Leads

Add leads to a campaign.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_ADD_LEADS`
Campaign Name (required)	`campaign-name`	string	Name of the campaign.
Leads (required)	`leads`	array[object]	Leads to add to the campaign.
Settings	`settings`	object	Settings for adding leads.

Input Objects in Add Leads

Leads

Leads to add to the campaign.

Field	Field ID	Type	Note
Company	`company`	string	Company name of the lead.
Custom Fields	`custom-fields`	array	Custom fields of the lead. You can use custom fields to store additional information about the lead, which can be used in the variable in the sequence email template.
Email	`email`	string	Email of the lead.
First Name	`first-name`	string	First name of the lead.
Last Name	`last-name`	string	Last name of the lead.
Location	`location`	string	Location of the lead.

Settings

Settings for adding leads.

Field	Field ID	Type	Note
Ignore Community Bounce List	`ignore-community-bounce-list`	boolean	Ignore the community bounce list and add the lead. If true, uploaded leads will BYPASS any leads that bounced across Smartlead entire user base and be uploaded to the campaign.
Ignore Duplicate Leads in Other Campaign	`ignore-duplicate-leads-in-other-campaign`	boolean	Ignore duplicate leads in other campaigns and add the lead. If true, leads will NOT BYPASS the comparison with other campaigns and NOT be added to the campaign if they are part of any other campaign.
Ignore Global Block List	`ignore-global-block-list`	boolean	Ignore the global block list and add the lead. If true, uploaded leads will BYPASS the global block list and be uploaded to the campaign.
Ignore Unsubscribe List	`ignore-unsubscribe-list`	boolean	Ignore the unsubscribe list and add the lead. If true, leads will BYPASS the comparison with unsubscribed leads and be uploaded to the campaign.

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
Upload Count	`upload-count`	number	Number of leads uploaded.
Total Leads	`total-leads`	number	Total number of leads in the campaign.
Already Added to Campaign	`already-added-to-campaign`	number	Number of leads already added to the campaign.
Invalid Email Count	`invalid-email-count`	number	Number of leads with invalid email.
Error (optional)	`error`	string	Error message from Smartlead if any.

Add Sender Email

Add a sender email to the campaign. You have to configure the sender email in Smartlead console before adding it to the campaign.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_ADD_SENDER_EMAIL`
Campaign Name (required)	`campaign-name`	string	Name of the campaign.
Sender Email (required)	`sender-email`	string	Email address of the sender. You need to configure the sender email in Smartlead console before adding it to the campaign.

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
Result	`result`	string	Result of adding a sender email. If you don't configure your sender email in Smartlead console, you will get an error.

Update Campaign Status

Update the status of a campaign. You need to start a campaign to send the emails to the leads.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_UPDATE_CAMPAIGN_STATUS`
Campaign Name (required)	`campaign-name`	string	Name of the campaign.
Status (required)	`status`	string	Status of the campaign. Enum values `START` `PAUSED` `STOPPED`

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
Result	`result`	string	Result of updating the status of a campaign.

Get Campaign Metric

Get the metrics of a campaign. You can get the metrics like open count, click count, and reply count of the campaign.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_GET_CAMPAIGN_METRIC`
Campaign Name (required)	`campaign-name`	string	Name of the campaign.

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
Sent Count (optional)	`sent-count`	number	Number of emails sent.
Unique Sent Count (optional)	`unique-sent-count`	number	Number of unique emails sent.
Open Count (optional)	`open-count`	number	Number of emails opened.
Unique Open Count (optional)	`unique-open-count`	number	Number of unique emails opened.
Click Count (optional)	`click-count`	number	Number of emails clicked.
Unique Click Count (optional)	`unique-click-count`	number	Number of unique emails clicked.
Reply Count (optional)	`reply-count`	number	Number of emails replied.
Total Count (optional)	`total-count`	number	Total number of emails.
Bounce Count (optional)	`bounce-count`	number	Number of emails bounced.

List Leads Status

List the status of leads in a campaign. You can get the status of leads like 'STARTED', 'INPROGRESS', 'COMPLETED', 'PAUSED', 'STOPPED'.

Input	Field ID	Type	Description
Task ID (required)	`task`	string	`TASK_LIST_LEADS_STATUS`
Campaign Name (required)	`campaign-name`	string	Name of the campaign.
Limit (required)	`limit`	number	Number of leads to list. The minimum value is 1.

Output	Field ID	Type	Description
Leads	`leads`	array[object]	Lead status in the campaign.

Output Objects in List Leads Status

Leads

Field	Field ID	Type	Note
Email	`email`	string	Email of the lead.
Status	`status`	string	Status of the lead.

Example Recipes Based on Basic Use Cases

Step 1: Create and setup a campaign

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  timezone:
    title: Timezone
    type: string
  days-of-week:
    title: Days of Week
    type: array:string
  start-hour:
    title: Start Hour
    type: string
  end-hour:
    title: End Hour
    type: string
  schedule-start-time:
    title: Schedule Start Time
    type: string
  stop-lead-settings:
    title: Stop Lead Settings
    type: string
  send-as-plain-text:
    title: Send as Plain Text
    type: boolean
  min-time-btw-emails:
    title: Min Time Between Emails
    type: number
  max-new-leads-per-day:
    title: Max New Leads Per Days
    type: number
  email-body:
    title: Email Body
    type: string
  subject:
    title: Subject
    type: string

component:
  create-campaign:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_CREATE_CAMPAIGN
    input:
      name: ${variable.campaign-name}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}
  setup-campaign:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_SETUP_CAMPAIGN
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      timezone: ${variable.timezone}
      days-of-the-week: ${variable.days-of-week}
      start-hour: ${variable.start-hour}
      end-hour: ${variable.end-hour}
      min-time-btw-emails: ${variable.min-time-btw-emails}
      max-new-leads-per-day: ${variable.max-new-leads-per-day}
      schedule-start-time: ${variable.schedule-start-time}
      track-settings:
      stop-lead-settings: ${variable.stop-lead-settings}
      send-as-plain-text: ${variable.send-as-plain-text}
      follow-up-percentage:
      add-unsubscribe-tag:
      ignore-ss-mailbox-sending-limit:
    condition: ${create-campaign.status.completed}
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}
  add-sequences:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_SAVE_SEQUENCES
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      sequences:
        - subject: ${variable.subject}
          email-body: ${variable.email-body}
          seq-number: 1
          sequence-delay-days: 2
        ## You can add more sequences here
        # - email-body: ${variable.email-body}
        #   seq-number: 2
        #   sequence-delay-days: 3
        #   subject: ${variable.subject}
    condition: ${create-campaign.status.completed}
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  create-campaign:
    title: create-campaign Result
    value: ${create-campaign.output}
  setup-campaign:
    title: setup-campaign
    value: ${setup-campaign.output}
  add-sequences:
    title: add-sequences Result
    value: ${add-sequences.output}

Step 2: Add leads to the campaign

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  company:
    title: Company
    type: string
  custom-keys:
    title: Custom Keys
    type: array:string
  custom-values:
    title: Custom Values
    type: array:string
  emails:
    title: Emails
    type: array:string
  first-names:
    title: First Names
    type: array:string
  last-names:
    title: Last Names
    type: array:string


component:
  add-leads:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_ADD_LEADS
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      leads:
        # You can use iterator to build more leads.
        - company: ${variable.company}
          email: ${variable.emails[0]}
          first-name: ${variable.first-names[0]}
          last-name: ${variable.last-names[0]}
          # You can use iterator to build more columns. For the basic use case, we can use this way.
          custom-fields:
            - key: ${variable.custom-keys[0]}
              value: ${variable.custom-values[0]}
            - key: ${variable.custom-keys[1]}
              value: ${variable.custom-values[1]}
      settings:
        ignore-global-block-list: false
        ignore-unsubscribe-list: false
        ignore-community-bounce-list: false
        # Please be aware of this. Please set it false to add an email to multiple campaigns
        ignore-duplicate-leads-in-other-campaign: false
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  add-leads-result:
    title: add-leads Result
    value: ${add-leads.output}

Step 3: Add sender email to the campaign and update the campaign status

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  email:
    title: Email
    type: string
  status:
    title: Status
    type: string

component:
  add-sender:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_ADD_SENDER_EMAIL
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      sender-email: ${variable.email}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}
  update-campaign-status:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_UPDATE_CAMPAIGN_STATUS
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      status: ${variable.status}
    condition: ${add-sender.status.completed}
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  add-sender-result:
    title: add-sender Result
    value: ${add-sender.output}
  update-campaign-status-result:
    title: update-campaign-status Result
    value: ${update-campaign-status.output}

Other Example Recipes by Task

Create Campaign

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string

component:
  create-campaign:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_CREATE_CAMPAIGN
    input:
      name: ${variable.campaign-name}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}


output:
  create-campaign-result:
    title: Create Campaign Result
    value: ${create-campaign.output}

Setup Campaign

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  timezone:
    title: Timezone
    type: string
  days-of-week:
    title: Days of Week
    type: array:string
  start-hour:
    title: Start Hour
    type: string
  end-hour:
    title: End Hour
    type: string
  schedule-start-time:
    title: Schedule Start Time
    type: string
  stop-lead-settings:
    title: Stop Lead Settings
    type: string
  send-as-plain-text:
    title: Send as Plain Text
    type: boolean
  min-time-btw-emails:
    title: Min Time Between Emails
    type: number
  max-new-leads-per-day:
    title: Max New Leads Per Days
    type: number

component:
  setup-campaign:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_SETUP_CAMPAIGN
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      timezone: ${variable.timezone}
      days-of-the-week: ${variable.days-of-week}
      start-hour: ${variable.start-hour}
      end-hour: ${variable.end-hour}
      min-time-btw-emails: ${variable.min-time-btw-emails}
      max-new-leads-per-day: ${variable.max-new-leads-per-day}
      schedule-start-time: ${variable.schedule-start-time}
      track-settings:
      stop-lead-settings: ${variable.stop-lead-settings}
      send-as-plain-text: ${variable.send-as-plain-text}
      follow-up-percentage:
      add-unsubscribe-tag:
      ignore-ss-mailbox-sending-limit:
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  result:
    title: Result
    value: ${setup-campaign.output}

Get Sequence

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string

component:
  get-sequence:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_GET_SEQUENCES
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  sequences:
    title: Sequences
    value: ${get-sequence.output}

Save Sequence

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  email-body:
    title: Email Body
    type: string
  subject:
    title: Subject
    type: string

component:
  save-sequence:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_SAVE_SEQUENCES
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      sequences:
        - email-body: ${variable.email-body}
          seq-number: 1
          sequence-delay-days: 2
          subject: ${variable.subject}
        - email-body: ${variable.email-body}
          seq-number: 2
          sequence-delay-days: 3
          subject: ${variable.subject}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  result:
    title: Result
    value: ${save-sequence.output}

Add Leads

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  company:
    title: Company
    type: string
  subject:
    title: Subject
    type: string
  body:
    title: Body
    type: string

component:
  add-leads:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_ADD_LEADS
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      leads:
        - company: ${variable.company}
          email: [email protected]
          first-name: Instill
          last-name: AI
          custom-fields:
            - key: subject
              value: ${variable.subject}
            - key: body
              value: ${variable.body}
      settings:
        ignore-global-block-list: false
        ignore-unsubscribe-list: false
        ignore-community-bounce-list: false
        ignore-duplicate-leads-in-other-campaign: false
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  result:
    title: Result
    value: ${add-leads.output}

Add Sender Email

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  email:
    title: Email
    type: string

component:
  add-sender:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_ADD_SENDER_EMAIL
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      sender-email: ${variable.email}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  result:
    title: Result
    value: ${add-sender.output}

Update Campaign Status

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  status:
    title: Status
    type: string

component:
  update-campaign-status:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_UPDATE_CAMPAIGN_STATUS
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      status: ${variable.status}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  result:
    title: Result
    value: ${update-campaign-status.output}

Get Campaign Analytics Data

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string


component:
  get-metric:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_GET_CAMPAIGN_METRIC
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  result:
    title: Result
    value: ${get-metric.output}

Get Leads Status Data

version: v1beta

variable:
  campaign-name:
    title: Campaign Name
    type: string
  limit:
    title: Limit
    type: number

component:
  get-leads:
    type: smartlead
    task: TASK_LIST_LEADS_STATUS
    input:
      campaign-name: ${variable.campaign-name}
      limit: ${variable.limit}
    condition:
    setup:
      api-key: ${secret.smartlead}

output:
  result:
    title: Result
    value: ${get-leads.output}