Funding Signal Monitor

8 steps · start to finish.

1. 1
   Step 1

   Environment Setup

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   Create the results directory, install lightweight dependencies, and capture the resolved inputs.

   mkdir -p /app/results
   python -m pip install requests
   python - <<'PY'
   import json, os, datetime
   params = {
     "target_stages": os.getenv("TARGET_STAGES", "Series A, Series B, Series C"),
     "target_industries": os.getenv("TARGET_INDUSTRIES", "all"),
     "min_amount": os.getenv("MIN_AMOUNT", "none"),
     "lookback_days": int(os.getenv("LOOKBACK_DAYS", "7")),
     "results_dir": "/app/results",
     "created_at": datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(microsecond=0).isoformat() + "Z",
   }
   open("/app/results/search_provenance.json", "w").write(json.dumps({"parameters": params, "queries": [], "sources": []}, indent=2))
   PY
   

2. 2
   Step 2

   Configure Search Strategy

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   Build 4-6 search queries per requested stage and industry. Include direct announcement phrases such as `raised Series A`, `announces Series B funding`, `startup funding round`, and `excited to announce raised`, plus industry-specific variants when `target_industries` is not `all`

3. 3
   Step 3

   Multi-Source Search

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   Run searches across available sources in parallel where the execution environment permits it:

4. 4
   Step 4

   Consolidate and Deduplicate

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   Normalize company names, announcement dates, stages, and amounts. Merge records that refer to the same company and keep every source URL in a `sources` array.

5. 5
   Step 5

   Score and Rank Companies

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   Apply this scoring rubric:

6. 6
   Step 6

   Generate Outputs

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   Write `/app/results/funding_signal_companies.json` with structured records:

7. 7
   Step 7

   Human Review Guardrails

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   Do not launch outreach from this runbook. Present the ranked list and require explicit user confirmation before chaining to contact discovery or cold-email workflows. Mark any result without a primary announcement URL as `needs_manual_verification`.

8. 8
   Step 8

   Iterate on Errors (max 3 rounds)

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   If validation fails or the report contains fewer qualified companies than expected, perform targeted retries for max 3 rounds: