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Developer

Khoa Nguyen

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Monthly active users

2 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

people

Optional

Ranks podcast guest candidates using topic expertise, social momentum, story hooks, speaking evidence, audience fit, contact readiness, prior-guest cooldown, conflicts, and brand-safety inputs.

Type:array

Default:

[
  {
    "personId": "guest-1",
    "name": "Maya Patel",
    "title": "VP Customer Research",
    "company": "RetentionLab",
    "bio": "Customer research leader helping SaaS companies reduce churn and improve retention.",
    "topics": [
      "customer research",
      "retention",
      "SaaS"
    ],
    "followers": 18000,
    "expertiseScore": 0.95,
    "originalResearchCount": 7,
    "recentPosts": [
      {
        "publishedAt": "2026-07-10T12:00:00Z",
        "text": "Our new SaaS retention cohort study found that onboarding interviews predict churn better than NPS.",
        "views": 35000,
        "likes": 1400,
        "comments": 180,
        "shares": 260
      }
    ],
    "podcastAppearances": [
      "show-a",
      "show-b"
    ],
    "videos": 4,
    "speakingQualityScore": 0.9,
    "email": "maya@example.com",
    "acceptsPodcastInvites": true,
    "storyStrengthScore": 0.88,
    "newsHook": "A new cohort study challenges common churn assumptions.",
    "audienceInterests": [
      "SaaS",
      "product leadership"
    ],
    "audienceRegions": {
      "US": 65,
      "CA": 12,
      "GB": 8
    }
  },
  {
    "personId": "guest-2",
    "name": "Alex Star",
    "bio": "Lifestyle and fashion creator.",
    "topics": [
      "fashion",
      "travel"
    ],
    "followers": 2500000,
    "expertiseScore": 0.2,
    "recentPosts": [
      {
        "publishedAt": "2026-07-11T12:00:00Z",
        "text": "Summer travel outfits",
        "views": 900000,
        "likes": 45000
      }
    ],
    "podcastAppearances": [
      "pop-show"
    ],
    "speakingQualityScore": 0.55,
    "email": "alex@example.com"
  },
  {
    "personId": "guest-3",
    "name": "Jordan Lee",
    "bio": "SaaS retention consultant and former product leader.",
    "topics": [
      "retention",
      "product"
    ],
    "followers": 24000,
    "expertiseScore": 0.82,
    "recentPosts": [
      {
        "publishedAt": "2026-07-05T12:00:00Z",
        "text": "Three customer research mistakes that increase churn",
        "views": 12000,
        "likes": 500,
        "comments": 55,
        "shares": 70
      }
    ],
    "podcastAppearances": [
      "our-show"
    ],
    "lastGuestDate": "2026-06-20T12:00:00Z",
    "email": "jordan@example.com"
  }
]

Source Dataset ID

datasetId

Optional

Configure source dataset id for this Actor.

Type:string

CSV or JSON source URLs

sourceUrls

Optional

Configure csv or json source urls for this Actor.

Type:array

Default:

[]

Podcast brief

brief

Optional

Configure podcast brief for this Actor.

Type:object

Default:

{
  "topics": [
    "retention",
    "customer research"
  ],
  "description": "Practical interviews for SaaS founders and product leaders about customer retention and research.",
  "targetAudience": "SaaS founders and product leaders",
  "targetRegions": [
    "US",
    "CA"
  ],
  "guestCooldownDays": 180
}

Analysis options

options

Optional

Configure analysis options for this Actor.

Type:object

Default:

{
  "asOfDate": "2026-07-14T00:00:00Z",
  "minimumScore": 45
}

Optional named state store

stateStoreName

Optional

Configure optional named state store for this Actor.

Type:string

Maximum records

maxItems

Optional

Configure maximum records for this Actor.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:100000

Default:10000

Alert or completion webhook

webhookUrl

Optional

Configure alert or completion webhook for this Actor.

Type:string

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