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name: waterfall-blueprint description: Use to design provider sequences, throttling logic, and credit policies for enrichment waterfalls.

Waterfall Blueprint Skill

When to Use

• Building contact/company enrichment workflows across multiple providers.
• Updating fallback rules after provider outages or cost shifts.
• Documenting waterfall logic for RevOps + engineering handoffs.

Framework

1. Goal & Constraints – define enrichment type, data requirements, credit ceiling, SLA.
2. Provider Catalog – list eligible providers with success %, latency, compliance notes.
3. Routing Logic – determine sequence, branching, and retry intervals.
4. Safeguards – set throttles, dedupe checks, and exception triggers.
5. Versioning – log changes, approvals, and effective dates.

Templates

• Waterfall diagram (sequence, inputs, outputs, fallback paths).
• Routing table (provider, criteria, cost, notes).
• Change log with owners + rationale.

Tips

• Keep sequences short for real-time use cases; reserve long chains for batch mode.
• Use A/B tests to validate new providers before full rollout.
• Pair with provider-scorecard to continuously optimize routing.

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