/waterfall-blueprint

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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