# TAM sourcing

A reusable skill the "Build a scored whitespace target list" recipe pulls in. Add it once and every agent on the team can use it.

Build the initial candidate company list for a segment from public sources.

## Method
1. Read the segment's ICP definition (industry, size, signals) from memory.
2. Search public sources — company directories, news, funding databases — for companies matching those criteria.
3. Record each candidate with the specific criteria it appears to match.
4. Deduplicate the list before handing it to CRM diff.
5. Note the source for each candidate's inclusion, so a later reviewer can trace why it's on the list.

## Rules
- Only include a company if it matches at least one concrete ICP signal, not a vague industry guess.
- Every candidate carries a note on why it was included, tied to a specific ICP criterion.
- Never source from a paywalled or unverifiable list without recording where it came from.

## Output
A deduplicated candidate company list with per-company inclusion notes, handed to CRM diff before scoring.