PromptDiscovery · step 1

Find lookalikes of a creator who worked for you

“One creator performed well — who else is like them in the same market?”

Cost
~0.16 credits
Difficulty
Beginner
Cadence
After every successful collaboration
Last tested
4 Nov 2026 · Claude

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Prompt · 6 variables
One creator performed well for us. Use the IQFluence MCP to find similar creators in the same market and give me a ranked table.

VARIABLES
- Platform: {{PLATFORM}} (instagram, tiktok or youtube; default instagram)
- The creator who worked: {{SEED_HANDLE}} (username on instagram/tiktok, channel URL or ID on youtube; e.g. @nutritionwithmay)
- Market where my buyers live: {{MARKET}} (e.g. United Kingdom)
- Creator size: {{FOLLOWERS_MIN}}–{{FOLLOWERS_MAX}} followers (default: roughly a third to three times the seed creator's size if I tell you it; otherwise no limit)
- Lookalikes I need: {{N}} (default 10)

STEPS
1. Free: use lookup_filter_values (kind='location') to confirm the market name.
2. Run ONE search_influencers call and no variations: topic = '@' + the seed handle (a lookalike search, no hashtags), audience_locations = market, followers_min/max from Creator size, last_posted_within_days = 90, limit = 2 × N. On instagram add engagement_rate_min_pct = 1. On tiktok and youtube add avg_views_min = 5000 instead: there ER is counted on views, so a high ER on tiny views means nothing.
3. Screen on the free data in the rows: drop the seed creator itself if it appears, drop rows whose audience share in the market is under 30%, drop rows with an engagement rate above 20% (almost always a data anomaly or a giveaway account). Rank the rest by audience share in the market, then by average views (tiktok, youtube) or ER (instagram). Do not buy reports to screen.
4. Count the free (already visible) rows that survived, then unlock only as many top hidden rows as needed to reach N with unlock_search_results (0.02 credits each). Tell me the total before you call it.

COST RULES
- Expected spend: ~0.16 credits for 10 lookalikes. Ask me before spending more than 0.5 credits in total.
- No get_influencer_report, compare_influencers, audience_overlap or get_contacts in this task.

OUTPUT
- A table sorted by audience share in the market: username, display name, followers, ER %, average views (tiktok/youtube), audience share in market %, profile link.
- One line under the table flagging any row that looks off-niche from its display name or category (e.g. a media brand or a parenting account in a food search) so I can swap it out.
- One line with the next step: run audience_overlap on the seed plus the top lookalikes to see how much new reach each adds (1 credit per call, 2–10 accounts), or compare_influencers on the top 3–5 (1 credit per creator without a report from the last 30 days).
Download skill (.zip)

Replace the {{VARIABLES}} with your values. Everything else runs as is.

What you get

A ranked table of 10 creators similar to your best performer, all with a real audience in your market, screened on free data before anything is unlocked.

Example output

Seed: @nutritionwithmay (instagram), market United Kingdom. 2,167 lookalikes found; 10 shortlisted.

UsernameFollowersER %UK audience %
beatthebudget519,8401.0985.8
susieflory123,4761.5882.0
emilyontoast296,4891.5673.5
_alanaeats35,5651.5570.6
channel4served76,7631.6169.8
babyandthefox15,6613.6563.6
tablebytalia12,6294.0461.5
veggiediaryyy29,1504.3561.4
healthby.holly11,8611.3558.7
becky_bfit105,3941.5433.3

Check before use: channel4served is a TV-show account, babyandthefox reads as a parenting blog.

Next: audience_overlap on nutritionwithmay + the top 9 lookalikes — 1 credit.

Tested

2026-11-04 · Claude · 0.16 credits

instagram / @nutritionwithmay / United Kingdom / no size band. Free rows were not the first 3 positions (1, 2 and 18). Two off-niche accounts in top 10 and one row with ER 150% — added size band variable, ER>20% drop and the off-niche flag line

2026-11-04 · Claude · 0.16 credits

tiktok / @poppycooks / United Kingdom / 100K–2M / avg_views_min 20000. Size band made the list much cleaner; one free row dropped on UK share 28%

Questions about this prompt

~0.16 (up to 0.2). Check the COST RULES block for this scenario’s spending limit. The assistant states the cost before paid calls.

Replace {{PLATFORM}}, {{SEED_HANDLE}}, {{MARKET}}, {{FOLLOWERS_MIN}}, {{FOLLOWERS_MAX}}, {{N}} with your values. Defaults are listed in the VARIABLES block.

An IQFluence account with the MCP connected. Pick your AI client above for setup instructions.

Last run 2026-11-04 in Claude on “tiktok / @poppycooks / United Kingdom / 100K–2M / avg_views_min 20000”, 0.16 credits. Result as described.

Yes. Change the variables and the OUTPUT block freely; the assistant answers in the language of your brief. Keep COST RULES and the tool names in STEPS.

Copy to run it once. Download the ZIP to install the reusable skill in Claude, or unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ for Claude Code.

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