> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.needle.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Outreach

> Set up email sequences and enroll candidates.

Outreach in Needle is sequences: a series of emails with waits in between, sent automatically from your own mailbox.

## Create a sequence

Go to **Outreach** in the app and create a sequence. You define:

* **Steps** — the emails, written as templates. Needle personalizes each one per candidate from their profile and the job.
* **Waits** — how long to pause between steps (for example: intro, wait 3 days, follow-up).
* **Sender** — which connected mailbox (Google or Microsoft) the emails go from. Recipients see a normal email from that person.

A sequence only sends while it's active — activate it from the sequence page when it's ready.

## Enroll candidates

From the pipeline, select candidates and enroll them in a sequence — a fresh sourced shortlist is the typical case. Each candidate moves through the steps on their own schedule.

## While it runs

* **Replies stop the sequence** for that candidate automatically — no follow-up goes to someone who already answered. The reply appears on their timeline for you to take over.
* **Per-candidate control**: from the sequence's page you can pause one candidate, skip a step, or edit their next queued message without affecting anyone else.
* **Metrics** on the sequence page show sends and replies per step, so you can tell which messages work.