# Overview

Autopilot automatically configures and runs your entire outreach pipeline based on your Offer. Instead of manually creating searches, sequences, and enrollment rules, Autopilot sets everything up and keeps it running continuously.

## What Autopilot Sets Up

When you enable Autopilot, it configures:

* **Lead discovery**: Creates recurring searches (X and/or LinkedIn) based on your Offer criteria
* **Lookalike discovery**: Finds influencer accounts in your space and extracts their followers as prospects
* **Sequence creation**: Builds outreach sequences with AI-generated prompts and tone examples
* **Auto-enrollment**: Enrolls qualified leads into sequences automatically
* **Buyer expansion**: Discovers new prospects daily from your existing seed sources
* **Monitor resurfacing**: Re-checks lower-scored leads for new buying signals

## Prerequisites

* At least one **Offer** created with your ICP and value proposition
* At least one **social account** connected (X and/or LinkedIn)

## How It Runs

Once set up, Autopilot runs five continuous operations in the background:

1. **Auto-enrollment** moves qualified leads into sequences
2. **Buyer expansion** discovers new prospects daily from your seed sources
3. **Monitor resurfacing** re-checks lower-scored leads for new buying signals
4. **Lookalike rotation** finds fresh seed accounts when existing sources are exhausted
5. **Signal search** runs intent-based searches to surface prospects posting about your pain points

These run alongside the standard enrichment, scoring, and sequence execution that every lead goes through. Your only job is reviewing conversations in your Inbox and closing deals. See [Continuous Operations](/autopilot/continuous-operations.md) for details.

## Autopilot or Manual Setup?

Everything Autopilot configures can also be set up manually. The choice is about how much control you want.

**Use Autopilot when:**

* You're new to AutoReach and want a working pipeline today, not next week.
* Your offer is broad enough that "find people who match my ICP and reach out to them" is the goal.
* You'd rather spend your time reviewing replies than building searches.

**Configure manually when:**

* You're targeting a narrow, named list of companies or accounts and need precise control over who gets contacted.
* You want to A/B test different sequences against different lead segments.
* You already have a working pipeline and just want to add a specific search or sequence without touching the rest.

You can also start with Autopilot to get going, then switch to manual control once you understand what's working — Autopilot doesn't lock you in. Pausing Autopilot leaves the searches and sequences it created in place; you take them over from there.

## Next Steps

* [**Enabling and Disabling Autopilot**](/autopilot/enabling.md): Walk through setup, pausing, and disabling
* [**Continuous Operations**](/autopilot/continuous-operations.md): Auto-enrollment, buyer expansion, and monitor resurfacing in detail


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