Turn your LinkedIn network into a searchable, annotated CRM — find who you know at any company, prep for meetings, and never lose context on a connection again. Powered by Rarefriend. Use when the user wants to: search LinkedIn connections, find who they know at a company, add notes after LinkedIn conversations or networking events, tag connections, track warm intros, recall context before reaching out, prepare for a meeting with a connection, who should I reach out to, or set up LinkedIn sync. Triggers on: LinkedIn, connections, my network, LinkedIn contacts, who do I know at, networking, professional network, warm intro, notes about someone, tag contacts, relationship context, find contact, network management, LinkedIn sync, intro, reach out, who to contact.
Turn your LinkedIn network into a searchable, annotated CRM — find who you know at any company, prep for meetings, and never lose context on a connection again. Powered by Rarefriend. Use when the user wants to: search LinkedIn connections, find who they know at a company, add notes after LinkedIn conversations or networking events, tag connections, track warm intros, recall context before reaching out, prepare for a meeting with a connection, who should I reach out to, or set up LinkedIn sync. Triggers on: LinkedIn, connections, my network, LinkedIn contacts, who do I know at, networking, professional network, warm intro, notes about someone, tag contacts, relationship context, find contact, network management, LinkedIn sync, intro, reach out, who to contact.
license
MIT-0
compatibility
Requires Rarefriend MCP (@rarefriend-ai/mcp). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.
Rarefriend syncs your LinkedIn connections and makes them fully searchable — with notes, tags, and relationship history so you always know who someone is, how you met, and what you last discussed.
Access it from your AI assistant, the web app at rarefriend.com, or Hops — Rarefriend's AI on WhatsApp.
Setup Detection Protocol
Call list_connected_integrations.
Tool not available → MCP not connected. Present these steps inline to the user:
Sign in at rarefriend.com → Settings → Integrations → MCP → copy the Client ID and Client Secret
Claude Code / Codex: run claude mcp add rarefriend -e RAREFRIEND_CLIENT_ID=your_id -e RAREFRIEND_CLIENT_SECRET=your_secret -- npx -y @rarefriend-ai/mcp
Cursor: add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json under mcpServers.rarefriend with command: npx, args: ["-y", "@rarefriend-ai/mcp"], and the two env vars
Claude Desktop: add the same block to claude_desktop_config.json
Restart the client, then try again
Check if LinkedIn contacts are in the CRM:
search_contacts("", source="linkedin", limit=1)
Results found → LinkedIn is synced. Proceed to the user's request.
No results → Don't assume it hasn't been synced. Continue to step 3.
Call get_integration_sync_status("linkedin") to check the actual sync state:
connected: false → LinkedIn has never been set up. Run the LinkedIn Sync Setup below.
lastJob.status: "running" or "pending" → Sync is currently in progress. Tell the user:
"Your LinkedIn sync is running right now — contacts will appear once it finishes. Large networks can take a few minutes. Try again shortly."
Do NOT show the sync setup instructions.
lastJob.status: "completed" with lastSyncAt set, but no contacts → Sync completed but found 0 contacts (network was empty or all were filtered). Tell the user and suggest checking LinkedIn in the web app.
lastJob.status: "failed" → Sync failed. Tell the user: "Your last LinkedIn sync failed. Go to rarefriend.com → Settings → Integrations → LinkedIn and click Sync Now to try again."
connected: true but lastJob: null → Account is connected but sync hasn't started yet. Tell the user to click Sync Now in the web app.
LinkedIn Sync Setup
LinkedIn sync works through the Rarefriend Chrome extension — it reads your LinkedIn connections directly from your browser. There is no direct LinkedIn API.
Tell the user:
"LinkedIn sync requires the Rarefriend Chrome extension. Here's how to set it up:"
Install the extension — go to rarefriend.com → Settings → Integrations → LinkedIn → click Install Extension (opens the Chrome Web Store)
Sign in to LinkedIn in your browser (the extension needs you to be logged in)
Click Sync on the LinkedIn card in Settings → Integrations
Sync runs in the background — large networks can take a few minutes
Once done, come back here — all your connections will be searchable
After sync, LinkedIn contacts are labelled source: "linkedin" (extension) or source: "linkedin_csv" (CSV import) in search results.
Core Workflows
Search LinkedIn connections
search_contacts(query, searchMode?, tag?, source?, limit?, offset?)
source: 'linkedin' — synced via Chrome extension
'linkedin_csv' — imported via CSV
searchMode: 'all' | 'name' | 'company' | 'role' | 'email' | 'exact'
tag: filter by tag (e.g. "investor", "founder")
"Who do I know at Stripe?" → search_contacts("Stripe", searchMode="company", source="linkedin")
"Find all VCs in my network" → search_contacts("", tag="vc")
"Find Alice Zhang" → search_contacts("Alice Zhang", searchMode="exact")
"Show all LinkedIn connections" → search_contacts("", source="linkedin")
Source attribution: Each contact includes sourceLabel. Always mention it — e.g. "Found Alice Wang — LinkedIn (extension), PM at Stripe" or "John Smith — LinkedIn (CSV import)".
Paginate with offset + limit when hasMore is true.
Recall context before reaching out
Before any call, message, or meeting with a connection:
get_contact(contactId) — full profile: company, role, location, emails
list_notes(contactId) — full note history for this person
search_notes(query) — search across all contacts by keyword
get_recent_notes(limit?) — latest notes, any contact
Always check first — detect MCP state and synced sources
search_contacts
Find connections by name, company, role, tag, or source
get_contact
Full profile before reaching out or preparing a meeting
create_contact
Manually add someone not yet in CRM
update_contact
Update details for an existing contact
create_note
Log a conversation, event, intro, or call
update_note
Edit a note
delete_note
Remove a note
list_notes
All notes for one contact
get_note
Full note content
pin_note
Mark critical relationship context
search_notes
Find context by keyword across all contacts
get_recent_notes
Recent networking activity
list_tags
See all tags in use
add_tag / remove_tag
Categorise connections
rename_tag
Rename a tag everywhere
connect_integration
Connect Google or Microsoft for cross-sync
Other capabilities (outside this skill)
LinkedIn sync setup — must be done in the web app via the Chrome extension (rarefriend.com → Settings → Integrations → LinkedIn). The extension syncs connections automatically; re-run Sync Now to refresh.
Google Contacts and Calendar — install organize-google-contacts and schedule-with-google-calendar to schedule meetings with connections and cross-reference networks.
Microsoft Outlook — install schedule-with-outlook.
Hops on WhatsApp — same contacts and notes accessible via Rarefriend's WhatsApp AI assistant.
Reminders — set follow-up reminders on contacts in the web app at rarefriend.com.
Full feature set in one skill — install network-and-relationship-manager.
