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name: "cs-linkedin-outreach" description: "/cs:linkedin-outreach — Build a weekly commenting roster inside a real time budget, and write one outreach message at a time that refuses to be a template. Caps volume against LinkedIn's observed invitation limits and refuses automation-shaped plans. Nothing is ever sent." argument-hint: "[who you want to reach, and how much time you have]"

/cs:linkedin-outreach — Comments first, messages second

Command: /cs:linkedin-outreach [who, and how much time]

Nothing here is sent. No credentials, no API calls. Automated connecting, messaging, commenting, liking, and sharing are prohibited by LinkedIn's User Agreement §8.2.

When to run

• "Who should I be commenting on?"
• "Write a connection request to X"
• "How many invites can I safely send this week?"
• Reach is flat and you are only publishing

What you get

1. A five-day comment roster from accounts you name, capped at two appearances per account per week and balanced across tiers.
2. A volume verdict — safe, tight, over a cap, or refused as an automation plan.
3. One assembled message with the person-specific line enforced and the 200/300-character cap checked.
4. The follow-up rule, stated once.

Workflow

# 1. Roster (tiers: huge | larger | peer | smaller)
python3 ../skills/linkedin-engagement/scripts/comment_target_planner.py \
  --account "Priya Raman:5:4:larger" --account "Tomas Lind:5:3:peer" \
  --minutes-per-day 18 --output human

# 2. Volume check BEFORE writing anything
python3 ../skills/linkedin-engagement/scripts/outreach_volume_guard.py \
  --invites 20 --pending 5 --minutes 120 --acceptance 0.42 --output human
#   exit 4 = refused as an automation plan. Do not build a smaller version of it silently.

# 3. One message, for one person
python3 ../skills/linkedin-engagement/scripts/outreach_message_builder.py \
  --type connection --recipient "Priya" --specific-line "..." --reason "..." --output human

Discipline

• No engagement pods. Coordinated reciprocal commenting is inauthentic engagement under §8.2 regardless of who pressed the key.
• The tool builds the roster, never the comments. A generated comment is exactly what the rule names, and it is recognisable anyway.
• Every message carries a line that could only have been written for that person.
• No ask in a first-touch connection note. The note earns the conversation, not the meeting.
• Acceptance below 20% is a stop signal, not a reason to send more.
• One follow-up, a week later, only with something new to say.

Stop conditions

• Roster built and the first day's comments written by the user → done.
• Volume guard at exit 4 → refuse, explain once, offer the manual cadence. If the user reaffirms, say the risk is theirs and decline to build it.
• Message at exit 0 → hand it over with "send this yourself, to this one person".

Related

• Skill: linkedin-engagement
• Worksheet: outreach_worksheet.md