Start with what you already have
Before any enrichment tool, the question is what do we already know: is there a conversation on LinkedIn, an email thread, a WhatsApp exchange, and who spoke last. That read costs nothing and it changes the approach more than any firmographic field ever will.
“What do I already know about this person, across my accounts?”
“Did anyone on my side already talk to them, and about what?”
The profile is the smallest part
Their role and company are two lines you could read yourself. The useful additions are the ones that require your account: a shared connection who could introduce you, a comment they left on your post, a question from an old thread still unanswered. Those turn a cold message into an obvious one.
Unanswered is the strongest signal
A conversation where the last message is theirs is an open door, and it is the single most valuable thing this research surfaces. Following up on something they asked beats any opener written from a profile, and it is exactly what nobody checks before writing.
It is your visibility, not a database
There is no enrichment provider behind this: the agent sees what your connected accounts see. That is the limit — no personal data about people you have no relationship with — and it is also why what it finds is specific to you rather than something your competitor also bought.
Then write, with the context in hand
The natural next step is a draft that references the real thing: the question from March, the shared connection, the comment. Ask for that explicitly and check it, because a message that names the wrong shared connection is worse than a generic one.
Narrow first on LinkedIn
Reads count against the daily budget of roughly a hundred actions per account, so researching forty people one by one is not the shape that works. Research the shortlist properly rather than the whole list superficially — it is also better work.
Common questions
Does this use an enrichment database?
No. It reads your own connected accounts, so what it finds is what you already have: conversations, connections, threads and profiles your account can see.
Which accounts does it use?
Whichever you connected: LinkedIn, your mailboxes, WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram — the more of them, the more complete the picture.
Can it find someone’s email address?
It finds the exchanges you already had with them. Discovering an unknown address is a different job and belongs to an enrichment provider.
Can it write the message too?
Yes, and the draft should be checked: a message naming the wrong shared connection is worse than a generic one.
How LinkedIn works with Nilyo
Connection. Secure hosted sign-in (your LinkedIn credentials go to LinkedIn, never to the agent). Sales Navigator and Recruiter are detected automatically when your account has them.
What your agent can do. People and company search, profile lookup from a name or URL, your network and invitations, private conversations (classic, Sales Navigator, Recruiter inboxes), posts, comments and reactions, job postings and applicants, Recruiter projects.
Pacing and safety. About 100 actions per day per account, profile views and searches included; calls are serialized so an agent can never run LinkedIn requests in parallel.
- Profile URLs are resolved to stable profile IDs before any action.
- Invitations carry an optional note of up to 300 characters.
- Private or restricted profiles return an explicit “not accessible” result instead of a retry loop.
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