Setup guide - the LinkedIn Inbox Manager

Before you start

Quick check. It takes 30 seconds.

Claude, the app or Claude Code. Any paid plan.
Web search on. It looks each person up before it drafts. Without it, the replies still work, they're just less personal.
The link you send when someone says "send me more info". A one-pager, a case study or a video. Optional, but replies land better with one.
One thing you can prove. A result a sceptical person could check. If you don't have one yet, that's fine - it asks good questions instead of making claims.

The 3 steps

Steps 1 & 2 are one-time. Step 3 is every reply after that.

2 minutes Install the skill
Claude app: open Settings, then Capabilities, then Skills. Upload the .zip.

Claude Code: unzip it into your skills folder.
```
unzip linkedin-inbox-manager-v1.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/
```
If your browser blocked the .skill download, use the .zip. Same files.
10 minutes Fill in your brief
Say thisset up my inbox manager

It asks 8 questions, one at a time: what you sell, the link you send, your calendar, what you can prove, pricing, who's a fit, your voice & who sends the messages.

Your answers go into brief.md. Every reply after this sounds like you.

Agencies: one brief per client. Copy brief.md into briefs/ with the client's name & name the client when you paste a thread.
Seconds, every reply Paste your next reply
Say thisinbox manager

Then paste the conversation, as text or a screenshot. It looks the person up, drafts the reply & tells you why it works.

Copy, tweak, send. Aim for inside 5 minutes of their reply.

What a draft looks like

An example. They ask for more info, it finds a reason to talk & asks for a specific day.

Example. Sarah, Head of Sales, replies: Thanks, sounds interesting. Can you send me more info? The Inbox Manager finds that Sarah's team is hiring 3 SDRs & drafts: Thanks Sarah - here it is: your one-pager. Saw you're hiring 3 SDRs, so I added the campaign we'd run to keep their calendars full from day 1. How's Tuesday afternoon for a quick call?

The 2 rules it won't break

Never write a number it didn't read. Every result, price & link comes from your brief. If it isn't there, the reply doesn't say it.

Nothing sends. Every reply is a draft. You copy it, tweak it & send it yourself.

When something goes wrong

It says my brief is empty

That's right on a fresh install. Say "set up my inbox manager" & answer the 8 questions.

It didn't find anything about the person

Check web search is on. If it is, there may be nothing worth mentioning. Then it drafts without a hook rather than inventing one. That's on purpose.

The reply sounds generic

Your brief is thin. Open brief.md & fill in your voice & the words it must never use. Then say why you'd change the draft - it adds the lesson to your brief.

I run campaigns for several clients

Copy brief.md into briefs/, one per client. Then start with the client's name: "inbox manager, Acme" & paste the thread.

Can it send the reply for me?

No, on purpose. Automated sending on LinkedIn is how accounts get restricted. Draft, then you send.

Your LinkedIn Inbox Manager.

Before you start

The 3 steps

What a draft looks like

The 2 rules it won't break

When something goes wrong

Want every reply drafted as it comes in?

Ready?