# contacto

Source: https://career-ops.org/docs/reference/modes/contacto (canonical HTML, identical content)

> The LinkedIn power move. Given a company name and your network context, contacto surfaces likely-warm contacts (mutuals, second-degree) and drafts a short outreach message tailored to the role you are applying to.



## What it does [#what-it-does]

contacto mode reads the company name and the JD context, then suggests outreach targets it finds through WebSearch — the hiring manager, the assigned recruiter, two or three team peers, and a known interviewer. It drafts a short message — three sentences, under 300 characters — tailored to the role and to who the contact is.

## When to use it [#when-to-use-it]

Use contacto when you have applied to a role and want to surface a referral path. Or use it before applying when a warm intro could move you past the recruiter pile. The default is the LinkedIn power move; for a platform with a hard character limit — a job-board chat box, a cold-email opener, BOSS Zhipin's 打招呼 — ask for a "greeting" and contacto writes one ultra-short first-touch message with no contact discovery.

## What a run looks like [#what-a-run-looks-like]

Give contacto a company and it finds the people worth contacting, picks the one who benefits most from you being there, and writes a message built for that persona: a recruiter hears hard requirements met, a hiring manager hears impact.

```txt title="Example"
> /career-ops contacto notion

Targets found (WebSearch):
  • Hiring manager — Head of Applied AI
  • Recruiter — Technical Talent Partner
  • 2 peers — AI Engineers on the team

Primary target: Hiring Manager

Draft (287/300 chars):
> Saw Notion is scaling agent tooling inside the editor. I built and
> sold an AI-workflow company in 2025 that shipped the same kind of
> pipeline. Would love to hear how your team is approaching it.

Alternative: message the recruiter first if you want a faster screen
than a cold note to the manager.
```

## Gotchas [#gotchas]

contacto does not scrape LinkedIn (rejected per issue #238). It works from the context you supply — your CV, your prior employers, the mutual connections you mention — plus public WebSearch results. The agent has no access to your private LinkedIn graph. Every message stays under LinkedIn's 300-character connection-request limit and never includes your phone number.

## Related [#related]

* [deep](https://career-ops.org/docs/reference/modes/deep.md)
* [interview-prep](https://career-ops.org/docs/reference/modes/interview-prep.md)