Your first week
What to expect day by day after setup — and why a quiet start means it's working, not broken.
First things first: quiet is normal
The most common week-1 worry is "nothing is happening — is it broken?" Almost always, no. Prospecting is front-loaded with work you don't see: your agent has to find people, evaluate them, and send invitations before anything can come back. And accepts run on the other person's schedule, not yours. So week one is mostly outbound with little inbound — that's the shape of the thing, not a fault.
Days 1–2: sourcing, qualifying, first invitations
Your agent's first job isn't sending — it's finding. It sources people who match your ICP and evaluates each one against it. Both happen in the background; you don't get a list to approve.
The first connection requests usually start going out on day one or two — as soon as your agent has found and qualified matching people. That's when leads become visible in the Leads tab, under Connection sent. People it ruled out appear under Not qualified, so you can sense-check its judgment early.
Days 3–7: a steady daily rhythm
Your agent sends connection requests up to its daily allowance — at most 20 per day, spread through the day rather than fired in one burst. Some days come in lower, when there are fewer qualified leads ready or when LinkedIn's own invite ceiling is close. More volume is not the goal; staying under the limits is. See LinkedIn safety.
Accepts follow the other person's schedule. Some come within hours, most trickle in over days as people log in to LinkedIn — expect the first accepts during weeks 1–2, building from there. When someone accepts, your agent drafts a tailored first message and the lead moves to Message prepared.
What you should actually do
- In review mode (the default): check Message prepared in the Leads tab every day or two. Your agent prepares every message and waits for your approval — nothing goes out without you. Approving drafts is your only real task this week.
- In auto mode: nothing. Prepared messages send on their own, following your rules and limits. Just glance at the Dashboard when you're curious.
- Either way: when a lead lands in Message received, that's your cue — all automated follow-ups to that person stop immediately, and the conversation is yours to take over.
You can also chat with your Ninja anytime to refine your targeting or add rules — changes apply to future sourcing.
"There's no activity today — is something wrong?"
Usually not. Quiet periods happen every week: the daily allowance is already spent, there were fewer qualified leads that day, LinkedIn's invite ceiling is in force, or the agent is sourcing rather than sending. Before worrying, look at the status on your Dashboard — Running means your agent is working; Disconnected means it needs your LinkedIn reconnected; Invites paused means LinkedIn capped invitations while messages keep going out. Full decision tree: No activity today, and for the daily rhythm in detail, A day in your agent's life.
After week one
Weeks 1–2 bring accepts and first messages; from week 3 onward, replies and conversations typically start building. That's when your job begins: closing warm leads your agent hands you.