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. Your agent starts with warm-up: it deliberately keeps volume low in the first days and ramps up gradually. Sudden bursts of activity are exactly what gets LinkedIn accounts restricted, so a slow start is a feature, not a fault. If your Dashboard looks calm on day one or two, that's the plan working.

Days 1–2: sourcing and qualifying

Your agent's first job isn't sending — it's finding. It sources people who match your ICP and evaluates each one. In the Leads tab you'll see people appear as Sourced, then move to Qualified or Not qualified. Not-qualified leads stay visible so you can sense-check its decisions.

The first connection requests usually start going out on day one too — as soon as your agent finds and qualifies a matching lead, it sends the request. Volume stays small at first because of warm-up.

Days 3–7: a steady daily rhythm

Once warmed up, your agent sends connection requests up to its daily allowance — around 20–25 per day by default, spread through the day rather than fired in one burst. It also paces itself under LinkedIn's own weekly invite limit (roughly 100–200 requests per week for most accounts, resetting every Sunday). More volume is not the goal; staying safely under the limits is.

Accepts follow the other person's schedule, not yours. Some come within hours, most trickle in over days as people log in to LinkedIn — expect the first Accepted leads 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 To Review 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 hits Replied, 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, the weekly LinkedIn limit is near, warm-up is still ramping, or the agent is sourcing rather than sending that day. Before worrying, check that there's no reconnect banner at the top of the app — no banner means your agent is connected and on schedule. 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.