Network Scan

Contacts import: /wingman:setup · Boards: shared/references/de-job-boards.md

In Germany a referral matters at least as much as anywhere else — Germans call the who-you-know factor Vitamin B, and Mittelstand hiring in particular runs on it. A named internal referral routinely beats a cold application to the same posting.

Step 0: Prerequisites

contacts.csv required. Missing → "Run /wingman:setup and export your LinkedIn connections first." CV and preferences also required for the company-fit side.

Step 1: Load

Read contacts.csv, preferences.md, resume/*, and tracker.md.

The LinkedIn export has First Name, Last Name, Company, Position, Connected On. Xing exports vary and are increasingly restricted — handle whatever columns are present rather than assuming a schema.

Step 2: Match

With a company name — find contacts there and check whether the company is hiring.

Without — cross-reference every company in the active pipeline (tracker.md plus recent job-history.md) against the contacts.

Match fuzzily and carefully. Beispiel GmbH should match Beispiel Group, Beispiel Deutschland GmbH, Beispiel SE. German legal suffixes are noise for matching: strip GmbH, AG, SE, KG, GmbH & Co. KG, mbH, e.V. before comparing.

Say when a match is uncertain. A wrong "you know someone here" wastes an outreach and is embarrassing.

Step 3: Rank the contacts

Not every contact is worth asking:

Check Connected On — a contact from eight years ago you have not spoken to since is a different ask from a recent colleague. Say which it is; the message should differ.

Step 4: Draft the outreach (interactive)

Ask with AskUserQuestion which contacts to write to and what the ask is: a referral, an internal intro, or just context on the company.

Draft in the language and register that fits the relationship — a former colleague you were on du terms with does not get Sehr geehrter Herr. Register from the relationship, not from language.md.

German norms for this: short, direct, concrete ask, no American-style enthusiasm. Name the specific role and Kennziffer. Make it easy to say no. Under 300 characters for a LinkedIn message.

Never send it. Draft only — the user sends.

Step 5: Also useful without a contact

For companies where the candidate knows nobody, offer:

• The named contact from the posting — a real person to address the Anschreiben to beats Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren
• kununu reviews for what working there is actually like
• Whether the company has a Betriebsrat, and its funding or ownership situation

Step 6: Save

Record contacts found and outreach drafted against the job folder, and note it in tracker.md. Do not re-draft outreach to a contact already approached for the same role.

Response Format

1. Matches — contact, position, company, relationship strength, connection age
2. Recommended Outreach — who to ask and for what
3. Drafts — the messages, ready for the user to send
4. No Contact? — named addressee from the posting, kununu signal

Permissions

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] } }