Networking & Outreach
The referred applicant gets read; the portal applicant gets filtered. Everyone knows this, and almost nobody does the outreach, because writing to a stranger is uncomfortable and doing it fifteen times means fifteen rounds of research followed by fifteen paragraphs you will rewrite from scratch. So the message never gets sent, or it gets sent as a copy-paste that reads exactly like the forty other copy-pastes in that inbox this week.
Skynet does the research and the drafting. It reads what the person has publicly written or built, finds the honest connection to your background, and keeps the message short enough to answer from a phone. You are still the one hitting send — the agent never messages anyone on your behalf without you approving it first.
How it works
Name the person and the reason
A hiring manager at a company you applied to, an engineer whose work you follow, an alum from your program. The agent reads what is public about them.
Draft something specific
The opener references something real — a talk, a launch, a post — not “I came across your profile.” Then one line on you, and a small, easy ask.
Approve every send
Nothing goes out unreviewed. You read the draft, cut the line that makes you wince, and send it yourself.
Follow up on time
The agent remembers who you contacted and when. If a week passes with no reply, it drafts one short nudge — once, not four times.
Build it from a prompt
Give the agent the target and the rules of engagement.
Fifteen thoughtful messages beat a hundred applications into a portal. The agent removes the part that stops you — the blank page and the research — and leaves you the part only you can do, which is deciding what is worth sending.