Personal CRM for LinkedIn
Your LinkedIn connections deserve better than a forgotten export file
Not launched yet Endearist is in development — there is nothing to download yet. This page describes how the app is meant to work. The first release is intended for Android and Windows; end-to-end encrypted sync over your own storage is planned for v1. See the roadmap →
Most of the people who matter to your career are already in your LinkedIn connections — and most of them haven't heard from you in over a year. The tools that promise to fix this with automatic sync have a structural problem: LinkedIn forbids third-party API access to your connection list. There, "sync" really means scraping, and scraping means your account is one markup change or one detection sweep away from a restriction. Endearist is being built for the slower, safer route: the official CSV export LinkedIn itself provides, imported into a private database on your device. From there you would decide who actually matters, how often you want to show up — and what you talked about last time.
vCard and CSV import: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1.
How Endearist will work with LinkedIn
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Request your connections archive from LinkedIn
Click your profile photo → Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → "Get a copy of your data". Select only "Connections" and request the archive. The connections-only export typically lands in your inbox within about ten minutes, even though LinkedIn officially quotes up to 24 hours. The download contains a Connections.csv with each person's name, current position, company, and the date you connected — email addresses only for people who explicitly allow it.
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Import the CSV into Endearist
Endearist's planned import screen is designed to take your Connections.csv, map the columns, and run a duplicate check so people you already imported from your address book don't show up twice. It is meant to happen locally on your device — no upload, and no server that ever sees your connection list. vCard and CSV import: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1.
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Triage into circles, not an endless list
1,500 connections aren't a network, they're a list. Go through it once and sort by Dunbar logic: the inner circle, the active working relationships, the wide periphery. Anyone you can't place stays in the archive — that's a decision too. What comes out of the triage pass is the short list of people genuinely worth keeping warm.
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Set a cadence per person
For each person in your closer circles, decide how often you two should hear from each other — every four weeks, once a quarter, twice a year. Endearist is being built to remind you before "haven't talked in a while" turns into "too awkward to reach out now"; a warmth score that shows which relationships are cooling off is not decided yet. System reminders: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1.
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Capture context when you actually talk
After a good conversation, note what you talked about in that person's relationship journal. Next time you reach out, you'll remember they changed jobs or had a second kid on the way. That context is exactly what separates a contact list from a relationship. Sharing a message or screenshot straight into Endearist via the share sheet is an idea that is not decided yet. Share-sheet capture: scope and availability are not confirmed. Status: not decided yet.
What is planned — honestly
| Capability | Status | Details |
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| Import of Connections.csv from the official data export | Planned for v1 | Columns are meant to be mapped and duplicates reconciled against existing contacts, with the import running entirely locally on your device. |
| Triage into circles, cadences, and warmth score | Planned for v1 | This is exactly what Endearist is being built for: distilling a dead export list down to the 50 relationships you actually want to nurture. A warmth score is not decided yet. Local-first vault, fully offline: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1. |
| Logging conversations via the mobile share sheet | Not decided | The idea: share a message, screenshot, or link from any app into Endearist, and the entry lands in the right person's journal. Whether this comes is not decided. |
| Keeping job titles and employers current | Manual (planned) | Without API access, positions go stale over time. Re-run the export every few months, or update the people who matter by hand. |
| Automatic LinkedIn sync | Not supported | LinkedIn forbids third-party access to connection data. Tools that "sync" anyway are scraping — and scraped accounts get banned. An export you trigger yourself is slower, but ToS-clean and safe. |
| Browser extension that captures profiles as you browse | Not supported | There is no Endearist extension — deliberately. Capture-as-you-browse is scraping in a friendly wrapper, and your account is worth more than that. |
| Background profile enrichment | Not supported | Endearist is not designed to pull data about your contacts from external sources. Whatever is on a profile, you imported or wrote it yourself. |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I export my LinkedIn connections to a CRM?
- Profile photo → Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → "Get a copy of your data" → select only "Connections" and request the archive. You'll get a download link by email — often within about ten minutes, officially within 24 hours. Keep the Connections.csv for Endearist's planned CSV import. vCard and CSV import: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1.
- Why doesn't Endearist sync with LinkedIn automatically?
- Because there is no permitted way to do it. LinkedIn offers no third-party API for your connection list; every tool promising automatic sync is scraping the site — and gambling with your account. We think a deliberate import is the more honest trade: a few minutes of effort for zero risk.
- Can LinkedIn ban me for exporting my connections?
- No. The data export is an official LinkedIn feature and, under GDPR, your right to a copy of your data. What's risky are the unofficial routes: scrapers, automation plugins, and browser extensions, which LinkedIn actively detects and penalizes.
- How often should I re-run the export?
- Every three to six months is plenty for most people. The duplicate check on import is designed to update existing people instead of creating copies, leaving your journal entries and cadences untouched. vCard and CSV import: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1.
Last updated: 2026-09-30
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