Sending a check-in

A check-in is the message you keep meaning to send and never do. Embers writes it for you, in your voice, so you can keep relationships warm without the awkward part.

What a check-in says

Every check-in has three beats:

1. It acknowledges the gap (or says "good to connect" for someone brand new).
2. It shares a quick line on what you're up to.
3. It asks the other person what's new with them.

You review every one before it goes anywhere. Edit it, send it, or skip it. Nothing sends on its own.

Set your update once

The "what you're up to" line comes from your profile. Go to Settings, then Profile, and fill in "Your check-in update": a sentence or two on what you're working on. Every check-in pulls from it, so you write it once and it shows up everywhere. Embers nudges you to refresh it after a couple of months so it stays current.

When check-ins show up

• Add a contact and you get a "good to connect" draft in your queue right away.
• When someone goes quiet past their usual cadence, Embers drafts a check-in when they're due.

Check-ins go out by email when there's an email on file, otherwise as a LinkedIn DM.

The Reconnect screen

Bring in a big list at once, like a LinkedIn export, and you don't want a few hundred drafts landing in your daily queue. So they go to Reconnect instead. You'll see a link on your queue when there are people waiting. It's a focused list: open it, work through the check-ins one by one, send or skip each. When it's empty, you've worked the whole batch.