Import LinkedIn connections

Your LinkedIn network holds years of professional relationships that may never appear in your email history. Importing your connections gives CTD a more complete picture of who you know — expanding the warm paths available to you and your team.

1. Go to LinkedIn's data export page and request your data (full archive).
2. LinkedIn will email you a download link.
3. Download the file and unzip it. You'll find Connections.csv and messages.csv in the same archive — you can import both.
4. Go to app.ctd.ai/accounts, scroll to the LinkedIn section, and upload the file — or if you have the CTD MCP, drag and drop the file into Claude and tell it to push your connections to Connect The Dots.

Adding new connections later

Yes — you can add new LinkedIn connections at any time, and doing so will not overwrite the connections you've already imported. Reimporting works exactly like the first import: it only adds the new connections in your file and leaves everything else untouched.

1. Request a fresh archive from LinkedIn's data export page (same as your first import).
2. Download and unzip it to get the latest Connections.csv.
3. Go back to app.ctd.ai/accounts, click Reimport next to Contacts in the LinkedIn section, and upload the new file.

CTD compares the new file against what you already have and imports only the difference — the connections you've made since your last upload. Your existing connections stay exactly as they are.