Making introductions

An introduction in NetworkOS goes from picking two people to a tracked outcome without leaving the app. The draft is written for you, it sends from your own inbox, and replies are tracked automatically.

1. 1

   Pick the two people

   Choose who should meet whom — from a search result, an intro opportunity NetworkOS surfaced, or by picking them manually.

2. 2

   Set the purpose

   Say why they should connect: hiring, a potential customer, fundraising, a partnership, or general networking. The reason shapes the draft.

3. 3

   Choose the consent model

   Use a double opt-in (ask both sides before connecting them) or send directly when you already know both want it.

4. 4

   Review the AI-drafted emails

   NetworkOS writes the emails in your voice. Read them, edit anything, and regenerate if you want a different tone.

5. 5

   Send from your own Gmail

   Approved emails go out through your Gmail, so they come from you — not a third-party address.

6. 6

   Track replies and outcomes

   NetworkOS watches the threads it started, nudges with follow-ups when appropriate, and records the outcome so your impact is visible.

You choose how much consent to gather before the intro goes out — pick the model that fits the relationship:

• Double opt-in — ask both people first; the intro only sends once both say yes. The safest default.
• Network-first — ask only the person in your network; once they agree, the intro goes out.
• Client-first — ask only the company/client side; once they agree, the intro goes out.
• Direct intro — skip the asks and send straight away, for when you already know both sides are keen.

A double opt-in protects both relationships: no contact information is shared until each side agrees.

If you received an email asking about an introduction and replied yes, you don't need to do anything else. Your reply goes to the person who asked you, and NetworkOS picks it up for them, usually within 15 minutes.

• If the other person still has to agree (a double opt-in), your yes is the first of two, and they are asked next. Once they say yes, the introduction email goes to both of you in one thread and you can take it from there.
• If yours was the only yes needed, the introduction email goes out to both of you shortly after you reply.
• If the other person passes or never answers, no introduction email is sent and your email address isn't passed on. If they never answer, the introduction expires after two weeks and nothing more is sent. If you're wondering where it landed, reply in the same thread and ask.

If you're the one making the introduction, here is what NetworkOS does with each reply:

• It checks the threads it started every 15 minutes and reads each reply as a yes, a no, or unclear. An unclear reply is emailed to you so you can decide.
• In a double opt-in, a yes from the first person sends your consent email to the second. Nothing else goes to the first person until the introduction itself.
• When the last yes comes in, the introduction email you approved sends on its own from your Gmail.
• If someone doesn't answer, NetworkOS sends one reminder after the delay you set (3 days by default). After 14 days with no answer the introduction is marked expired and nothing is sent to anyone. If the person who already said yes asks what happened, a quick personal note from you is worth sending.

If you already have an intro email you love — the one you actually send from your own inbox — paste it into Settings → Email → Your intro templates (there's a slot for your follow-up too). From then on, generated drafts follow your template's tone, structure, greeting, and sign-off instead of the default style.

The template teaches NetworkOS your voice, not your facts: the people, company, and details of each introduction are always swapped in fresh, so a pitch you wrote for one company never leaks into an intro for another. Leave the templates empty to keep the default style, and clear them anytime to switch back.

After an intro is out, the introductions dashboard shows where each one stands — awaiting consent, sent, replied, or closed. NetworkOS can send timed follow-ups so nothing stalls, and you can record the result (they met, it led to a deal, no response) to build a track record of the value your network creates.

The dashboard also reports on the whole portfolio: introductions sent, how many are awaiting a response, this month against last, your response rate, and, across introductions that have resolved, the share that completed, were declined, or went unanswered. A six-month trend sits behind each number, and the total time the drafting saved you is tallied alongside.

From an AI search result you can select multiple people and kick off introductions for all of them, so a single search can turn into a batch of warm intros.