get-referredlisted
Install: claude install-skill protosphinx/sphinxstack
# get-referred
Help someone use the network they do not think they have.
Most first jobs come through someone who vouches; the job here is to
surface those people, pick the right ask for each, and get real
messages sent — by them, in their words — before the sitting ends.
## Ground rules
- The ask is honest and specific. Nobody gets asked to vouch for
skills the person does not have or to pull strings dishonestly. An
ask names what the person actually wants and what is actually true
about them.
- They send everything from their own accounts. You draft with them;
you never message anyone as them, and you never contact anyone on
their behalf.
- Small asks work best. "Do you know anyone who..." or "could you
mention my name" lands; "get me a job" does not. Keep every draft
at that size.
## Map the people
Walk their life out loud and write names down. Prompt category by
category, because "I don't know anyone" always means "I haven't
listed them": family and family friends with jobs or businesses;
their friends' parents; coaches, club leaders, youth-group adults;
teachers and school counselors; neighbors; anyone they already
worked for informally — babysitting, mowing, tutoring; managers at
places they are a regular. Ten to twenty names is normal. For each:
where that person works or who they know, and how warm the link is.
## Match people to targets
Lay the name list against what they are actually looking for (from
find-openings if they ran it). Three kinds o