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Adding LinkedIn Profiles as Connectors

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Written by Bee Keeper
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You can easily extend your network by adding LinkedIn profiles as Connectors — people whose professional experience helps map shared relationships and reveal new paths within your network.

🔒 Permissions

Only Team Owners and Admins can add and manage Connectors.

If you don’t see this option, ask your team Owner to adjust your role.

🧭 How to Add Connectors

1. Go to the Connectors tab

As a Team Owner or Admin, open the Connectors section from your main navigation.

2. Click Add New Connectors

Find the “Add New” button in the top-right corner.

3. Paste LinkedIn Profile URLs

Enter one or multiple LinkedIn profile URLs.

You can paste up to 100 profiles at once.

Our LinkedIn URL matcher will validate each link automatically.

Accepted formats:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorsdavid  
https://linkedin.com/in/connorsdavid
linkedin.com/in/connorsdavid
www.linkedin.com/in/connorsdavid

4. Assign a Group

After adding profiles, select the group where these connectors belong.

You can choose from:

  • Employees

  • Investors

  • Customers

  • Partners

  • Advisors

  • Others

Grouping connectors helps keep your network structured and easier to navigate.

At the moment creating new custom groups is not available.

5. Automatic Relationship Mapping

Once added, The Swarm automatically maps each connector’s professional relationships based on:

  • Work experience overlaps

  • Education overlaps

  • Shared investors

These relationships appear in your People tab, where you can explore paths and filter by specific connectors using the “Connected to” filter.

🕓 This process runs quietly in the background — connectors are never notified or invited.


🔁 Inviting Connectors to Join Your Team – Invite Users

If you later decide to give a connector access to your workspace:

  1. Remove them from the connector list.

  2. Send them an invite to join as a User (Guest, Contributor, Admin).

Once they accept, they’ll automatically remain listed as a connector — now with their own account and data sources connected.


✅ Summary

  • Add LinkedIn URLs to map professional overlaps.

  • Assign connectors to groups (or create your own).

  • Mapped relationships appear in the People tab.

  • No sign-up, no notifications.

  • Only Owners and Admins can manage Connectors.

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