Connecting your accounts: LinkedIn, Telegram, and Readwise

Wren works best when it's connected to the tools you already use. You manage every connection in one place: open Settings and select the Connected Accounts tab.

Connect LinkedIn

Connecting LinkedIn lets you publish posts directly from Wren.

1. In Connected Accounts, find the LinkedIn section.
2. Click Connect LinkedIn and sign in through LinkedIn's secure login.
3. When you return, the section shows Connected as [your name].

If your connection is close to expiring, Wren shows a notice with a Reconnect button. Click it to keep publishing without interruption. To unlink, click Disconnect (you won't be able to publish until you reconnect).

Capture analytics with the Wren browser extension

The Wren browser extension captures your LinkedIn post analytics in the background so you can track performance over time. It also lets you save any article you're reading straight to your Saved tab in Signals.

1. In the Wren browser extension section, click View it on the Chrome Web Store and install it.
2. Back in Settings, click Connect extension. The first time, a short disclosure explains what the background capture does (reads your own LinkedIn pages in a minimized window, never posts anything). Acknowledge it once, and Wren mints the connection token and hands it to the plug-in for you — nothing to copy. If your LinkedIn profile URL isn't already on file, you'll be asked for it once.
3. The status row updates to Connected · synced … (with a green dot) after the first capture.

The same row flags anything that needs attention — Extension not detected (install it), Connected — but we couldn't read LinkedIn (log into LinkedIn and click Sync), or a stale-sync warning with a Reconnect button. A manual token / API-URL setup on the extension's options page is available as a fallback — see the browser extension article.

Connect Telegram

Telegram lets you capture ideas on the go and receive writing nudges.

1. In the Telegram section, click Connect Telegram and tap Start in the chat that opens.
2. Create a new Telegram group (for example, "Writing with Wren").
3. Add @WriteWithWrenBot to the group.
4. Turn on Topics in the group settings.
5. Make the bot an admin with Manage Topics enabled.
6. Send /setup in the group.

Once connected, the section lists your group and active topics for idea capture and reminders.

Connect Readwise

Readwise lets Wren pull in your highlights and saved articles as raw material for posts. A Readwise + Reader account is required.

1. In the Readwise section, open readwise.io/access_token and copy your token.
2. Paste it into the Access token field and click Connect Readwise.

Wren validates the token and runs an initial sync of your library. To unlink later, click Disconnect.

Connect an AI client (MCP)

The MCP Server section connects an outside AI client — Claude, ChatGPT, or Codex — to Wren so it can work directly with your account. Mint or copy a connection token here, or copy the endpoint to paste into your client. For the full walkthrough, see Connect Wren to an AI client over MCP.

The Getting Started checklist

After onboarding, a Getting Started checklist appears in the sidebar with a progress ring. It tracks nine setup items — not just the connections above, but also steps like watching the intro, saving your first idea, writing your first post, creating your first image, and connecting an AI client — so you can see at a glance what's done and jump straight to anything still pending. Once all nine are complete the checklist hides itself automatically; you can also click Don't show again at any point to dismiss it early.