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. Each service has its own tab across the top — LinkedIn, Telegram, MCP server, Readwise, Recorder and Extension — and the dot beside each name tells you its state at a glance: filled means connected, a ring means it needs attention, and a hollow outline means it isn't set up yet.

Connect LinkedIn

Connecting LinkedIn lets you publish posts directly from Wren.

1. In Connected Accounts, select the LinkedIn tab.
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).

Your LinkedIn email doesn't have to match your Wren email. Plenty of people sign in to Wren with a work address and to LinkedIn with a personal one. Connecting attaches LinkedIn to the account you're already signed in to, whichever addresses are involved — you'll stay in the same account, with your settings and posts where you left them.

If a message says the LinkedIn account is already connected to another Wren account, that's exactly what it means: a LinkedIn account can be connected to one Wren account at a time. Disconnect it from the other account first, or get in touch and we'll move it across.

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 Sources.

1. Select the Extension tab, then 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 the one-time profile and posts read (never posts anything to LinkedIn). Acknowledge it once, and Wren mints the connection token and hands it to the extension for you — nothing to copy.
3. To get ongoing analytics tracking, turn on Keep my analytics up to date automatically in Settings → Connected Accounts → Extension. You'll see a brief explanation before it starts.
4. The status row updates to Connected · last check-in … (with a green dot), with a second line saying when your post analytics last synced.

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 Last check-in … warning with a Reconnect button when the extension hasn't reached Wren lately. The second line turns amber when your post analytics haven't synced for a few days. 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. It keeps the first-publish path short: choose something to write about, connect LinkedIn, turn on post analytics, and publish your first post. LinkedIn and analytics are optional and do not block progress.

The Explore Wren link beneath it opens the detailed Getting started with Wren guide. Use that guide when you are ready to add Sources, other connections, or later-stage analytics. You can select Don't show again to dismiss the checklist at any time.