Setting up your account: the onboarding walkthrough

When you first sign in to Wren, you're guided through a short setup so Wren can learn your voice and who you write for. You can go back to any step you've already visited, and move forward once a step's requirements are met (the Samples step, for example, needs at least three posts before you can continue). On desktop the step indicator sits on the left; on mobile it's a bar across the top.

Your progress is saved automatically in this browser as you go — so it survives a refresh, but it won't follow you to another device, and it clears after 30 days. If you come back to an unfinished setup, Wren picks up where you left off automatically and shows a Welcome back banner — with a Start fresh option if you'd rather restart.

Here's what each step does.

The steps, in order

1. Welcome — A quick intro to what you're about to set up.
2. Connect — Choose how you want to bring your LinkedIn writing into Wren (see the two lanes below).
3. Details — Answer a few short setup questions about how you'll use Wren, such as your role, what you want to get out of posting, and how often you'd like to post.
4. Samples — Provide a handful of your own LinkedIn posts (at least three) so Wren can analyze your writing voice. The analysis starts automatically when you move on from this step.
5. Profile ("Tell Us About Yourself") — Confirm details about you: your role, background, what you write about, and your goals.
6. Audience — Describe who you're writing for: what they want, what holds them back, and who else they follow.
7. Final Review — Review the documents Wren generated, make any edits, and finish.

Two ways to set up: extension or manual

Wren gives you a fast lane and a manual lane. Both end in the same place.

Fast lane: the Wren browser extension

If you install the Wren browser extension, Wren can read your own LinkedIn profile and recent posts for you. After it runs, you'll see a banner on the Samples step offering to pre-fill your writing samples from your recent posts. Choose Use them to drop them in. Wren also uses the captured profile and posts to draft your Profile and Audience fields ahead of time, so those steps arrive mostly filled in.

Manual lane: paste your own posts

No extension? No problem. On the Samples step, paste at least three of your posts (you can add up to ten) into the sample boxes, and fill in the Profile and Audience steps yourself. Nothing about the flow changes.

You're always in control of what's drafted

Anything Wren drafts for you is a starting point, not a final answer. Fields that Wren suggested are marked with a Suggested badge. The moment you edit one, the badge disappears — your text always wins, and Wren never overwrites something you've already typed.

When you reach Final Review, read through the documents Wren generated — your Voice Profile, About Me, and Audience (plus optional Guardrails and Image Style tabs you can add) — edit anything that doesn't sound like you, and finish. You can refine all of these later in your settings.