Add WishPilot to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store. It installs like any other extension, no account or sign-up involved.

Install WishPilot

Go to linkedin.com, then My Network, then the Catch Up tab. This is the page WishPilot works on, and the only page it ever runs on.

Open LinkedIn's Catch Up page

Click the WishPilot icon in your Chrome toolbar, then "Open WishPilot on LinkedIn." A floating panel appears on top of the page. Drag it anywhere, it stays put between visits.

Launch the panel

In the Templates tab, tick the occasions you want WishPilot to act on: birthdays, belated birthdays, new roles, work anniversaries, promotions, and graduations. Untick anything you'd rather handle yourself.

Choose your categories

For each category, pick "My template" and write your own line using {name} and {fullname}, or pick "LinkedIn default" to send exactly what LinkedIn prefills, unchanged.

Write your templates

WishPilot works through the visible cards, matches each one to a category, and sends your wish. Close the tab if you like, it keeps going as long as Chrome stays open.

Press Start

Switch to the Report tab for a category-by-category breakdown of what was sent, kept in your local history for next time.

Read the report

The panel itself has a Guide tab and an FAQ tab for quick answers without leaving LinkedIn.

Check the built-in Guide and FAQ

How to use WishPilot, step by step

WishPilot isn't a general LinkedIn bot. It's focused entirely on the Catch Up page, which keeps it simple, predictable, and easy to trust.

Built for one page, done properly

There's no dashboard to log into, no API key to paste in, and no account to forget the password to. Install it and it's ready.

Nothing to configure on a server

Most page-automation tools stop the moment you navigate away. WishPilot's runs are scheduled through Chrome's own alarm system, so closing the tab doesn't cancel the job.

Survives closed tabs

Templates are plain text you write yourself, with two placeholders. No AI-generated messages, no guessing what it might send on your behalf.

Your words, not a script's

Every feature on this page is in the free extension. There's no upgraded tier hiding the parts that matter.

Free, with nothing held back

Birthday, belated birthday, new job or role, work anniversary, promotion, and education or graduation, detected straight from LinkedIn's own card text.

Six occasions recognized

Custom templates per category, or fall back to whatever LinkedIn prefills, your choice, per occasion.

Your own words

Start a run and it keeps going in the background, powered by Chrome's alarm system. No need to babysit the tab.

Runs on a schedule

Lives on the Catch Up page, remembers where you left it, and stays out of the way while it works.

Draggable, persistent panel

A full breakdown after every run, so you always know exactly who was wished and for what.

Category reports & history

Select all, or choose exactly which occasion types to include. Nothing sends that you haven't ticked.

Pick your categories

Every birthday, promotion and “congrats” you meant to send, actually sent.

Go to LinkedIn's My Network then Catch Up tab, or click "Open WishPilot" in the extension. A floating panel appears right on the page.

Open Catch Up

Write your own line for each occasion using {name} and {fullname}, or leave LinkedIn's own default message untouched.

Set your templates

WishPilot works through the feed, matches each card to an occasion, and sends your wish. It keeps going even if you close the tab, as long as Chrome stays open.

A full category breakdown lands in the Report tab after every run, and is saved to your local history.

Check the report

WishPilot has no server, no database, and no account system. All of your templates, settings, and send history are stored locally in your browser using Chrome's storage.local API. We never see this data, and it is never transmitted anywhere.

We do not collect any personal information, browsing history, or LinkedIn data on any server. WishPilot does not use analytics, tracking pixels, cookies for tracking, or any third-party advertising or measurement service.

The only data WishPilot handles is:
- Message templates you write for each occasion
- Which occasion categories are enabled, and your run schedule
- A local history of runs and category breakdowns, kept for your own reference
- The floating panel's position on the page

All of the above is stored only on your device, inside your Chrome profile.

WishPilot does not set or read cookies, and does not use any browser storage mechanism other than chrome.storage.local. It cannot see cookies set by LinkedIn or any other site.

When you start a run, WishPilot reads the names and occasion cards already visible on LinkedIn's own Catch Up page in your browser tab, so it can send the same wish you would send by clicking the button yourself. This happens entirely inside your browser. Nothing about the people on that page, their names, or the cards shown, is copied off your device, logged, or sent to us or to anyone else.

Chrome requires extensions to declare permissions up front. Each one WishPilot requests is used only for the purpose below, and nothing else:
- activeTab: read the current tab only when you click the extension icon, to open or focus the Catch Up page
- storage: save your templates, settings and history locally
- scripting: inject the floating WishPilot panel into the Catch Up page
- tabs: find or open the LinkedIn Catch Up tab
- alarms: keep a run going on schedule, even in the background
- notifications: let you know when a run finishes
- host permission (linkedin.com only): WishPilot only ever runs on LinkedIn's own pages, and cannot see or act on any other site you visit

We do not sell, rent, or share any data, because we do not collect or hold any data in the first place. WishPilot does not integrate with any third-party analytics, advertising, or data-broker service.

Because your data never leaves your device, it is protected by the same sandboxing Chrome applies to every extension's local storage, isolated from other extensions and from web pages you visit. There is no server, database, or transmission channel for it to be intercepted on.

Since everything WishPilot stores lives in your own browser profile, you are always in control of it directly:
- Edit or clear any template at any time from the Templates tab
- Review your send history and category breakdowns from the Report tab
- Turn off any occasion category you do not want included in a run
- Remove all stored data at once by uninstalling the extension

There is no account to delete and no request to submit, because there is nothing held anywhere except on your own machine.

WishPilot can be installed from any location where the Chrome Web Store is available. Because no data is transmitted or stored outside your own device, there is no cross-border data transfer for this extension to account for.

Your templates, settings and history remain on your device for as long as the extension is installed. Uninstalling WishPilot from chrome://extensions removes all of its locally stored data immediately, since there is no server-side copy to delete separately.

WishPilot is a productivity tool for LinkedIn, a platform intended for professional use by adults. We do not knowingly collect data from children, and as explained above, we do not collect personal data from any user regardless of age.

If this policy changes, the “last updated” date at the top of this page will change too.

Questions about this policy or how WishPilot handles data can be sent to the support email listed on the Support page.

Privacy Policy

- Make sure you're on LinkedIn's own Catch Up page: linkedin.com/mynetwork/catch-up/all/
- Make sure at least one category is ticked in the Templates tab
- Press F12 to open Chrome DevTools, click the Console tab, and look for lines starting with [LI-Auto], they usually explain what went wrong
- Try refreshing the Catch Up page and reopening the WishPilot panel

Include your Chrome version, the WishPilot version shown in the popup, and, if possible, a screenshot of the Console output described above. This makes it much faster to track down the issue.

Ideas for new occasion types, template features, or reporting improvements are always welcome, send them to the email below.

Open chrome://extensions, find WishPilot for LinkedIn, and click Remove. This deletes the extension and clears every piece of locally stored data (templates, settings, and history) immediately, there is nothing left behind to clean up separately.

Support

WishPilot is a Chrome extension that automates sending congratulatory messages on LinkedIn's own Catch Up page (birthdays, belated birthdays, new roles, work anniversaries, promotions, and education or graduation), using templates you write or LinkedIn's own default message. It runs entirely inside your browser.

WishPilot is meant to be used together with a LinkedIn account, so you need to meet LinkedIn's own eligibility requirements, including its minimum age requirement, to use it in any meaningful way.

You are responsible for how you use WishPilot, including the content of any templates you write and the schedule on which messages are sent. WishPilot automates the same actions you could take manually on LinkedIn's Catch Up page; it is your responsibility to use it in a way that complies with LinkedIn's own User Agreement and any applicable law, and to moderate your sending schedule to avoid spam-like behavior.

You agree not to use WishPilot to send harassing, abusive, or unlawful messages, to impersonate anyone, or to attempt to reverse engineer, resell, or redistribute the extension as your own product. Templates you write are yours, WishPilot only fills in the {name} and {fullname} placeholders and sends what you asked it to send.

The WishPilot name, icon, and code are the property of its author. LinkedIn, the LinkedIn logo, and the Catch Up page referenced throughout this site are trademarks of LinkedIn Corporation and are used here only to describe what WishPilot integrates with.

WishPilot is an independent, unofficial tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or in any way officially connected with LinkedIn Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. LinkedIn is a registered trademark of LinkedIn Corporation.

WishPilot is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or uninterrupted operation. LinkedIn may change its own page layout or behavior at any time, which can affect how WishPilot works.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, WishPilot's author is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the extension, including messages sent on your behalf, any action taken against your LinkedIn account, or data loss.

You may stop using WishPilot at any time by uninstalling it, which also removes all of its locally stored data. These terms stop applying to you once you have uninstalled the extension and are no longer using it.

WishPilot may be updated from time to time to improve reliability and add features. These terms may also be updated, in which case the “last updated” date above will change.

If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest continues to apply. Together with the Privacy Policy, these terms are the entire agreement between you and WishPilot's author regarding use of the extension.

Questions about these terms can be sent to the support email listed on the Support page.

Support

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Reporting a bug

Feature requests

Uninstalling WishPilot