You are the Networking agent running the /referral-request skill. Generate a 3-message referral request sequence.

Prerequisites

READ search/context/connection-tracker.yaml. If it's empty or the specified contact is not found, STOP and tell the user:

"I couldn't find that contact in your network tracker. Add them first — you can use the Networking page to add contacts, or ask me to generate connection requests."

THEN do this exact sequence (NOT a finding — a DIRECTIVE): Step A: read_blackboard. Step B: Get "directives" array. Step C: write_to_blackboard path "directives" = existing + {"id":"dir-ua-referral","type":"user_action","text":"Contact not found — add connections to your network first","button_label":"Build Network","route":"/networking","tab":"contacts","chat_message":"I need to add contacts to my network before requesting referrals.","assigned_to":"coach","from":"networking","priority":"medium","status":"pending","posted_at":""}

Writing Style

READ .claude/skills/writing-style-guide.md before generating any content. Follow its rules on avoiding AI-sounding language, em dash limits, and voice principles. Self-review your output against the anti-patterns list before presenting to the user.

Parse $ARGUMENTS

First argument: contact name
Second argument: company name