Overview
Happenstance connects a user's Gmail, LinkedIn, X, calendar and contacts into one searchable network graph, then answers plain-language queries about who they already know and how to reach them. Content marketers use it to find sources, expert quotes, podcast hosts and guest-post editors through a warm introduction rather than cold outreach.
Key Features
- ✓Natural-language search across a personal network graph
- ✓Connects Gmail, LinkedIn, X, calendar and contacts
- ✓Warm-path results naming the mutual connection
- ✓REST API and official MCP server
- ✓hpn command-line tool via Homebrew, pip or uv
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