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The LinkedIn Operating System: three posts a day, validated before they're written.

I'm Billy, founder of Manford. I ran my own LinkedIn as an experiment for 90 days and rebuilt the way posts get made. The result is a system your AI can run: one internal outlier, one external outlier, one test, every day, each one through a gate before it's scheduled.

The finding that changed it: posts built on my best operator numbers averaged 332 impressions. Posts with a person in them averaged 19,467. Same account, same weeks.

The LinkedIn Operating System cover with three sheets labeled internal, external, test
332avg impressions, posts with a number and no person
19,467avg impressions, posts with a person
4.4ximpressions per day after moving from one gated post to three
+27%follower growth per day over the same window
The download

Get the system

The skill file, the voice linter, the Typefully push script, the weekly loop, and the setup prompt you paste into your AI. Enter your email and it unlocks right here.

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    Download the LinkedIn OS

    One folder. Give it to your AI with your LinkedIn analytics export and it fills your pipeline. Built to be customized to your voice, your pillars, your slots.

    Download linkedin-os.zip   Read the checklist online

    SETUP-PROMPT.mdPaste into your AI first. Tells it how to use everything else.
    brief-template.mdFill out once. Your receipts, pillars, stories, keyword. Replaces "voice" with facts.
    SKILL.mdThe post-writing skill: formula gate, structure rules, sourcing, output format.
    lint_voice.pyThe mechanical gate. Em dashes, tricolons, contrast flips, filler. Fail means no push.
    push_typefully.pySchedules a week at your three slots, all platforms on, notes in the notes field.
    weekly-loop.mdThe 90-minute ritual: score, audit, promote, retire, refill.

    How the three slots work

    Internal

    Your own posts at 4x your median, six weeks old or more. Same topic and format, rewritten body, fresh or kept hook.

    External

    Posts that beat their own author's normal. Adjacent accounts, or LinkedIn content search sorted by Top. Structure only, your receipts.

    Test

    Your opinions and stories, Reddit threads with a person in them, YouTube titles bridged into hooks. Clears 4x and it graduates.

    Three steps to a full pipeline

    1

    Export your LinkedIn analytics

    Creator analytics, 28 or 90 days. The median post is your baseline. Four times that is an outlier. Your outliers are the arsenal.

    2

    Fill the brief, paste the setup prompt

    Your AI reads the folder, computes your baseline, tags your arsenal, and finds adjacent accounts if you didn't list any.

    3

    Let it fill a week

    Twenty-one posts, every one through the formula gate and the linter, scheduled in Typefully at your slots. Then run the weekly loop.