A character budget, live preview, and pitchy-phrase detector for LinkedIn™ connection request notes.
LinkedIn™ caps connection notes at 200 characters (300 on Premium). Check your character budget, preview invitation cards on mobile and desktop, and eliminate spam phrases with curiosity-driven rewrites.
100% Free • No sign-up requiredA LinkedIn™ Connection Request Checker is a free outreach audit tool that validates invitation notes against LinkedIn™'s strict 200-character (free tier) and 300-character (Premium/Sales Navigator) budgets, provides accurate desktop and mobile invitation card previews, and flags spammy trigger phrases with curiosity-driven rewrites.
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Drop in your draft connection request note and pick Free (200) or Premium (300) LinkedIn™ limits.
Watch the character meter and the mobile/desktop invitation-card preview update as you type.
Click Check My Note to flag pitchy phrases and get curiosity-based rewrites that fit your limit.
Know your budget. Skip the pitch. Get accepted.
Anyone can count characters. Writing a note worth reading is the hard part.
See your live character count against both the free (200) and Premium (300) limits, with a permanent marker showing where the free cutoff sits even when you're on Premium.
Mobile and desktop invitation-card mockups show roughly how much of your note is visible before someone has to tap "see more" — mobile clamps sooner than desktop.
Kynzo flags generic boilerplate and premature sales asks, then suggests 2-3 curiosity-based rewrites that keep your real details and drop the filler.
LinkedIn™ intentionally keeps connection request notes short so they stay a quick, scannable first impression rather than a pitch. Free accounts get 200 characters; Premium, Sales Navigator, and Recruiter accounts get 300. Either way, the limit forces you to lead with the one thing that actually matters instead of burying it in pleasantries.
Recipients have seen "I'd love to add you to my professional network" and "let's hop on a quick 15-minute call" hundreds of times. Corporate buzzwords like "synergies" or "value proposition" don't help either — they signal a template, not a person. This tool's Check My Note flags exactly this kind of language so you can cut it and spend those characters on something real.
A curiosity-based note leads with a specific, genuine reason for connecting — shared profession, a mutual interest, something concrete from their profile — and stops there. It doesn't ask for a call, a meeting, or anything else; that ask belongs in a later message, after they've accepted.
LinkedIn™'s invitation card clamps note text sooner on mobile than on desktop before showing a "see more" prompt. A note that reads cleanly on desktop can get cut off after fewer lines on a phone, which is why this tool previews both.
Start with a specific reason you're connecting. Add one light personal detail that shows you actually looked at their profile. Close without an ask — let the connection itself be the entire request.
A great connection note is just the first step.
Kynzo also helps agency recruiters monitor their customers' LinkedIn™ activity, bringing target-account posts, comments, and social signals into one focused feed — so you know exactly when to follow up.
Explore KynzoHow many characters can a LinkedIn™ connection request note have?
LinkedIn™ caps connection request notes at 200 characters for free accounts. Premium, Sales Navigator, and Recruiter accounts get a higher limit of 300 characters.
What's the character limit difference between free LinkedIn™ and Premium/Sales Navigator/Recruiter?
Free accounts are capped at 200 characters. Premium, Sales Navigator, and Recruiter accounts can write up to 300 characters — 100 more to work with.
What happens if my note is too long — does LinkedIn™ cut it off silently?
LinkedIn™'s note field simply won't accept characters past your account's limit, so you won't be able to submit an over-limit note in the first place. This tool lets you see your budget and trim proactively instead of discovering the cutoff while typing directly into LinkedIn™.
Is the Connection Request Checker free to use?
Yes. You can use the public Kynzo Connection Request Checker without creating a Kynzo account or connecting LinkedIn™.
Does the preview show exactly how my note will look on LinkedIn™?
The desktop and mobile preview cards are modeled closely on LinkedIn™'s own invitation card layout to show you roughly how much of your note is visible before a recipient has to expand it — actual spacing can vary slightly by device and LinkedIn™ app version.
What are "trigger phrases" and why should I avoid them?
Trigger phrases are generic networking boilerplate, premature sales asks, and corporate buzzwords — things like "I'd love to add you to my professional network" or "let's hop on a quick call" — that recipients have seen hundreds of times and tend to ignore or decline. Removing them makes room in your character budget for something specific.
What makes a connection note "curiosity-based" instead of pitchy?
A curiosity-based note leads with a genuine, specific reason for connecting — shared context, a mutual interest, something on their profile — and ends without asking for anything. A pitchy note asks for a call, meeting, or sale before the person has even accepted you.
Can I embed this tool on my own website?
Yes. Kynzo provides an embeddable version you can add to your own site with a single iframe — the same way you'd embed a Calendly booking widget.
Does this tool store or share the notes I check?
The note you paste is sent to Kynzo's generation service only to run the character check and produce rewrite suggestions — it isn't required to be linked to any account or profile since the tool doesn't require sign-up.
Does this work for InMail messages too, or only connection request notes?
This tool is built specifically around LinkedIn™'s connection request note limits (200/300 characters). InMail has a much higher character limit and different norms, so it isn't the focus here.
