Your data never leaves
No server, no account, no shared key. Leads, conversations and credentials live in a database on your disk. We couldn't read them even if we wanted to.
desktop app · not SaaS
LinkedIn prospecting without handing your account to anyone
Scout mines, qualifies and drafts with you in command. And it does all of it from your machine: no server of ours in the path, nobody reading your conversations, nothing going out in your name without you seeing it.
macOS (Apple Silicon) · Windows (x64) · no account, no server
the problem
Prospecting tools became synonymous with risk
The SaaS logs into your account
Cloud tools enter your LinkedIn from a datacenter that isn't you. The platform can see that. And when the block comes, the banned account is yours, not theirs.
Your book of business lives on their server
Leads, conversations, what you're negotiating and for how much: all of it passes through the vendor. Your prospecting is the heart of your business, and it became somebody else's data.
Endless rent on your own account
You pay every month for the right to use an account that is already yours. And the day you cancel, the history, the pipeline and the context go with it.
Scout is the opposite of that
An app you download and own: it runs on your machine, keeps everything on your disk and uses the AI you already have. We have no access to your LinkedIn or your messages, because there is no server where they could be.
the product
A workbench, not a vanity dashboard
the difference
Not SaaS: you download it and own it
The AI is yours too
Got Claude Code installed? Zero configuration. Otherwise use your own key: six providers, with the credential encrypted in the system keychain. The only variable cost is your own AI usage, not a monthly fee.
Autonomy is a dial
Each campaign picks between Copilot and Automatic, and even on Automatic the first messages go through you. Trust is built, not assumed.
account safety
Your account is worth more than your quota
Safety isn't a Scout feature; it's the thesis. And it starts with the architecture: actions leave from your machine, from your IP, as if it were you, because it is you. Limits are a ceiling, never a goal, and the app hits the brakes on its own when the signal turns bad.
100
Invites per week, half the platform's limit
90s
Minimum gap between actions, with deliberately irregular pacing
20%
Acceptance floor: below it, the campaign pauses itself
0
Actions in your name with the "Act on LinkedIn" gate off (the default)
Writing is a gate, not a default
Out of the box, Scout reads, mines and drafts, and touches nothing. Exactly three write actions exist, each auditable: nothing "went out in your name" without a record.
The AI never decides state
The model produces judgement; deterministic code turns judgement into transitions. Every change is an immutable event you can reread.
The Offer is the factual boundary
The AI won't assert a price, deadline or client you didn't declare in the Offer. When in doubt it escalates to you instead of making things up.
Brakes that demote on their own
Bad signal (acceptance dropping, opt-outs rising) demotes the campaign from Automatic back to Copilot without asking. Resuming is your call.
how it works
Three steps, one loop
01
Tell it what you sell
The Offer and the ICP are born in a conversation: Scout interviews you, and nothing is asserted without your confirmation.
02
Scout searches and reads
Mining, profile reading and qualification with the reason written down. What's left is a short, explained list.
03
You talk
Drafts ready to approve, a safe pace for sending, and a pipeline that moves with real replies.
download
Request your download link
Leave your email and get a personal link, valid for 24 hours. No account, no sign-up. And once installed, the app needs nothing from us.
macOS (Apple Silicon) and Windows (x64). You pick the platform on the download page.
questions
What people usually ask
Where does my data go?
Nowhere. Scout has no server: leads, conversations and credentials live in a SQLite database on your disk. The interface literally cannot load anything from the network.
Is this a subscription?
No. Scout isn't SaaS: you download the app and it's yours. There's no account, no plan, and it doesn't depend on our servers to work. The only variable cost is the usage of whatever AI you choose.
Doesn't this risk my LinkedIn account?
Scout's whole design starts from that question. First, the architecture: actions leave from your machine, from your IP, not from a datacenter. Then the brakes: a cap of 100 invites/week (half the platform's limit), a 90-second minimum interval, irregular pacing and automatic pauses when the signal turns bad.
Do I need to pay for an AI?
You use the AI you already have. With Claude Code installed it's zero configuration; otherwise bring your own API key (Anthropic, OpenAI or Gemini). The key is encrypted in the system keychain.
Why does my system warn me during install?
The app isn't signed yet. On macOS: right-click → Open (just once). On Windows: "More info" → "Run anyway". The warning disappears on later launches.
Does it run on Intel Macs? Linux?
Not for now. Scout targets macOS on Apple Silicon (M1 and later) and Windows x64. Linux comes later.