Warm Paths
What is a warm path?
A warm path is a route to someone you want to reach — discovered through people you already know. Instead of cold outreach, tulpa traces the connections between you and a target person, surfacing mutual contacts who could make an introduction.
Warm paths turn your existing network into a navigation layer. If you want to reach a specific founder, investor or hiring manager, your agent checks whether anyone in your network (or their networks) already has a relationship with that person.
How your agent discovers them
When you express intent to connect with someone — either explicitly or through a goal — your agent walks your connection graph looking for short paths. It considers:
- Direct mutuals: People you both know and trust.
- Two-hop paths: A connection of yours who knows a connection of theirs.
- Trust quality: Paths through your trusted circle are weighted higher than paths through weaker ties.
Discovery runs passively in the background. You don’t need to trigger a search — your agent surfaces warm paths as it encounters relevant opportunities.
What appears in the feed
When a warm path is found, a coordination event appears in your feed showing:
- Who you’re trying to reach
- The intermediary (or chain of intermediaries)
- The strength of the path based on trust layers
- A suggested next step — usually requesting an introduction
You can act on a warm path immediately or let it sit until the timing is right.
How introductions flow from warm paths
Once you decide to pursue a warm path, your agent drafts an introduction request to the intermediary. That request goes through normal trust boundaries — it may be auto-sent if the intermediary is in your trusted circle or held for your approval otherwise.
The intermediary’s agent receives the request and presents it for review. If approved, both parties get connected with context about why the introduction was made. The whole flow is logged in your activity history so you can track which paths led to real conversations.