> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dapp.ing/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Give, request, and manage recommendations

> Write a useful professional recommendation and manage recommendations on your profile.

A good recommendation explains how you know the person, what you saw them do, and why it mattered. Specific examples are more useful than general praise.

## Write a recommendation

1. Open the builder’s public profile and select the recommendation action.
2. Choose the relationship context when requested.
3. Describe a specific project, responsibility, strength, or result you observed.
4. Review the recipient and wording, then submit.

## Manage recommendations

Your profile separates recommendations you received from those you gave. The giver or recipient can hide a recommendation, and the confirmation explains when an action will delete it permanently.

## Write for the reader

* Name the kind of work without sharing confidential information.
* Explain what the person actually did.
* Leave out confidential details and claims you cannot support.

## Request the right reference

Ask someone who directly observed the work and remind them which project or responsibility would help readers. A recommendation from a manager, collaborator, grantee, organizer, or teammate is strongest when it adds context that your own description cannot. Do not pressure people into reciprocal recommendations.

Keep the reference current. Hide or remove it if the relationship was described incorrectly or the context is no longer appropriate to show.

## Continue on dApp.ing

<Card title="Find a builder profile" href="https://dapp.ing/builders">
  Complete this task in the dApp.ing application.
</Card>

## Related guides

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Add skills and endorse another builder" icon="book-open" href="/help/profiles/add-skills-and-endorse-another-builder">
    Keep your skill list focused and endorse work you have seen firsthand.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Understand verification badges and Karma" icon="book-open" href="/help/profiles/understand-verification-badges-and-karma">
    Understand what profile badges, experience proof, endorsements, and Karma mean.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
