---

name: linkedin description: 'General-purpose LinkedIn automation – fetch profiles, search people and companies, send messages, manage connections, create posts, and more. Use when the user wants to interact with LinkedIn.' zh_description: "通过 Linked API 搜索领英资料、管理连接、消息与内容发布。" version: "1.0.3" author: vprudnikoff source: github:Linked-API/linkedin-skills source_url: "https://github.com/Linked-API/linkedin-skills/blob/e46beb9aea0af3896fd49dd7b39cff1061bf8f6d/linkedin/SKILL.md" license: MIT tags: '[linkedin, automation, social-media, outreach, cli]' created_at: "2026-07-10" updated_at: "2026-09-30" quality: 5 complexity: intermediate

LinkedIn Skill

You have access to linkedin – a CLI tool for LinkedIn automation. Use it to fetch profiles, search people and companies, send messages, manage connections, create posts, react, comment, and more.

Each command sends a request to Linked API, which runs a real cloud browser to perform the action on LinkedIn. Operations are not instant – expect 30 seconds to several minutes depending on complexity.

If linkedin is not available, install it:

npm install -g @linkedapi/linkedin-cli

Authentication

If a command fails with exit code 2 (authentication error), ask the user to set up their account:

1. Go to app.linkedapi.io and sign up or log in
2. Connect their LinkedIn account
3. Copy the Linked API Token and Identification Token from the dashboard

Once the user provides the tokens, run:

linkedin setup --linked-api-token=TOKEN --identification-token=TOKEN

Global Flags

Always use --json and -q for machine-readable output:

LINKEDAPI_CLIENT=skill:linkedin linkedin <command> --json -q

When using this skill, run every linkedin ... example below with the LINKEDAPI_CLIENT=skill:linkedin prefix so Linked API can attribute usage to the skill.

Flag	Description
--json	Structured JSON output
--quiet / -q	Suppress stderr progress messages
--fields name,url,...	Select specific fields in output
--no-color	Disable colors
--account "Name"	Use a specific account for this command

Output Format

Read the detailed procedure and examples when working on this part of the task.

Commands

Fetch a Person Profile

Read the detailed procedure and examples when working on this part of the task.

Search People

linkedin person search [flags] --json -q

Flag	Description
--term	Search keyword or phrase
--limit	Max results
--first-name	Filter by first name
--last-name	Filter by last name
--position	Filter by job position
--locations	Comma-separated locations
--industries	Comma-separated industries
--current-companies	Comma-separated current company names
--previous-companies	Comma-separated previous company names
--schools	Comma-separated school names

linkedin person search --term "product manager" --locations "San Francisco" --json -q
linkedin person search --current-companies "Google" --position "Engineer" --limit 20 --json -q

Fetch a Company

Read the detailed procedure and examples when working on this part of the task.

Search Companies

linkedin company search [flags] --json -q

Flag	Description
--term	Search keyword
--limit	Max results
--sizes	Comma-separated sizes: 1-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1000, 1001-5000, 5001-10000, 10001+
--locations	Comma-separated locations
--industries	Comma-separated industries

linkedin company search --term "fintech" --sizes "11-50,51-200" --json -q

Send a Message

linkedin message send <person-url> '<text>' --json -q

Text up to 1900 characters. Wrap the message in single quotes to avoid shell interpretation issues.

linkedin message send https://www.linkedin.com/in/username 'Hey, loved your latest post!' --json -q

Get Conversation

linkedin message get <person-url> [--since TIMESTAMP] --json -q

The first call for a conversation triggers a background sync and may take longer. Subsequent calls are faster.

linkedin message get https://www.linkedin.com/in/username --json -q
linkedin message get https://www.linkedin.com/in/username --since 2024-01-15T10:30:00Z --json -q

Connection Management

Check connection status

linkedin connection status <url> --json -q

Send connection request

linkedin connection send <url> [--note 'text'] [--email user@example.com] --json -q

List connections

linkedin connection list [flags] --json -q

Flag	Description
--limit	Max connections to return
--since	Only connections made since ISO timestamp (only works when no filter flags are used)
--first-name	Filter by first name
--last-name	Filter by last name
--position	Filter by job position
--locations	Comma-separated locations
--industries	Comma-separated industries
--current-companies	Comma-separated current company names
--previous-companies	Comma-separated previous company names
--schools	Comma-separated school names

linkedin connection list --limit 50 --json -q
linkedin connection list --current-companies "Google" --position "Engineer" --json -q
linkedin connection list --since 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z --json -q

List pending outgoing requests

linkedin connection pending --json -q

List incoming connection requests

Invitations that others have sent to you (received requests).

linkedin connection requests --json -q

Accept an incoming request

linkedin connection accept <url> --json -q

Ignore an incoming request

linkedin connection ignore <url> --json -q

Withdraw a pending request

linkedin connection withdraw <url> [--no-unfollow] --json -q

By default, withdrawing also unfollows the person. Use --no-unfollow to keep following.

Remove a connection

linkedin connection remove <url> --json -q

Posts

Fetch a post

linkedin post fetch <url> [flags] --json -q

Flag	Description
--comments	Include comments
--reactions	Include reactions
--comments-limit	Max comments to retrieve (requires --comments)
--comments-sort	Sort order: mostRelevant or mostRecent (requires --comments)
--comments-replies	Include replies to comments (requires --comments)
--reactions-limit	Max reactions to retrieve (requires --reactions)

linkedin post fetch https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_activity-123 --json -q

# With comments sorted by most recent, including replies
linkedin post fetch https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_activity-123 \
  --comments --comments-sort mostRecent --comments-replies --json -q

Create a post

linkedin post create '<text>' [flags] --json -q

Flag	Description
--company-url	Post on behalf of a company page (requires admin access)
--attachments	Attachment as url:type or url:type:name. Types: image, video, document. Can be specified multiple times.
--mention	Mention as key:name or key:name:identifier, bound to @[key] in the text. Can be specified multiple times.

Attachment limits: up to 9 images, or 1 video, or 1 document. Cannot mix types.

linkedin post create 'Excited to share our latest update!' --json -q

# With a document
linkedin post create 'Our Q4 report' \
  --attachments "https://example.com/report.pdf:document:Q4 Report" --json -q

# Mentioning a person
linkedin post create 'Huge thanks to @[author] for the write-up!' \
  --mention "author:Example Person:urn:li:member:123456789" --json -q

# Post as a company
linkedin post create 'Company announcement' \
  --company-url https://www.linkedin.com/company/name --json -q

Repost a post

linkedin post repost <url> [flags] --json -q

Flag	Description
--text	Your own commentary (up to 3000 characters). Without it the post is reposted as is.
--mention	Mention as key:name or key:name:identifier, bound to @[key] in --text. Can be specified multiple times.

The repost's own postUrl and postUrn come back, not those of the post you reposted. Reposting the same post twice from the same account fails with alreadyReposted.

linkedin post repost https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_activity-123 --json -q

# With commentary
linkedin post repost urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789 \
  --text 'Worth reading, especially the part on onboarding.' --json -q

React to a post

linkedin post react <url> --type <reaction> [--company-url <url>] --json -q

Reaction types: like, love, support, celebrate, insightful, funny.

linkedin post react https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_activity-123 --type like --json -q

# React on behalf of a company
linkedin post react https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_activity-123 --type celebrate \
  --company-url https://www.linkedin.com/company/name --json -q

Comment on a post

linkedin post comment <url> '<text>' [--company-url <url>] --json -q

Text up to 1000 characters.

linkedin post comment https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_activity-123 'Great insights!' --json -q

# Comment on behalf of a company
linkedin post comment https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_activity-123 'Well said!' \
  --company-url https://www.linkedin.com/company/name --json -q

Statistics

# Social Selling Index
linkedin stats ssi --json -q

# Performance analytics (profile views, post impressions, search appearances)
linkedin stats performance --json -q

# API usage for a date range
linkedin stats usage --start 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z --end 2024-01-31T00:00:00Z --json -q

# Who viewed your profile
linkedin stats viewers --limit 50 --json -q

# Only views since a moment
linkedin stats viewers --since 2026-08-01T00:00:00Z --json -q

Each viewer is either identified — carrying name, publicUrl and urn (a member URN, null when LinkedIn does not expose it) — or anonymous, carrying only the description LinkedIn showed and a searchUrl you can pass to linkedin person search --url to look for them. Viewers come newest first, and viewedAt is an estimate derived from the relative age LinkedIn displays.

Sales Navigator

Requires a LinkedIn Sales Navigator subscription. Uses hashed URLs for person/company lookups.

Fetch person

linkedin navigator person fetch <hashed-url> --json -q

Search people

linkedin navigator person search [flags] --json -q

Flag	Description
--term	Search keyword or phrase
--limit	Max results
--first-name	Filter by first name
--last-name	Filter by last name
--position	Filter by job position
--locations	Comma-separated locations
--industries	Comma-separated industries
--current-companies	Comma-separated current company names
--previous-companies	Comma-separated previous company names
--schools	Comma-separated school names
--years-of-experience	Comma-separated ranges: lessThanOne, oneToTwo, threeToFive, sixToTen, moreThanTen

linkedin navigator person search --term "VP Marketing" --locations "United States" --json -q
linkedin navigator person search --years-of-experience "moreThanTen" --position "CEO" --json -q

Fetch company

Read the detailed procedure and examples when working on this part of the task.

Search companies

linkedin navigator company search [flags] --json -q

Flag	Description
--term	Search keyword
--limit	Max results
--sizes	Comma-separated sizes: 1-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1000, 1001-5000, 5001-10000, 10001+
--locations	Comma-separated locations
--industries	Comma-separated industries
--revenue-min	Min annual revenue in M USD: 0, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000
--revenue-max	Max annual revenue in M USD: 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 1000+

linkedin navigator company search --term "fintech" --sizes "11-50,51-200" --json -q
linkedin navigator company search --revenue-min 10 --revenue-max 100 --locations "United States" --json -q

Send InMail

linkedin navigator message send <person-url> '<text>' --subject '<subject>' --json -q

Text up to 1900 characters. Subject up to 80 characters.

linkedin navigator message send https://www.linkedin.com/in/username \
  'Would love to chat about API integrations' --subject 'Partnership Opportunity' --json -q

Get Sales Navigator conversation

linkedin navigator message get <person-url> [--since TIMESTAMP] --json -q

Custom Workflows

Execute a custom workflow definition from a file, stdin, or inline:

# From file
linkedin workflow run --file workflow.json --json -q

# From stdin
cat workflow.json | linkedin workflow run --json -q

# Inline
echo '{"actions":[...]}' | linkedin workflow run --json -q

Check workflow status or wait for completion:

linkedin workflow status <id> --json -q
linkedin workflow status <id> --wait --json -q

See Building Workflows for the workflow JSON schema.

Account Management

linkedin account list                            # List accounts (* = active)
linkedin account switch "Name"                   # Switch active account
linkedin account rename "Name" --name "New Name" # Rename account
linkedin reset                                   # Remove active account
linkedin reset --all                             # Remove all accounts

Important Behavior

• Sequential execution. All operations for an account run one at a time. Multiple requests queue up.
• Not instant. A real browser navigates LinkedIn – expect 30 seconds to several minutes per operation.
• Timestamps in UTC. All dates and times are in UTC.
• Single quotes for text arguments. Use single quotes around message text, post text, and comments to avoid shell interpretation issues with special characters.
• Action limits. Per-account limits are configurable on the platform. A limitExceeded error means the limit was reached.
• URL normalization. All LinkedIn URLs in responses are normalized to https://www.linkedin.com/... format without trailing slashes.
• Null fields. Fields that are unavailable are returned as null or [], not omitted.

Boundaries and Safe Authorization

• Use only LinkedIn accounts that the user owns or is explicitly authorized to operate.
• Treat invitations, messages, posts, reactions, comments, connection changes, account changes, and workflows containing any of those steps as external writes. Run them only when the user has explicitly requested the specific action. For bulk writes, confirm the account, audience, approximate count, content, and timing before execution unless those details were already approved in the current request.
• Prefer a preview or a small sample before a bulk operation. Never manufacture consent, impersonate another person, or use this skill for deceptive, discriminatory, harassing, or indiscriminate outreach.
• Respect LinkedIn controls, applicable law, and organizational policy. Never bypass rate limits, CAPTCHAs, account warnings, or access restrictions; stop and report them instead.
• Minimize collection of personal data. Do not expose tokens in chat output, logs, shell history, or committed files, and do not retain profile data longer than the task requires.
• If the requested authority, target set, or effect is ambiguous, pause before the first write and ask the user to clarify it.