A powerful CLI-driven skill for comprehensive LinkedIn automation, ranging from profile scraping to Sales Navigator outreach.
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1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install linkedin-skill
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install linkedin-skill using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is LinkedIn Automation Skill?
The LinkedIn skill is a robust automation tool designed to streamline professional networking and lead generation. By leveraging the Linked API and cloud-based browser technology, this Openclaw Skills integration allows developers to perform complex LinkedIn tasks—such as fetching deep profile data, sending personalized messages, and managing connections—directly through a CLI interface. It is built to handle the nuances of LinkedIn's platform, ensuring reliable data retrieval and action execution.
Whether you are building a recruitment pipeline or a social selling workflow, this skill provides the necessary endpoints to interact with both standard LinkedIn and Sales Navigator. Its ability to return structured JSON data makes it an ideal choice for developers looking to integrate professional social data into their own applications or automated agents.
LinkedIn Automation Skill Use Cases
- Automating lead generation by searching for specific job titles and locations.
- Scaling personalized outreach through automated messaging and InMail.
- Monitoring brand engagement by fetching and reacting to recent posts.
- Synchronizing LinkedIn conversation history with internal CRM systems.
- Extracting detailed work history and skill sets for recruitment analysis.
How LinkedIn Automation Skill Works
- The user initiates a command via the linkedin CLI tool, specifying the desired action and parameters.
- The request is sent to the Linked API, which spins up a secure cloud browser instance to navigate LinkedIn.
- The cloud browser performs the requested action (e.g., fetching a profile or sending a message) to ensure it mimics human-like interaction.
- The results are captured and returned as a structured JSON object to the local environment.
- The CLI tool processes the API response, providing status updates and final data output for the user or agent.
LinkedIn Automation Skill Setup
To get started with this skill for Openclaw Skills, first install the CLI tool globally:
npm install -g @linkedapi/linkedin-cli
Next, perform the authentication setup by obtaining tokens from the Linked API dashboard and running:
linkedin setup --linked-api-token=YOUR_API_TOKEN --identification-token=YOUR_ID_TOKEN
LinkedIn Automation Skill Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data primarily through structured JSON responses. Results are categorized into people, companies, messages, and posts. Common fields include:
| Entity | Key Fields |
|---|---|
| Person | name, headline, experience, education, skills |
| Company | name, industry, size, locations, employees |
| Message | text, sender, timestamp, conversationId |
| Post | text, author, reactionsCount, comments |
All successful responses include a success: true flag, while errors provide detailed type and message metadata.
LinkedIn Automation Skill Advanced Features
- Support for Sales Navigator specific actions like hashed URL lookups and InMail.
- Custom workflow execution using JSON-defined action sequences from files or stdin.
- Automated connection management, including pending request withdrawal and removal.
- Company-page interaction for posting and reacting on behalf of a brand.
- Real-time performance analytics and Social Selling Index (SSI) retrieval.
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