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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-cliIf a command fails with exit code 2 (authentication error), ask the user to set up their account:
Once the user provides the tokens, run:
linkedin setup --linked-api-token=TOKEN --identification-token=TOKENAlways use --json and -q for machine-readable output:
LINKEDAPI_CLIENT=skill:linkedin linkedin <command> --json -qWhen 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 |
Success:
{"success": true, "data": {"name": "John Doe", "headline": "Engineer"}}Error:
{"success": false, "error": {"type": "personNotFound", "message": "Person not found"}}Exit code 0 means the API call succeeded – always check the success field for the action outcome. Non-zero exit codes indicate infrastructure errors:
| Exit Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Success (check success field – action may have returned an error like "person not found") |
| 1 | General/unexpected error |
| 2 | Missing or invalid tokens |
| 3 | Subscription/plan required |
| 4 | LinkedIn account issue |
| 5 | Invalid arguments |
| 6 | Rate limited |
| 7 | Network error |
| 8 | Workflow timeout (workflowId returned for recovery) |
linkedin person fetch <url> [flags] --json -qOptional flags to include additional data:
--experience – work history--education – education history--skills – skills list--languages – languages--posts – recent posts (with --posts-limit N, --posts-since TIMESTAMP)--comments – recent comments (with --comments-limit N, --comments-since TIMESTAMP)--reactions – recent reactions (with --reactions-limit N, --reactions-since TIMESTAMP)Only request additional data when needed – each flag increases execution time.
# Basic profile
linkedin person fetch https://www.linkedin.com/in/username --json -q
# With experience and education
linkedin person fetch https://www.linkedin.com/in/username --experience --education --json -q
# With last 5 posts
linkedin person fetch https://www.linkedin.com/in/username --posts --posts-limit 5 --json -qlinkedin person endorse <url> --skill 'Project Management' --json -q
linkedin person endorse <url> --pattern manage --pattern '^scrum$' --json -q
linkedin person endorse <url> --all --json -qChoose exactly one of --skill, --pattern or --all:
--skill for one exact skill name; letter case and extra spaces are ignored.--pattern to select skills matching any of the patterns. Patterns use RE2, are case-insensitive and match anywhere in the name. Anchor with ^…$ to match a whole name. Provide 1-20 patterns, each 1-200 characters; lookaround and backreferences are unsupported.--all only when the user wants every skill endorsed. It omits the patterns parameter; never send an empty patterns array.Skill names are in the profile owner's language, regardless of your own LinkedIn language. Fetch the profile with --skills first when you need to discover the names; a German profile may list Projektmanagement rather than Project Management.
Only 1st-degree connections can receive endorsements. An already-endorsed skill stays endorsed and counts as success. Each successful endorsement, including an existing one, counts toward the account's stEndorsements limit. With --pattern or --all, check every item's success and error.type in data: a failed skill does not stop the others, and limitExceeded can affect only part of the result.
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 |
--connection-degrees | Comma-separated connection degrees: 1st, 2nd, 3rd+ |
linkedin person search --term "product manager" --locations "San Francisco" --json -q
linkedin person search --current-companies "Google" --position "Engineer" --limit 20 --json -qlinkedin company fetch <url> [flags] --json -qOptional flags:
--employees – include employees--dms – include decision makers--posts – include company postsEmployee filters (require --employees):
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--employees-limit | Max employees to retrieve |
--employees-first-name | Filter by first name |
--employees-last-name | Filter by last name |
--employees-position | Filter by position |
--employees-locations | Comma-separated locations |
--employees-industries | Comma-separated industries |
--employees-schools | Comma-separated school names |
--employees-connection-degrees | Comma-separated connection degrees: 1st, 2nd, 3rd+ |
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--dms-limit | Max decision makers to retrieve (requires --dms) |
--posts-limit | Max posts to retrieve (requires --posts) |
--posts-since | Posts since ISO timestamp (requires --posts) |
# Basic company info
linkedin company fetch https://www.linkedin.com/company/name --json -q
# With employees filtered by position
linkedin company fetch https://www.linkedin.com/company/name --employees --employees-position "Engineer" --json -q
# With decision makers and posts
linkedin company fetch https://www.linkedin.com/company/name --dms --posts --posts-limit 10 --json -qlinkedin 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 -qlinkedin message send <person-url> '<text>' --json -qText 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 -qTo read messages use inbox get. Call message get only when you need a person's earlier history, and never repeat it to check for new messages.
Enable inbox monitoring once per account, before sending messages whose replies you need – it captures only messages that arrive after it is on:
linkedin inbox sync --json -q # standard inbox
linkedin inbox sync --nv --json -q # Sales Navigator inboxNew messages from everyone, with an advancing --since:
linkedin inbox get --since 2024-01-15T10:30:00Z --json -qThe whole known conversation with one person, including history loaded by message get:
linkedin inbox get --person https://www.linkedin.com/in/username --json -qWith --person, the output has messages and threads. Each thread has historyComplete: if it is false and you need earlier messages, run message get <person-url> once, then inbox get --person again. A hashed person URL (personHashedUrl from a message) always matches; a public URL matches only once Linked API knows it, so prefer the hashed URL when messages show personPublicUrl: null. Message times are whole minutes: to check for a reply, pass --type of your message and --since a few minutes before it, take the earliest us message in the result (the one you sent, not a later follow-up) and count a them message that is not earlier than it; if your message is not in the result yet, the reply is not known yet.
linkedin message get <person-url> [--since TIMESTAMP] --json -qLoads the person's earlier history on the first call, which may take longer; subsequent calls are faster. Prefer linkedin inbox get --person <url> to read messages – use this only when you need history from before inbox monitoring was enabled.
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#### Check connection status
linkedin connection status <url> --json -q#### Send connection request
linkedin connection send <url> [--note 'text'] [--email [email protected]] --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 -qBy default, withdrawing also unfollows the person. Use --no-unfollow to keep following.
#### Remove a connection
linkedin connection remove <url> --json -q#### 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#### Search posts
linkedin post search [flags] --json -q| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--term | Search keyword or phrase, up to 50 characters |
--limit | Max results to return, up to 100 |
--from-members | People whose posts to keep |
--from-companies | Companies whose posts to keep |
--mentioning-members | People the post must mention |
--mentioning-companies | Companies the post must mention |
--author-companies | Companies the author works at |
Each actor flag is a comma-separated list. An element is name or name:identifier, where the identifier is a URN or LinkedIn URL of that person or company and pins the filter to exactly them. A name alone may match a namesake. When an entry cannot be applied, the action fails with filterNotApplied; correct or remove it rather than retrying.
linkedin post search --term "ai" --from-members "Bill Gates,Example Person:urn:li:member:123456789" --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 | One mention, bound to @[key] in the text. Format below. Can be specified multiple times, up to 20. |
Attachment limits: up to 9 images, or 1 video, or 1 document. Cannot mix types.
Mention format — write @[key] in the text, then describe that key with --mention as key:name or key:name:identifier. Everything after the second : is the identifier, so its own colons need no escaping. The identifier is optional and is one of urn:li:member:<id>, urn:li:organization:<id>, a hashed profile URL, or a hashed company URL; without it LinkedIn's first suggestion for name is used, which may not be the entity you meant. Every @[key] must have a matching --mention and vice versa, and keys cannot repeat.
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 | One mention, bound to @[key] in --text. Same format as for post create. Can be specified multiple times, up to 20. |
The repost's own postUrl and postUrn come back, not those of the post you reposted. They are empty when the repost was published but LinkedIn did not return its address — do not retry, the repost is already live.
alreadyReposted is returned only when LinkedIn refuses an instant repost (one without --text). LinkedIn does not always refuse a repeat repost: a repost of your own post, or a repost with commentary, can be published again. Keep track of what you have already reposted instead of relying on this error.
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 -qReaction 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 -qText 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# 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 -qEach 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.
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 |
--connection-degrees | Comma-separated connection degrees: 1st, 2nd, 3rd+, groupMembers |
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
linkedin navigator company fetch <hashed-url> [flags] --json -qOptional flags:
--employees – include employees--dms – include decision makersEmployee filters (require --employees):
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--employees-limit | Max employees to retrieve |
--employees-first-name | Filter by first name |
--employees-last-name | Filter by last name |
--employees-positions | Comma-separated positions |
--employees-locations | Comma-separated locations |
--employees-industries | Comma-separated industries |
--employees-schools | Comma-separated school names |
--employees-years-of-experience | Comma-separated experience ranges |
--employees-connection-degrees | Comma-separated connection degrees: 1st, 2nd, 3rd+, groupMembers |
--dms-limit | Max decision makers to retrieve (requires --dms) |
linkedin navigator company fetch https://www.linkedin.com/sales/company/97ural --employees --dms --json -q
linkedin navigator company fetch https://www.linkedin.com/sales/company/97ural \
--employees --employees-positions "Engineer,Designer" --employees-locations "Europe" --json -q#### 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 -qText 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 -qPrefer linkedin inbox get --person <url> --type nv to read Sales Navigator messages; use this only when you need the person's earlier history.
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 -qCheck workflow status or wait for completion:
linkedin workflow status <id> --json -q
linkedin workflow status <id> --wait --json -qSee Building Workflows for the workflow JSON schema.
Read what is new in Linked API. Check it before telling the user that something is not supported yet – the capability may have shipped recently. No authentication is needed:
linkedin changelog --json -q # Every release, newest first
linkedin changelog --since 2026-10-01 --json -q # Releases from that week onThe JSON is the changelog itself, not the usual success/data envelope: entries holds releases, each with a date (the Monday of its week) and items with title, body and docs (a path on https://linkedapi.io). A release counts as shipped at the end of its week, so --since in the middle of a week still returns that week's release – deduplicate by date. A malformed --since exits with code 5 and the server's message.
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 accountslimitExceeded error means the limit was reached.https://www.linkedin.com/... format without trailing slashes.null or [], not omitted.~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.