LinkedIn for AI agents
Agents read LinkedIn at once. Changes and sends are held for a person's approval by default.
About LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to connect, share content, and discover business opportunities
What an agent can do in LinkedIn
Every LinkedIn action is classed by the platform as a read, a change or a send. Reads run at once. Changes and sends are held for a person by default.
Runs at once (reads)
Looks things up in LinkedIn without asking first. 15 actions.
- Get person profileRetrieves a LinkedIn member's profile information by their person ID. Returns lite profile fields (name, profile picture) by default, or basic profile fields (including headline and vanity name) with
- Get post contentTool to retrieve detailed post content including text, images, videos, and metadata from LinkedIn by post URN. Use when you need to fetch the full content and details of a specific LinkedIn post.
- Who Am IReturn the identity (name, email) of the connected LinkedIn account.
- Get ad targeting facetsTool to retrieve available ad targeting facets from LinkedIn Marketing API. Use when you need to discover what targeting options are available for ad campaigns (e.g., locations, industries, job functi
- Get audience countsRetrieves audience size counts for specified targeting criteria. Use when estimating reach for LinkedIn ad campaigns or targeted content.
- Get company infoRetrieves organizations where the authenticated user has specific roles (ACLs), to determine their management or content posting capabilities for LinkedIn company pages.
- Get image detailsTool to retrieve details of a LinkedIn image using its URN. Use when you need to check image status, get download URLs, or access image metadata for a single image.
- Get imagesTool to retrieve image metadata including download URLs, status, and dimensions from LinkedIn's Images API. Use when you need to access image details for posts, profiles, or media library assets.
- Get my infoFetches the authenticated LinkedIn user's profile information including name, headline, profile picture, and other profile details.
- Get network sizeTool to retrieve the follower count for a LinkedIn organization. Use when you need to get the number of members following a specific company or organization on LinkedIn.
- Get organization page statisticsTool to retrieve page statistics for a LinkedIn organization page. Use when you need engagement metrics like page views and custom button clicks. Supports both lifetime statistics (all-time data segme
- Get share statisticsRetrieves share statistics for a LinkedIn organization, including impressions, clicks, likes, comments, and shares. Use to analyze content performance for an organization page. Optionally filter by ti
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- Get videosRetrieves video metadata from LinkedIn for a video owned by a person or organization. Supports single video retrieval and batch retrieval (multiple videos). Use when you need to get video details incl
- List reactions on entityRetrieves reactions (likes, celebrations, etc.) on a LinkedIn entity such as a share, post, or comment. Use when you need to see who reacted to content and what type of reactions were used.
- Search ad targeting entitiesSearch for ad targeting entities using typeahead search. Use when you need to find targeting entities like geographic locations, job titles, industries, or other targeting criteria for LinkedIn ad cam
Held for approval by default (changes and sends)
Held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo. 10 actions.
- Create article or URL shareTool to create an article or URL share on LinkedIn using the UGC Posts API. Use when you need to share a link with optional commentary on LinkedIn. Supports sharing URLs as articles with customizable
- Initialize image uploadTool to initialize an image upload to LinkedIn and return a presigned upload URL plus the resulting image URN. Use when you need to prepare an image upload for LinkedIn posts. After calling this tool,
- Register image uploadTool to initialize a native LinkedIn image upload for feed shares and return a presigned upload URL plus the resulting digital media asset URN. Use when you need to upload an image to attach to a Link
- Create comment on LinkedIn postTool to create a first-level or nested comment on a LinkedIn share, UGC post, or parent comment via the Social Actions Comments API. Use when you need to engage with posts by adding comments or replyi
- Create a LinkedIn postCreates a new post on LinkedIn for the authenticated user or an organization they manage. Requires w_member_social scope for posting as a person, and w_organization_social scope for posting as an orga
- Create video postPublish an available member-owned LinkedIn video as a personal native video post.
- Delete LinkedIn PostDeletes a specific LinkedIn post (share) by its unique `share_id`, which must correspond to an existing share.
- Delete PostDelete a LinkedIn post using the Posts API REST endpoint. Supports both ugcPost and share URN formats. This action is idempotent - deleting an already-deleted post returns success. Note: LinkedIn's ow
- Delete UGC Post (Legacy)Delete a UGC post using the legacy UGC Post API endpoint. Use when you need to delete a post using the v2/ugcPosts endpoint. Deletion is idempotent - previously deleted posts also return success.
- Upload videoUpload an MP4 video for a native post by the authenticated LinkedIn member and wait until it is ready.
Changes wait in Needs you
Changes and sends in LinkedIn are held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
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LinkedIn questions
Can an agent change data in LinkedIn on its own?
Not by default. Changes and sends in LinkedIn are held for a person's approval. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
What can an agent read in LinkedIn?
This connector lists 15 read actions. Reads run at once, without waiting for approval.
How does LinkedIn connect?
It connects with OAuth 2.0. Connectors are built and maintained by third-party developers; availability is confirmed during scoping.