cyberneticlibrary

Extract LinkedIn profiles and company data

msapps-linkedin-scraperpluginsetup L23,035
davepoon/buildwithclaude
What it does

Extract professional profiles and company data from LinkedIn

Best for

Bulk gathering founder/team research without manual profile visits.

Inputs
  • · LinkedIn profile URL or company page URL
  • · specific field extraction request (skills, work history, posts)
Outputs
  • · parsed profile name, title, location, education
  • · work history with dates and descriptions
  • · skills list and endorsements
  • · recent posts and engagement metrics
  • · company size, industry, recent news
Requires
  • · LinkedIn platform (account-based)
  • · browser session
Preconditions

user has active LinkedIn account; target profile publicly accessible; session remains authenticated

Failure modes

rate limiting if too many profile checks; parsing fails if LinkedIn redesigns page; profile private or deleted returns no data; ban if scraping too aggressive

Trust signals
  • · browser-based (respects LinkedIn ToS better than headless API)
  • · MSApps maintained
  • · work history and skills extraction