# LinkedIn tools

> People, company pages and posts.

Public LinkedIn data. Each call costs what the data provider charges for it, and the cost line under each tool below gives the number. A question LinkedIn cannot answer has no tool, rather than a tool that returns nothing.

| Tool | What it does | Cost |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [`linkedin_get_profile`](#linkedin_get_profile) | Get a LinkedIn profile | From 1 credit |
| [`linkedin_get_company`](#linkedin_get_company) | Get a company page | From 1 credit |
| [`linkedin_get_company_posts`](#linkedin_get_company_posts) | Get a company's posts | From 1 credit |
| [`linkedin_get_post`](#linkedin_get_post) | Get a LinkedIn post | From 1 credit |
| [`linkedin_search_posts`](#linkedin_search_posts) | Search LinkedIn posts | From 1 credit |

## `linkedin_get_profile`: Get a LinkedIn profile

One LinkedIn person: their headline, location, followers and connections.

**Use when:** checking a person before outreach, reading how they describe themselves.

**Not for:** a company page, use [`linkedin_get_company`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_company). An email address, use [`leads_get_email`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_get_email). A person's full employment record, use [`leads_get_person`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_get_person).

**Returns:** Record. platform, kind, id, handle, name, url, bio, verified, followers, following, `posts_count`, likes, views, location, website, employees, industry, `created_at`. A field the platform does not publish is null. LinkedIn publishes no post count or id for a person, so those are null.

**Cost:** 1 credit. Cached 24 hours.

| Parameter | Default and notes |
| --- | --- |
| `url` or `handle` | `url`: the full profile URL; `handle`: the part after /in/; give one |

Also takes `provider`, `max_credits`, `dry_run`: see [common parameters](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools#common-parameters).

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates"
}
```

## `linkedin_get_company`: Get a company page

One LinkedIn company page: headcount, industry, location and website.

**Use when:** sizing a company from its own page, confirming an industry and a headcount band before outreach.

**Not for:** a company's own posts, use [`linkedin_get_company_posts`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_company_posts). A richer firmographic record, use [`leads_get_company`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_get_company). A person, use [`linkedin_get_profile`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_profile).

**Returns:** Record. platform, kind, id, handle, name, url, bio, verified, followers, following, `posts_count`, likes, views, location, website, employees, industry, `created_at`. A field the platform does not publish is null. kind is company, employees is LinkedIn's own headcount.

**Cost:** 1 credit. Cached 24 hours.

| Parameter | Default and notes |
| --- | --- |
| `handle` or `url` | `handle`: the company slug; `url`: the full company URL; give one |

Also takes `provider`, `max_credits`, `dry_run`: see [common parameters](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools#common-parameters).

```json
{
  "handle": "shopify"
}
```

## `linkedin_get_company_posts`: Get a company's posts

The posts on one LinkedIn company page, newest first.

**Use when:** watching what a competitor publishes, judging cadence and engagement.

**Not for:** posts by topic across LinkedIn, use [`linkedin_search_posts`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_search_posts). One post in full, use [`linkedin_get_post`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_post).

**Returns:** List, one page per call. `rows[]`: platform, id, url, author, `author_name`, `created_at`, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, views, media, `duration_s`, `is_ad`. A number the platform does not publish is null. LinkedIn publishes no view count, so views is null. This listing carries no engagement at all; [`linkedin_get_post`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_post) has likes and comments for one post. `created_at` is approximate: the platform shows an age such as "3 weeks ago", so it is exact only to that unit.

**Cost:** 1 credit per page. Cached 6 hours.

| Parameter | Default and notes |
| --- | --- |
| `handle` or `url` | `handle`: the company slug; `url`: the full company URL; give one |

Also takes `cursor`, `provider`, `max_credits`, `dry_run`: see [common parameters](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools#common-parameters).

```json
{
  "handle": "shopify"
}
```

## `linkedin_get_post`: Get a LinkedIn post

One LinkedIn post with its text, its author and its engagement.

**Use when:** a row from a search is worth the detail, or you have a URL and nothing else.

**Not for:** the comments (LinkedIn does not expose them here). A company's whole feed, use [`linkedin_get_company_posts`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_company_posts).

**Returns:** Record. `rows[]`: platform, id, url, author, `author_name`, `created_at`, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, views, media, `duration_s`, `is_ad`. A number the platform does not publish is null.

**Cost:** 1 credit. Cached 6 hours.

| Parameter | Default and notes |
| --- | --- |
| `url` | Required, the post URL |

Also takes `provider`, `max_credits`, `dry_run`: see [common parameters](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools#common-parameters).

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aagupta_what-you-need-to-know-ai-agents-activity-7354600338621906944-RvXR"
}
```

## `linkedin_search_posts`: Search LinkedIn posts

LinkedIn posts matching a keyword, ranked by LinkedIn's own search.

**Use when:** "what is being said about X on LinkedIn", finding the people posting about a category.

**Not for:** one company's posts, use [`linkedin_get_company_posts`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_company_posts). Finding people to contact, use [`leads_search_people`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_search_people).

**Returns:** List, one page per call, ranked. `rows[]`: platform, id, url, author, `author_name`, `created_at`, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, views, media, `duration_s`, `is_ad`. A number the platform does not publish is null. meta.cursor pages the next set. `created_at` is approximate: the platform shows an age such as "3 weeks ago", so it is exact only to that unit.

**Cost:** 1 credit per page. Cached 6 hours.

| Parameter | Default and notes |
| --- | --- |
| `query` | Required |
| `since` | "day" \| "week" \| "month" \| "year" \| "all", default month |

Also takes `cursor`, `provider`, `max_credits`, `dry_run`: see [common parameters](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools#common-parameters).

```json
{
  "query": "rfp automation",
  "since": "week"
}
```