# Read LinkedIn posts on any topic with your AI agent

> Ask your agent to search LinkedIn posts on your topic and rank them by likes and comments. Manifold reads public LinkedIn posts for your agent through a data provider, with no LinkedIn login or cookie, at 1 credit a search page. Our search for "AI search visibility" over the past month returned 10 posts, and 3 of them, from two authors with over 200,000 followers each, took 97% of the likes.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Job | Who posts on a topic, and which posts get replies |
| Tools | linkedin_search_posts, then linkedin_get_comments |
| Credits | 1 for the search in this run |
| Needs | No LinkedIn login, cookie or API app |
| Run on | "AI search visibility", past month, 26 October 2026 |

## The prompt

We asked our own agent, Claude Code connected to Manifold, on 26 October 2026:

```text
Search LinkedIn for posts about AI search visibility from the past month. Rank them by likes
and comments, tell me how big each author's following is, and say what each post asks the
reader to do.
```

## The call

| Step | Tool | Input | Credits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [`linkedin_search_posts`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_search_posts) | "AI search visibility", past month | 1 |

One page of LinkedIn's ranked results: 10 posts, each with its text, likes, comments, the author's follower count and up to 10 of its top comments. The next page, or one post's full list of commenters with [`linkedin_get_comments`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_comments), is 1 credit more.

## What came back

10 posts, with 2,577 likes and 1,216 comments in all. Here they are by likes, each with its opening line:

| Post | Author's followers | Likes | Comments |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [SEO is no longer, and will no longer be, just optimising for Google.](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/donnellychris_seo-is-no-longer-and-will-no-longer-be-activity-7517916836839981056-exib) | 1,262,756 | 1,090 | 467 |
| [If you think AI search means ChatGPT, look at this.](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jakezward_if-you-think-ai-search-means-chatgpt-look-activity-7512843285242150912-Xc65) | 203,660 | 743 | 281 |
| [We need to rethink what "search visibility" means.](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/donnellychris_we-need-to-rethink-what-search-visibility-activity-7513568200664596481-eTYJ) | 1,262,755 | 675 | 452 |
| [This is THE REPORT I wish I had when I was first learning…](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jasonwidup_6-ai-search-findings-activity-7518298842744684544-QfBg) | 19,327 | 28 | 3 |
| [Google will now tell you how to get traffic from AI search snippets…](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kale-panoho_google-will-now-tell-you-how-to-get-traffic-activity-7518774570028441600-4LPL) | 13,945 | 17 | 9 |
| [I keep seeing AI search tools celebrate visibility improvements.](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aleksandar-petrushev-891385159_i-keep-seeing-ai-search-tools-celebrate-visibility-activity-7515722653857456128-Aa0t) | 2,907 | 14 | 0 |
| [Not showing up in AI search? Here's what to fix first.](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mattcayless_not-showing-up-in-ai-search-heres-what-activity-7515491834928807936-go5w) | 3,774 | 4 | 2 |
| [One ChatGPT search is NOT an AI visibility audit.](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mattcayless_one-chatgpt-search-is-not-an-ai-visibility-activity-7515491354869903360-MdB8) | 3,774 | 4 | 1 |
| [Why are some businesses visible in AI search while others remain invisible?](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/digital-cyril_ai-search-visibility-playbook-by-digital-activity-7518136892547338241-iAWo) | 26,471 | 1 | 1 |
| [As AI search evolves, the need for meaningful measurement…](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rso-consulting_as-ai-search-evolves-the-need-for-meaningful-activity-7518673753829019649-qdYu) | 707, a company page | 1 | 0 |

The dates LinkedIn shows are ages, such as "2 weeks ago", so each post's date is exact only to that unit.

## What the agent concluded

- **A few authors hold the reach.** Three posts, from two authors with over 200,000 followers each, took 2,508 of the 2,577 likes (97%) and 1,200 of the 1,216 comments (99%). No other post had more than 28 likes.
- **Most posts sell something.** Six of the ten send the reader to the author's own course, report, guide, scorecard or product, or to a tool. One of the most liked recommends Searchable, an AI visibility tool whose LinkedIn ads on AI visibility our ad library search found the same day.
- **The talk is in the comments.** On the two posts with over 450 comments, the top replies discuss how to measure AI visibility and why mentions on other sites matter. That is where someone with an answer can join in.

## Run it on yours

Put your own topic and window in the same prompt:

```text
Search LinkedIn for posts about {your topic} from the past {week, month or year}. Rank them by
likes and comments, tell me how big each author's following is, and say what each post asks
the reader to do.
```

Then ask for the full commenter list on the post you want to join ([`linkedin_get_comments`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_comments)), or read a competitor's own company posts ([`linkedin_get_company_posts`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_company_posts)). Your agent can draft a comment in the chat; you post it yourself.

## Questions

### Do I need to connect my LinkedIn account?

No. Manifold never signs in to LinkedIn. It reads public posts, profiles and company pages through a data provider, so there is no login or cookie of yours to share.

### Does the search return every post?

No. LinkedIn search is ranked and returns one page at a time. Search two or three phrasings of the topic, and read a competitor's own posts from its company page.

### Can I see who commented?

Yes. Each post comes with up to 10 of its top comments and the commenters' profile links, and the commenters tool returns more for one post, at 1 credit.

### How exact are the post dates?

Approximate. LinkedIn shows an age such as 2 weeks ago, so a date is exact only to that unit.

### Can my agent post or comment for me?

No. Manifold looks things up. Your agent can draft a comment in the chat, and you post it yourself.

## Next

- [LinkedIn MCP server](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/linkedin)
- [LinkedIn tools in the docs](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin)
- [The best LinkedIn MCP servers](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/blog/best-linkedin-mcp-servers)

Published 19 October 2026. Updated 26 October 2026.