# linkedin-growth

Turn LinkedIn searches into a lead pipeline: qualify prospects, store them in SQLite, and manage connection invites across accounts.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 104
- Author: Linked-API
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Linked-API/linkedin-skills/tree/HEAD/linkedin-growth/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/linkedin-growth

## What it does

Import leads from a LinkedIn or Sales Navigator search URL, or use search filters. A sub-agent checks each person against a configurable ideal customer profile, then the skill saves qualified leads in a local SQLite database and assigns them across accounts. Before preparing an import, it asks how many leads to process.

Scheduled scripts send connection invites within each account’s daily limit and withdraw stale requests. You can check lead status and conversion, change the qualification profile, pause accounts, or install the scheduler. Setup requires Node.js 20 or later, `linkedin-cli`, and Linked API tokens; without Node.js, the setup check cannot pass.

The skill stores its state locally and routes LinkedIn actions through `linkedin-cli`. Account settings include active hours and a maximum pending period. A shared setting controls whether leads can be retried from other accounts.

## Requirements
- Works with: LinkedIn

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Linked-API/linkedin-skills --skill linkedin-growth -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/linkedin-growth/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/linkedin-growth/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Linked-API/linkedin-skills --skill linkedin-growth -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/linkedin-growth/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Linked-API/linkedin-skills --skill linkedin-growth -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/linkedin-growth/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Linked-API/linkedin-skills linkedin-growth
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/linkedin-growth/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Linked-API/linkedin-skills --skill linkedin-growth -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Linked-API/linkedin-skills --path linkedin-growth
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/linkedin-growth/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Linked-API/linkedin-skills --skill linkedin-growth -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Linked-API/linkedin-skills/tree/HEAD/linkedin-growth/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- import leads from a LinkedIn or Sales Navigator search
- qualify prospects against a customer profile
- assign leads across LinkedIn accounts
- schedule invites and withdraw stale requests
- check lead status and conversion

## Example prompts
- Import leads from this LinkedIn search and name the list “VP Sales”.
- Show pending invites that have been waiting longer than the chosen period.
- Pause an account and update the ideal customer profile.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: linkedin-growth
description: Two-phase LinkedIn lead pipeline driven by linkedin-cli. Phase A imports leads from a search URL or filters, qualifies them against a configurable ICP via sub-agent, and stores them in a local SQLite database with round-robin assignment across one or more LinkedIn accounts. Phase B runs on a schedule per account — sends connection invites up to a daily limit and withdraws stale pending requests. Use when the user wants to grow their network from LinkedIn searches, manage outgoing invites at scale, ask status questions (counts, conversion, pending older than N days, last imports), pause/resume an account, change ICP, or install the recurring scheduler.
---

# LinkedIn Growth Skill

This skill turns a Sales Navigator (or regular) search into a managed pipeline:
**search → qualify (you, via sub-agent) → store → invite on schedule → check pending → withdraw stale**.

All state lives in a local SQLite database. Every LinkedIn action goes through
`linkedin-cli` (the `linkedin` binary). You orchestrate via the Node scripts
under `scripts/`.

## Vocabulary

| Term | Meaning |
|------|---------|
| **Account** | A LinkedIn account registered in `linkedin-cli` AND added to this skill's DB. The DB stores per-account policy (`daily_invite_limit`, `active_start`/`active_end` hours, `max_pending_days`, `paused`). |
| **Lead** | A qualified person row in `leads`. PK is `hashed_url` (Sales Nav hashed URL for `nv` imports, or `publicUrl` for `st` imports). Has exactly one `owner_account`. |
| **List** | A free-text `list_name` attached at import time (e.g. "VP of Sales TOP 100"). Used for filtering and conversion analytics. |
| **Batch** | A row in `import_batches`. Created by `import.mjs prepare`; transitions `pending_qualification → committed | aborted`. |
| **Status** | A lead's lifecycle state: `not_connected → pending → (connected | exhausted | error)`. `not_connected` means ready for an invite from `owner_account` (could be the 1st attempt or a retry under a different account). `connected` = success (terminal). `exhausted` = tried up to `max_connect_attempts` accounts, none accepted (terminal). `error` = an invite failed technically (manual reset). |
| **Retry policy** | Global `max_connect_attempts` setting. When an account's attempt fails (we withdrew a stale pending, OR the person declined/expired), the lead is reassigned to another untried account and set back to `not_connected` — until `max_connect_attempts` distinct accounts have tried, then it becomes `exhausted`. `1` = no retry (default); `all` = try every active account. |
| **Phase A** | Import — runs only when the user triggers it. Includes the LLM step (you, via sub-agent). |
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