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LinkedIn posts

Recent posts from the LinkedIn profiles you name.

What it does

Collects recent posts from chosen LinkedIn profiles to follow founders, leaders or competitors.

The skill file

What your AI app reads when it runs this skill.

LinkedIn Profile Post Scraper

Scrape recent posts from specific LinkedIn profiles using the Apify harvestapi/linkedin-profile-posts actor.

Quick Start

Requires APIFY_API_TOKEN env var (or --token flag). Install dependency: pip install requests.

# Scrape recent posts from a profile
python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
  --profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person" --max-posts 10

# Multiple profiles with keyword filtering
python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
  --profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/person1,https://www.linkedin.com/in/person2" \
  --keywords "AI,growth" --days 30

# Summary table
python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
  --profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person" --output summary

CLI Reference

Flag	Default	Description
`--profiles`	required	LinkedIn profile URL(s), comma-separated
`--max-posts`	20	Max posts to scrape per profile
`--keywords`	none	Keywords to filter (comma-separated, OR logic)
`--days`	30	Only include posts from last N days
`--output`	json	Output format: `json` or `summary`
`--token`	env var	Apify token (prefer `APIFY_API_TOKEN` env var)
`--timeout`	300	Max seconds to wait for the Apify run

Cost

~$2 per 1,000 posts scraped. The script prints a cost estimate before running.

Notes

No native date filtering — dates are filtered client-side on postedAt/postedDate
Profile URLs must be full LinkedIn URLs (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/username)