| name | linkedin-notifications |
| description | Check LinkedIn notifications and report new ones via iMessage. Deduplicates against database so only new notifications are reported. Covers connection acceptances, reactions, comments, profile views, mentions, and more. |
LinkedIn Notifications Checker
Scrapes LinkedIn notifications page, deduplicates against DB, and outputs new notifications for reporting.
Prerequisites
- Chrome with CDP running
- Logged into LinkedIn
ws and pg npm packagesDATABASE_URL env var
Quick Usage
node skills/linkedin-notifications/scripts/linkedin-notifications.js
Workflow
- Navigate to linkedin.com/notifications/
- Scroll to load notifications
- Scrape all visible notifications (text, link, time)
- Hash each notification, check against
linkedin_notifications DB table
- Store new ones, skip already-seen
- Output JSON summary of new notifications
- Navigate away from notifications page
Notification Types Detected
| Type | Example |
|---|
connection_accepted | "John Doe accepted your invitation" |
connection_request | "Jane wants to connect" |
reaction | "5 people liked your post" |
comment | "John commented on your post" |
share | "Jane shared your post" |
mention | "You were mentioned in a post" |
profile_view | "3 people viewed your profile" |
endorsement | "John endorsed you for Python" |
milestone | "Jane started a new position" |
job | "New jobs matching your alerts" |
other | Anything else |
Database
Uses linkedin_notifications table:
notification_hash: MD5 of content (dedup key)notification_type: classified typeactor_name: extracted person namecontent: full notification textlink: URL if availablereported: whether it was included in a report
CLI Options
| Flag | Default | Description |
|---|
--limit | 30 | Max notifications to process |
--cdp-port | 18800 | Chrome CDP port |
