linkedin-profile-scraper

name	linkedin-profile-scraper
description	Scrape LinkedIn profile data (name, current company, country, work history, industry) filtered by company, country, and industry. Uses Playwright MCP browser automation.

LinkedIn Profile Scraper Skill

Search LinkedIn people by company, country, and/or industry, then extract structured profile data for each result.

Specialized Agents

This skill is backed by three specialist agents. Invoke them for deeper help:

Agent	File	When to Use
Automation Agent	skills/agents/automation-agent/SKILL.md	Timing strategy, retry logic, rate limiting
Web Structure Agent	skills/agents/web-structure-agent/SKILL.md	Broken selectors, missing fields, lazy load fixes
QA Agent	skills/agents/qa-agent/SKILL.md	Validate scraped data, completeness reports

Orchestrated Run Order

1. QA Agent      → preFlightCheck(page)          # must PASS — abort if it fails
2. [run batch scrape]
3. QA Agent      → validateBatchResults()         # completeness scoring
4. QA Agent      → generateReport()              # PASS/WARN/FAIL summary

Escalation:

• Fields returning null / empty → Web Structure Agent (selector updates + lazy-load fix)
• Getting rate-limited → Automation Agent (back-off strategy)
• Low completeness scores → QA Agent (identify which fields need fixing)

LinkedIn Search Filter Limitation

The scraper builds a keyword query by joining company + country + industry as plain text. LinkedIn's people search does not parse this as structured filters — it treats everything as keywords.

For structured filtering (e.g., company by URN, geo by URN), LinkedIn's search API requires internal IDs not exposed in the UI. The most reliable workaround is to:

1. Navigate to LinkedIn People search manually, apply filters in the UI
2. Copy the resulting URL (it will contain facetCurrentCompany, facetGeoRegion, etc.)
3. Pass that URL directly to the scraper instead of building it from scratch

Ask the Web Structure Agent for current URN lookup patterns if you need fully structured URL construction.

Extracted Fields

Field	Description
name	Full name
headline	Professional headline
location	Current country / city
currentCompany	Most recent employer
currentTitle	Current job title
industry	Industry label
workHistory	Array of { title, company, dateRange, location }
profileUrl	LinkedIn profile URL

Script Files

• scrapeLinkedInProfiles.js — batch scraper: searches by filters, visits each profile, returns array of profiles
• scrapeSingleProfile.js — scrape one profile by URL

Prerequisites

• User logged into LinkedIn
• Playwright MCP browser tools available

Usage

Single Profile

// Paste scrapeSingleProfile.js first, then:
const profile = await scrapeSingleProfile(page, 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/');
console.log(JSON.stringify(profile, null, 2));

Batch by Company / Country / Industry

// Paste scrapeLinkedInProfiles.js first, then:

// Example 1: engineers at Google in the US
const results = await scrapeLinkedInProfiles(page, {
  company: 'Google',
  country: 'United States',
  industry: 'Software Development',
  maxProfiles: 20
});

// Example 2: finance professionals in Singapore
const results = await scrapeLinkedInProfiles(page, {
  industry: 'Financial Services',
  country: 'Singapore',
  maxProfiles: 15
});

// Example 3: keyword search
const results = await scrapeLinkedInProfiles(page, {
  keywords: 'machine learning',
  company: 'OpenAI',
  maxProfiles: 10
});

console.log(JSON.stringify(results, null, 2));

Configuration Options

Option	Default	Description
company	''	Target company name
country	''	Target country
industry	''	Target industry
keywords	''	Additional search keywords
maxProfiles	10	Max profiles to scrape
maxPages	5	Max search result pages to scan
delayMin	2000	Min delay between requests (ms)
delayMax	4000	Max delay between requests (ms)

Output Example

[
  {
    "status": "success",
    "name": "Jane Smith",
    "headline": "Senior Software Engineer at Google",
    "location": "San Francisco, California",
    "currentCompany": "Google",
    "currentTitle": "Senior Software Engineer",
    "industry": "Software Development",
    "workHistory": [
      {
        "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
        "company": "Google",
        "dateRange": "Jan 2021 – Present · 3 yrs",
        "location": "San Francisco, CA"
      },
      {
        "title": "Software Engineer",
        "company": "Meta",
        "dateRange": "Jun 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos",
        "location": "Menlo Park, CA"
      }
    ],
    "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janesmith/"
  }
]

How to Run (Step by Step)

1. Log into LinkedIn in the browser controlled by Playwright
2. Test single profile first to confirm scraping works:

   const p = await scrapeSingleProfile(page, 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella/');
   console.log(p.name, p.currentCompany, p.location);
   

3. Run batch scrape with your filters
4. Export results — paste this to save as JSON:

   copy(JSON.stringify(results, null, 2));  // copies to clipboard in browser console
   

Limitations

• LinkedIn may paginate or limit search results
• Some profile fields may be private or hidden
• Excessive scraping may trigger LinkedIn rate limits — keep maxProfiles ≤ 50 per session
• Work history accuracy depends on LinkedIn's DOM structure (update selectors if LinkedIn redesigns)
• Recommended session limit: 30–50 profiles, with breaks between sessions

Troubleshooting

Empty workHistory: LinkedIn lazy-loads experience sections. The script scrolls to trigger them, but if the page is slow, increase delayMin to 3000.

name is null: LinkedIn may show a login wall. Ensure you are logged in before running.

No profiles found in search: Try broader keywords or remove some filters. LinkedIn search ranking can be unpredictable.