Connect LinkedIn with Hookshot™ and your stack

LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to connect, share content, and discover business opportunities

Tools and triggers

What Agents can do in LinkedIn

Available tools and events after LinkedIn is connected.

  • Create a LinkedIn Post

    Creates a new post on LinkedIn for the authenticated user or an organization they manage. Requires w_member_social scope for posting as a person, and w_organization_social scope for posting as an organization (with…

  • Create Article or URL Share

    Tool to create an article or URL share on LinkedIn using the UGC Posts API. Use when you need to share a link with optional commentary on LinkedIn. Supports sharing URLs as articles with customizable visibility settings.

  • Create Comment on LinkedIn Post

    Tool to create a first-level or nested comment on a LinkedIn share, UGC post, or parent comment via the Social Actions Comments API. Use when you need to engage with posts by adding comments or replying to existing…

  • Create Video Post

    Publish an available member-owned LinkedIn video as a personal native video post.

  • Delete LinkedIn Post

    Deletes a specific LinkedIn post (share) by its unique `share_id`, which must correspond to an existing share.

  • Delete Post

    Delete a LinkedIn post using the Posts API REST endpoint. Supports both ugcPost and share URN formats. This action is idempotent - deleting an already-deleted post returns success. Note: LinkedIn's own live /rest/posts…

  • Delete UGC Post (Legacy)

    Delete a UGC post using the legacy UGC Post API endpoint. Use when you need to delete a post using the v2/ugcPosts endpoint. Deletion is idempotent - previously deleted posts also return success.

  • Get Ad Targeting Facets

    Tool to retrieve available ad targeting facets from LinkedIn Marketing API. Use when you need to discover what targeting options are available for ad campaigns (e.g., locations, industries, job functions).

  • Get Audience Counts

    Retrieves audience size counts for specified targeting criteria. Use when estimating reach for LinkedIn ad campaigns or targeted content.

  • Get Company Info

    Retrieves organizations where the authenticated user has specific roles (ACLs), to determine their management or content posting capabilities for LinkedIn company pages.

  • Get Image Details

    Tool to retrieve details of a LinkedIn image using its URN. Use when you need to check image status, get download URLs, or access image metadata for a single image.

  • Get Images

    Tool to retrieve image metadata including download URLs, status, and dimensions from LinkedIn's Images API. Use when you need to access image details for posts, profiles, or media library assets.

  • Get My Info

    Fetches the authenticated LinkedIn user's profile information including name, headline, profile picture, and other profile details.

  • Get Network Size

    Tool to retrieve the follower count for a LinkedIn organization. Use when you need to get the number of members following a specific company or organization on LinkedIn.

  • Get Organization Page Statistics

    Tool to retrieve page statistics for a LinkedIn organization page. Use when you need engagement metrics like page views and custom button clicks. Supports both lifetime statistics (all-time data segmented by…

  • Get Person Profile

    Retrieves a LinkedIn member's profile information by their person ID. Returns lite profile fields (name, profile picture) by default, or basic profile fields (including headline and vanity name) with appropriate…

  • Get Post Content

    Tool to retrieve detailed post content including text, images, videos, and metadata from LinkedIn by post URN. Use when you need to fetch the full content and details of a specific LinkedIn post.

  • Get Share Statistics

    Retrieves share statistics for a LinkedIn organization, including impressions, clicks, likes, comments, and shares. Use to analyze content performance for an organization page. Optionally filter by time intervals to…

  • Get Videos

    Retrieves video metadata from LinkedIn for a video owned by a person or organization. Supports single video retrieval and batch retrieval (multiple videos). Use when you need to get video details including duration…

  • Initialize Image Upload

    Tool to initialize an image upload to LinkedIn and return a presigned upload URL plus the resulting image URN. Use when you need to prepare an image upload for LinkedIn posts. After calling this tool, upload the image…

  • List Reactions on Entity

    Retrieves reactions (likes, celebrations, etc.) on a LinkedIn entity such as a share, post, or comment. Use when you need to see who reacted to content and what type of reactions were used.

  • Register Image Upload

    Tool to initialize a native LinkedIn image upload for feed shares and return a presigned upload URL plus the resulting digital media asset URN. Use when you need to upload an image to attach to a LinkedIn post. After…

  • Search Ad Targeting Entities

    Search for ad targeting entities using typeahead search. Use when you need to find targeting entities like geographic locations, job titles, industries, or other targeting criteria for LinkedIn ad campaigns.

  • Upload Video

    Upload an MP4 video for a native post by the authenticated LinkedIn member and wait until it is ready.

Setup

Connect LinkedIn in Hookshot™

Pick a scope, then confirm what can start a Protege and what it can do.

Trigger Access

What can start a Protege from this app.

Tool Access

What a Protege can do after it starts.

Connection scope

Prefer team for production.

Team

Shared credential for production and unattended runs.

Personal

Tied to one user—only when the workflow needs their account.

Chat

Team-scoped for supported chat surfaces.

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