Linkedin Reader
Read LinkedIn feed and finance job listings via opencli and your Chrome session for market commentary and hiring signals—no posting or DMs.
Overview
LinkedIn Reader is an agent skill most often used in Idea (also Validate, Grow) that read-only scrapes LinkedIn feed and finance jobs via opencli for research and hiring signals.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills --skill linkedin-readerWhat is this skill?
- Read-only: home feed posts with author, headline, text, reactions, and comments
- Job search with filters for location, experience, job type, remote/hybrid, date posted, company
- Uses opencli with Browser Bridge—reuses existing Chrome LinkedIn login, no LinkedIn API keys
- Explicit trigger phrases for feed, jobs, analyst sentiment, and finance hiring
- Does not work on Claude.ai sandbox; targets CLI agents like Claude Code
- 2 capability areas: home feed and job search
- Read-only—no write operations
Adoption & trust: 640 installs on skills.sh; 2.7k GitHub stars; 1/3 security scanners passed (skills.sh audits).
What problem does it solve?
You want LinkedIn market and job intelligence inside your coding agent without building a custom scraper or risking write actions.
Who is it for?
Finance-focused solo builders on Claude Code with Chrome logged into LinkedIn who need feed or job reads during research sprints.
Skip if: Claude.ai web chat, teams needing LinkedIn posting/automation, or users without opencli and Browser Bridge installed.
When should I use this skill?
Triggers include check LinkedIn feed, finance jobs on LinkedIn, LinkedIn market sentiment, or analyst posts in a financial research context.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Your agent returns structured feed posts or filtered job results from your live Chrome LinkedIn session for research notes or scope decisions.
- Structured feed post summaries
- Filtered job listing results
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Journey fit
Spans multiple journey phases - primary shelf plus alternate fits below.
Professional-network research most often starts in Idea when validating themes, competitors, and talent markets. Feed reading and finance job search are discovery and research activities, not product build tasks.
Where it fits
Scan your feed for macro and sector commentary before picking a fintech niche.
See which finance influencers and analysts dominate conversation on a theme.
Search quant or PM job postings to gauge demand for a course or tool you are scoping.
Track recurring LinkedIn narratives to angle newsletter or thread topics.
Infer salary bands from job listings when positioning a B2B finance product.
How it compares
Read-only browser-bridge research skill—not LinkedIn’s official API or a growth automation suite.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is linkedin-reader for?
CLI agent users doing finance or trading research who already use LinkedIn in Chrome and want feed or job data without API contracts.
When should I use linkedin-reader?
In Idea/research for sentiment and commentary; in Validate/scope when checking finance hiring; in Grow when monitoring professional buzz—always read-only.
Is linkedin-reader safe to install?
Review the Security Audits panel here; it reuses your browser session—keep LinkedIn login private and respect LinkedIn’s terms of use.
SKILL.md
READMESKILL.md - Linkedin Reader
# linkedin-reader Read-only LinkedIn skill for financial research using [opencli](https://github.com/jackwener/opencli). ## What it does Reads LinkedIn for financial research — reading professional market commentary, monitoring analyst posts, searching finance/trading jobs, and tracking professional sentiment. Capabilities include: - **Home feed / timeline** — read posts from your LinkedIn feed (author, headline, text, reactions, comments) - **Job search** — search LinkedIn job listings with filters for location, experience level, job type, remote/hybrid, date posted, and company **This skill is read-only.** It does NOT support posting, liking, commenting, connecting, messaging, or any write operations. ## Authentication No API keys needed — opencli reuses your existing Chrome browser session via the Browser Bridge extension. Just be logged into linkedin.com in Chrome. ## Triggers - "check my LinkedIn feed", "LinkedIn posts about", "what's on LinkedIn" - "search LinkedIn for jobs", "finance jobs on LinkedIn", "quant jobs" - "LinkedIn market sentiment", "what are analysts saying on LinkedIn" - "who's hiring in finance", "professional network buzz" - Any mention of LinkedIn in context of financial news, market research, or job searches ## Platform Works on **Claude Code** and other CLI-based agents. Does **not** work on Claude.ai — the sandbox restricts network access and binaries required by opencli. ## Setup ```bash # As a plugin (recommended — installs all skills) npx plugins add himself65/finance-skills --plugin finance-social-readers # Or install just this skill npx skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill linkedin-reader ``` See the [main README](../../../../README.md) for more installation options. ## Prerequisites - Node.js >= 21 (for `npm install -g @jackwener/opencli`) - Chrome with the [Browser Bridge extension](https://github.com/jackwener/opencli/releases) installed (load unpacked from `chrome://extensions` in Developer mode) - Logged into linkedin.com in Chrome ## Reference files - `references/commands.md` — Complete read command reference with all flags, research workflows, and usage examples # opencli LinkedIn Command Reference (Read-Only) Complete read-only reference for LinkedIn commands in [opencli](https://github.com/jackwener/opencli), scoped to financial research use cases. Install: `npm install -g @jackwener/opencli` **This skill is read-only.** Write operations (posting, liking, commenting, connecting, messaging) are NOT supported in this finance skill. --- ## Setup opencli authenticates via your existing Chrome browser session — no API keys or credentials needed. **Requirements:** 1. Node.js >= 21 (or Bun >= 1.0) 2. Chrome with the Browser Bridge extension installed 3. Logged into linkedin.com in Chrome **Install the Browser Bridge extension:** 1. Download `opencli-extension-v{version}.zip` from the [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/jackwener/opencli/releases) 2. Unzip it, open `chrome://extensions`, enable **Developer mode** 3. Click **Load unpacked** and select the unzipped folder **Verify setup:** ```bash opencli doctor ``` This auto-starts the daemon, verifies extension connectivity, and checks browser session health. --- ## Read Operations ### Timeline (Home Feed) Reads posts from your LinkedIn home feed by scrolling and extracting visible posts. ```bash opencli linkedin timeline # Last 20 posts (default) opencli linkedin timeline --limit 50 # Up to 50 posts (max 100) opencli linkedin timeline -f json # JSON output opencli linkedin timeline -f yaml # YAML output opencli linkedin timeline -f csv # CSV output ``` **Output columns:** `rank`, `author`, `author_url`, `headline`, `text`, `posted_at`, `reactions`, `comments`, `url` ### Job Search Searches LinkedIn job listings by keyword with optional filters. ```bash opencli linkedin search "keyword" # Ba