LinkedIn Recruiter Skill

Source and recruit candidates with LinkedIn’s professional recruiting platform.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/linkedin-recruiter/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/linkedin-recruiter ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID "your_client_id"
canifi-env set LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET "your_client_secret"
canifi-env set LINKEDIN_ACCESS_TOKEN "your_access_token"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:

1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you’re comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

1. Candidate Search: Search for candidates with advanced filters
2. InMail Messaging: Send personalized InMail messages to prospects
3. Pipeline Management: Manage candidate pipelines and stages
4. Project Collaboration: Collaborate with team on recruiting projects
5. Analytics: Track recruiting metrics and performance

Usage Examples

Search Candidates

User: "Find software engineers in San Francisco with Python experience"
Assistant: Returns matching candidate profiles

Send InMail

User: "Send an InMail to this candidate about the role"
Assistant: Composes and sends personalized InMail

View Pipeline

User: "Show me candidates in the interview stage"
Assistant: Returns candidates by pipeline stage

Track Metrics

User: "What's our response rate this month?"
Assistant: Returns InMail and recruiting metrics

Authentication Flow

1. Create app in LinkedIn Developer Portal
2. Request Recruiter API access (requires approval)
3. Implement OAuth 2.0 authorization
4. Use tokens for API calls

Error Handling

Notes

• Requires Recruiter subscription
• API access requires additional approval
• InMail credits consumed per message
• Team collaboration features
• Integration with ATS systems
• Expensive enterprise product