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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, connecting professionals and businesses worldwide. Cargo’s native integration with LinkedIn allows you to enrich profiles and companies, search for posts and jobs, and automate social selling activities directly from your workflows.

How to set up LinkedIn

LinkedIn is available as a Cargo-managed integration. No API keys or OAuth setup required—simply select LinkedIn from the node catalog and start using it in your workflows.
LinkedIn actions consume Cargo credits. Credit costs vary by action type.
Once connected, you can:
  • Use LinkedIn in workflows — Choose LinkedIn from the node catalog within a Play, Tool, or Agent.
  • Fetch LinkedIn data — Create data models from LinkedIn searches to trigger Plays.

LinkedIn enrichment actions

Enrich Profile

Retrieve detailed information about a LinkedIn profile. Use cases
  • Contact enrichment – Enrich leads with LinkedIn profile data
  • Lead qualification – Gather professional context for scoring
  • Personalization – Use profile data to personalize outreach
Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per enrichment

Enrich Profile From Name

Find and enrich a LinkedIn profile using name and company. Use cases
  • Lead discovery – Find LinkedIn profiles from CRM contact data
  • Data enrichment – Enrich contacts when you only have name and company
Configuration Credit cost: 0.5 credits per enrichment

Enrich Company

Retrieve detailed information about a LinkedIn company page. Use cases
  • Company enrichment – Gather company data from LinkedIn
  • Account research – Understand target accounts better
  • Lead scoring – Use company data for ICP matching
Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per enrichment

Enrich Company From Domain

Find and enrich a LinkedIn company page using the company domain. Use cases
  • Account enrichment – Enrich companies when you only have their domain
  • Data completion – Fill in LinkedIn company data from website URLs
Configuration Credit cost: 0.5 credits per enrichment

Enrich Job

Retrieve information about a LinkedIn job posting. Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per enrichment

Find Custom Headcount

Count employees at a company matching specific criteria. Use cases
  • ICP scoring – Score companies based on department sizes
  • Market research – Understand company structure
  • Territory planning – Identify companies with specific team compositions
Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per search

LinkedIn search actions

Search Posts

Search for LinkedIn posts matching specific criteria. Use cases
  • Social listening – Monitor mentions of your brand or competitors
  • Content discovery – Find relevant content for engagement
  • Signal detection – Identify buying signals from posts
Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per search

Search Jobs

Search for LinkedIn job postings. Use cases
  • Hiring signals – Identify companies actively hiring
  • Competitive intelligence – Monitor competitor hiring
  • Job board aggregation – Pull job listings for your platform
Configuration Credit cost: 0.5 credits per search

Search Post Comments

Retrieve comments on a LinkedIn post. Use cases
  • Engagement mining – Find engaged prospects from post comments
  • Sentiment analysis – Understand reactions to content
  • Lead generation – Identify interested parties from comments
Configuration Credit cost: 0.5 credits per search

Search Post Reactions

Retrieve reactions on a LinkedIn post. Use cases
  • Engagement analysis – Understand who’s engaging with content
  • Lead discovery – Find prospects engaging with relevant posts
  • Influencer mapping – Identify engaged audience members
Configuration Credit cost: 0.5 credits per search

LinkedIn social selling actions

Social selling actions require LinkedIn users to be connected to Cargo. These actions are performed on behalf of the connected user.

Connect Profile

Send a connection request to a LinkedIn profile. Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per action

Follow Profile

Follow a LinkedIn profile. Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per action

Visit Profile

Visit a LinkedIn profile (creates a profile view notification). Use cases
  • Warm outreach – View profiles before reaching out
  • Social presence – Increase visibility with prospects
Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per action

Like Post

React to a LinkedIn post. Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per action

Comment Post

Leave a comment on a LinkedIn post. Configuration Credit cost: 0.25 credits per action

LinkedIn data models

Create data models from LinkedIn searches to trigger automated workflows.

Available extractors

Continuously fetch LinkedIn posts matching your search criteria.Use cases
  • Monitor brand mentions
  • Track competitor content
  • Identify engagement opportunities
Fetch people from LinkedIn search results.Use cases
  • Build prospect lists from searches
  • Monitor specific searches for new matches
Fetch companies from LinkedIn search results.Use cases
  • Build target account lists
  • Monitor company searches for new matches
Fetch job postings from LinkedIn searches.Use cases
  • Monitor hiring signals
  • Track competitor job postings