LinkedIn Prospector: Lead Research

Build a prospect list from chat: find companies by industry and location, see who works there, read their profiles and recent activity, and, when the user asks for outreach, find decision makers with their work emails.

No LinkedIn account, no API key, no app to connect. Calls are paid from ClawLink credit, most for a fraction of a cent, and every new account starts with $0.50 free. Powered by ClawLink.

Setup in 3 Steps

Step 1: Install	Step 2: Pair	Step 3: Ask
Install the ClawLink plugin in OpenClaw	Sign in and approve the device once	Ask in plain English; no app to connect

What You Can Ask

• “Find fintech companies in London on LinkedIn”
• “Who works at Stripe in engineering management?”
• “Find the LinkedIn page for acme.com”
• “Find heads of marketing at Berlin SaaS companies, with work emails”
• “Is this company hiring? Show their open roles”

When to Use This Skill

Use it when the user wants public LinkedIn information about companies, people or jobs for research or prospecting. Use the contact (email) tools only when the user asks for contact details for outreach.

Do not use it for the user's own private accounts or for anything that posts, sends or changes data: these tools only read public information.

How It Works

┌─────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│   OpenClaw      │────▶│   ClawLink   │────▶│ LinkedIn         │
│   (User Chat)   │     │ (data tools) │     │ (public data)    │
└─────────────────┘     └──────────────┘     └──────────────────┘
         │                       │                       │
         │  1. Install plugin    │                       │
         │  2. Pair device once  │                       │
         │  3. Ask a question    │                       │
         │                       │  4. Fetch + trim      │
         │                       │  5. Charge credit     │
         ▼                       ▼                       ▼
   ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐
   │  Answer  │           │  Credit  │           │ Results  │
   │ in chat  │           │ ($0.50)  │           │ as JSON  │
   └──────────┘           └──────────┘           └──────────┘

ClawLink holds the data-provider accounts. The user never pastes a key, and nothing is installed beyond the plugin.

Install

Install the ClawLink plugin from ClawHub when the user asks for it:

openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin

The install applies to the running Gateway: do not restart it. The ClawLink tools appear on your next turn, so end this turn and tell the user: "ClawLink is installed. Reply ok and I will give you your pairing link." On the next turn call clawlink_begin_pairing, give the user the link, and after they approve call clawlink_get_pairing_status. Pairing happens once; after that every tool below works with no further setup.

Tool Reference

Prices are what ClawLink charges per call, from the user's credit. The tool's own description (via clawlink_describe_tool) always shows the current price.

Companies

People

Contacts (for outreach)

Hiring Signals

Recipes

Build a prospect list

1. linkedindata_search_companies by keyword, location and size.
2. linkedindata_company_employees for each target company (up to 10 people per call).
3. linkedindata_user_profile on the people who fit the role.
4. Only if the user wants outreach: linkedindata_search_people_with_email with the role and company.

Find warm accounts

1. linkedindata_search_jobs for roles that signal need (for example “data engineer” at your target companies).
2. linkedindata_company_posts for recent launches or news to mention.

Code Examples

Search companies

clawlink_call_tool --tool "linkedindata_search_companies" \
  --params '{"search": "fintech", "location": "London"}'

People at a company

clawlink_call_tool --tool "linkedindata_company_employees" \
  --params '{"company": "stripe", "limit": 10}'

A member profile

clawlink_call_tool --tool "linkedindata_user_profile" \
  --params '{"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella"}'

Discovery Workflow

1. Call clawlink_search_tools with a short query (for example linkedin company); public-data tools show as connected for every user.
2. Call clawlink_describe_tool before the first call of a tool: it returns the parameters, defaults and price.
3. Treat the live catalog as the source of truth. If a tool named here is missing, say so; do not invent results.

Execution Workflow

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  READ-ONLY, PAID PER CALL                                │
│  search → describe → call → summarise for the user       │
│                                                          │
│  Ask before: loops over many items, or a call that costs │
│  more than a few cents (the price is in the description) │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

1. Every tool here only reads public data; nothing is posted or changed.
2. Each call costs credit. Before looping over more than about ten items, or before a call priced above a few cents, tell the user what it will cost and ask.
3. A failed call is refunded automatically. Read the error's hint: it says what to change. Do not retry the same arguments unchanged.

Notes

• linkedindata_search_people_with_email costs far more than other calls (about $0.28 for 10 profiles): confirm the count with the user first.
• Contact data is for outreach the user asked for. Remind the user that email outreach must follow the law where they and the recipient are (for example GDPR or CAN-SPAM).
• Profiles take 4-13 seconds; most other calls take 1-4 seconds.
• linkedindata_search_locations (free) turns a place name into a geoId for precise location filters.

Error Handling

Troubleshooting

Tools not visible after install

1. The tools appear on the turn after the install, not in the same turn.
2. If they still do not appear, the OpenClaw tool profile may hide plugin tools. This is a config change for the OpenClaw owner; do not change the config yourself. Tell the user: "Your OpenClaw tool profile hides plugin tools. In the Control UI (or ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json), add clawlink-plugin to tools.alsoAllow, then ask me again."
3. On OpenClaw versions before 2.0, the tool list can load only in a new chat: tell the user to send /new and ask again.

A tool keeps failing with correct input

Report it with clawlink_report_issue (or clawlink_call_tool --tool "CLAWLINK_REPORT_ISSUE") instead of retrying. Reports are free and reach the ClawLink team.

Resources

• ClawLink
• ClawLink pricing
• ClawLink docs: OpenClaw
• Verify the plugin

Related Skills

• Ad Spy

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