LinkedIn Prospecting & Search
Search LinkedIn for people, companies, and content programmatically. Build targeted lead lists, research prospects, and find decision-makers — all through your AI assistant or API.
8 Tools for Prospecting & Search
Each tool is available as an MCP tool for AI agents or as a REST API endpoint.
Search LinkedIn People
Search LinkedIn's full people directory by keyword, job title, company, location, industry, and more. When a Sales Navigator subscription is detected, advanced filters like seniority level, years of experience, and recent job changes are automatically available. Results include name, headline, profile URL, and connection degree.
search_people
Search LinkedIn Companies
Search LinkedIn's company directory by keyword, industry, location, and employee headcount. Supports both Classic and Sales Navigator APIs — Sales Navigator mode uses nested filter structures automatically for richer results. Returns company name, description, industry, employee count, and page URL.
search_companies
View LinkedIn Profile
View a LinkedIn profile by URL or public identifier. Returns full profile data including experience, education, skills, headline, summary, and connection status. When Sales Navigator is available, provides richer data: full names for 3rd+ degree connections, contact info (emails/phones), shared connections count, and lead flags.
get_profile
Get Company Profile
Get a company's LinkedIn page details including full description, employee count, headquarters and office locations, industry classification, specialties, and follower count. Use the company name or LinkedIn page URL slug as the identifier.
get_company_profile
Search LinkedIn Posts
Search LinkedIn posts by keyword to discover trending content, monitor topics, and find engagement opportunities. Returns matching posts with full text content, engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares), and author information.
search_posts
Get Search Parameters
Retrieve valid LinkedIn search filter parameter IDs for use in search_people and search_companies. Returns structured lists of IDs for filter types like location, industry, company headcount, school, function, and seniority level. These IDs are required when using advanced search filters.
get_search_parameters
Get LinkedIn Feed
Pull your LinkedIn feed — recent posts from your network. Returns posts with content, author info, and engagement metrics. Supports pagination via offset. Useful for discovering engagement opportunities, monitoring topics, and finding posts to comment on.
get_feed
Get My Profile
Get your own LinkedIn profile information including name, headline, summary, and public identifier. Supports multi-account setups — pass an account_id to specify which LinkedIn profile to use. This is typically the first tool called to verify which account is connected.
get_my_profile
Use Cases
Here's how teams use Crispy's prospecting & search tools in their day-to-day workflows.
Build targeted lead lists
Search for decision-makers by job title, company size, industry, and location. Export results directly into your CRM or spreadsheet.
Example prompt
“Find 50 VP of Engineering at Series B+ startups in Berlin with "AI" in their headline”
Research prospects before outreach
Pull detailed profiles including experience, education, and recent activity to personalize your messaging.
Example prompt
“Get the full profile of this prospect and summarize their last 3 job changes”
Monitor competitor activity
Track what competitors are posting, who they are hiring, and how their company pages evolve over time.
Example prompt
“Search for recent posts from employees at Acme Corp mentioning product launches”
Discover content opportunities
Find trending posts in your niche to identify topics that resonate with your target audience.
Example prompt
“Search for top-performing posts about "sales automation" from the last week”
Get started in 3 steps
Sign up
Create your Crispy account. No credit card required for the first setup.
Connect LinkedIn
Link your LinkedIn account via our Chrome extension or cookie paste. Takes 30 seconds.
Start using
Add Crispy to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client — or call the REST API directly.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many searches can I run per day?
Pro plans include 500 API calls per day. Team plans have unlimited calls. Each search operation counts as one API call.
Can I use Sales Navigator search filters?
Yes. If your LinkedIn account has Sales Navigator, Crispy passes through all advanced filters including company size, seniority level, and boolean search.
Does Crispy store the profiles I search?
No. Crispy is stateless by design — search results are returned directly to your AI agent or application. We never store LinkedIn data on our servers.
How does this compare to LinkedIn's official API?
LinkedIn's Marketing API requires partner approval and costs $10,000+/year. Crispy gives you the same data access starting at €19/month with no approval process.
Can I export search results to a CSV?
Crispy returns structured JSON data. Your AI agent can format this as CSV, pipe it to Google Sheets, or push it directly to your CRM — the output format is up to you.
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