Develop, support, or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons, or any other technology) to scrape the Services or otherwise copy profiles and other data from the Services.
Use bots or other unauthorized automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts, or send or redirect messages.
Bypass or circumvent any access controls or use limits of the Service.
You can read the full, official policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement
So that’s it, we can end our discussion here, right?
Not exactly.
If you are a recruiter, LinkedIn has its brand new inhouse automation for you:
Hiring Assistant 2
Messaging: It automatically writes personal-sounding messages to job seekers, so the person hiring doesn’t have to type them all out one by one.
Making the first phone calls: It can handle those initial quick phone chats with people to see if they might be a good fit for the job.
Acting as a calendar secretary: It takes over the headache of scheduling, automatically finding a good time for the company and the applicant to meet for an interview without going back and forth.
Don’t get too excited though, Hiring Assistant is a paid add-on to their higher-tier enterprise plans Recruiter Team or Recruiter Corporate. The entry ticket is above 800 USD per month.
So that’s it, no automation for you? Yes and no
Claude, Grok, and other AI agents can manage your LinkedIn for you, but that puts you at direct risk of losing your profile due to a violation of terms.
The good news, though, is that they can still do a lot of work for you even without your LinkedIn logins.
For example, they can research the right people to connect with or suggest great topics to post about. All you need to have is a good prompt.