linkedin-inbox

What This Skill Does

The linkedin-inbox skill provides an autonomous layer for managing professional networking on LinkedIn. It leverages Peekaboo for visual UI automation, effectively allowing your agent to 'see' and interact with your LinkedIn messaging interface just as a human would. By analyzing the visual structure of your inbox, the skill identifies unread messages, categorizes the sender's intent, and prepares draft responses. These drafts are sent to a connected communication channel (such as Discord) for your review. Once approved, the agent performs the keyboard and mouse interactions required to navigate, type, and send the final message. This workflow enables you to maintain an active professional presence without the constant overhead of manual inbox management.

Installation

To integrate this skill, ensure you are on a macOS environment with the Peekaboo CLI installed via brew install steipete/tap/peekaboo. Grant the necessary accessibility and screen recording permissions to your terminal or browser emulator to allow visual inspection. Once the environment is configured, install the skill directly from the repository using clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/dylanbaker24/linkedin-inbox. You must then create a linkedin-inbox-config.json in your project workspace to define your scan intervals, active hours, and communication preferences, ensuring the agent operates according to your professional standards.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for busy professionals, founders, or recruiters who receive high volumes of connection requests and messages. Use it to automatically triage 'cold' outreach pitches, schedule follow-ups for networking opportunities, or draft polite rejections for job inquiries. It is particularly powerful during off-hours, as it can be configured to summarize activity while you are away, ensuring you start your morning with a clear, actionable overview of your professional networking status.

Example Prompts

1. "Start LinkedIn inbox monitoring and send all drafts to my #work-inbox Discord channel for approval."
2. "Check my LinkedIn messages now and highlight any urgent requests from potential clients."
3. "Summarize my LinkedIn inbox activity since yesterday and draft polite, brief responses for all unread networking messages."

Tips & Limitations

To optimize performance, ensure your browser is kept in a predictable layout to help the agent identify elements correctly. Because the skill relies on visual identification rather than an official API, it is subject to changes in the LinkedIn web interface; if the layout updates, visual recognition might require recalibration. Always maintain a 'human-in-the-loop' strategy, especially for high-stakes messages, by using the approval workflow provided. Monitor the logs during the initial setup to verify that the agent correctly distinguishes between critical leads and common spam, and refine your USER.md style profile frequently to ensure drafts remain authentic and personalized.