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Automationevaluationupdated 22 Sept 2026

linkedin-skills review

LinkedIn Skills is a bundle of Claude Code and Codex instructions plus small Python clients for planning, drafting, reviewing, and publishing LinkedIn content. It can work as a copy-and-paste writing aid with no account connection, or use Apify, Publora, and Pixfaro for reading posts, publishing approved drafts, and making images.

Verdict

Our LinkedIn Skills install took 7 seconds, used 40 MB, and passed all 102 tests, making the bundle easy to try before connecting an account. Use it if you want editable LinkedIn writing routines and will keep a person at the approval step. Skip the connected mode if scraped feed text and third-party publishing credentials cannot share one agent workflow under your security policy.

We ran it

Lab card: what happened when we ran linkedin-skillsScreenshot of linkedin-skills (cccrafts.ai)
Install✓ · 7s37 packages · 40 MB
Build✓ · 1s
Tests✓ · 2s102 passed · 0 failed of 102 (pytest)
Known vulns0(pip-audit)
Repo207 files~9,987 lines of source · 3 MB · 2 CI workflows · tests dir

Answers from our run

Does linkedin-skills build from source?

Dependencies installed in 7 seconds (37 packages), and the build succeeded in 1 seconds. We cloned commit baa9c90 into a clean Debian container with 3 CPUs and no project-specific setup.

Do linkedin-skills's tests pass?

Yes: 102 of 102 passed when we ran the project's own test command (pytest). Some failures need services or credentials a bare container does not have.

Does linkedin-skills have known vulnerabilities in its dependencies?

pip-audit found none in the dependency tree at the time of our run.

Who should not use linkedin-skills?

Teams that require first-party LinkedIn API access only: automatic reading uses Apify actors and publishing uses Publora unless you build the optional custom poster.

What are the alternatives to linkedin-skills?

Publora Skills, Anthropic Skills, n8n. Our LinkedIn Skills install took 7 seconds, used 40 MB, and passed all 102 tests, making the bundle easy to try before connecting an account.

Setup4/5Draft mode is immediate; connected features need three services
Docs4/5Detailed paths and limits, with an 11-versus-12 count mismatch
Community4/53,136 stars with code and release activity in September 2026
Maturity4/5102 tests pass, though live publishing still has firm limits

Who it’s for

Founders and marketers who already use Claude Code or Codex for writing work.
Solo operators who want a repeatable draft, review, approval, and publish routine.
Teams willing to give separate services access to LinkedIn reading, publishing, or image work.
Developers who want editable SKILL.md files and small Python clients instead of a closed social dashboard.

Who it’s NOT for

Teams that require first-party LinkedIn API access only: automatic reading uses Apify actors and publishing uses Publora unless you build the optional custom poster.
Security teams that will not place scraped LinkedIn text in the same agent context as publishing credentials: the project's own security guide treats that text as untrusted input.
Anyone expecting an undo button for a published post: v1.1.13 says its unpublish call cancels drafts or scheduled posts, while live posts must be removed on LinkedIn by hand.
Users who need automatic connection requests or direct messages: the community outreach skill says LinkedIn has no API for those actions and leaves them as copy-and-paste work.
Organizations that need one settled feature inventory: the current README says 12 skills, while the repository description and root SKILL.md still say 11.

Setup reality

Our sandbox installed 37 Python packages in 7 seconds and used 40 MB. The build succeeded in 1 second, then all 102 pytest cases passed in 2 seconds. Pip-audit found 0 known vulnerabilities in the installed packages.

Draft-only use needs no service credentials. Automatic reading needs an Apify token, publishing needs a Publora connector or API key plus a LinkedIn platform ID, and image work needs a Pixfaro token. The Python clients depend directly on requests and python-dotenv.

The 3 MB checkout contained 207 files and about 9,987 source lines. We found 2 CI workflows, a tests directory, and no Dockerfile. Claude's plugin route requires a paid plan with code execution, while Codex, local clones, and generic SKILL.md readers have separate install paths.

Twelve skills cover the work around a LinkedIn post

The current README lists 12 skills. They cover post writing, comments, replies, profile edits, content planning, repurposing, engagement monitoring, interviewing, and a humanizer. Most are detailed instruction files that tell Claude Code or Codex how to approach a bounded job. Python handles the less subjective pieces: URL parsing, calls to reading and publishing services, configuration checks, and approval-time actions.

The checkout is still small enough to audit. Our commit baa9c90 clone contained 207 files, about 9,987 source lines, and 3 MB before installation. That matters for a skill bundle because the product is readable text plus thin clients, not an opaque application. You can inspect a hook formula, remove advice you dislike, or disable the publishing layer without rebuilding a social platform.

Approval separates writing help from account actions

Every action flow is supposed to stop after drafting and wait for the user to approve. In manual mode, approval returns a block to paste into LinkedIn. Connected mode can send the approved item through Publora. The same pattern applies to comments and replies, so the project is most useful as a repeatable operating procedure rather than a promise that an agent should run a public identity alone.

Our local setup makes that procedure cheap to examine: 37 packages installed in 7 seconds and occupied 40 MB. The direct runtime requirements are requests and python-dotenv. Most of the repository is skills and references, while the Python layer deals with external services. A marketer can use draft mode without installing a self-hosted web app or maintaining a database.

What happened when we ran it

Our sandbox installed LinkedIn Skills in 7 seconds, built it in 1 second, and finished pytest in 2 seconds. All 102 tests passed. The run used a fresh unprivileged Debian container with 3 CPUs and 8 GB of RAM, no secrets, and commit baa9c90. Pip-audit reported 0 known vulnerabilities in the installed Python environment.

The repository had 2 CI workflow files and a tests directory. Our scan found no Dockerfile, which fits a plugin and local-library project rather than a network service. The passing 102-test result establishes that the checked-in Python behavior and test suite worked in our environment. It does not grade the quality of a generated post, prove a reach claim, or test LinkedIn account behavior because the sandbox had no credentials.

Three optional services decide what leaves your machine

Draft mode can stay local to the agent conversation. Automatic post and comment reading uses Apify actors. Publora holds the connected publishing path, while Pixfaro provides generated images and server-rendered quote cards. Each layer is optional, and missing read access falls back to asking you to paste source text. That is a sensible degradation path for a writing tool.

The 40 MB local install should not be confused with a private end-to-end system. Connected use sends relevant data to whichever service performs the job, and it adds tokens or API keys to your environment or connector settings. Teams should decide separately whether Apify may read public feed material, Publora may act on the account, and Pixfaro may receive an image prompt. One blanket approval hides three different trust decisions.

v1.1.13 documents scraped text as an injection risk

The security guide names 5 skills that put posts, comments, profile text, or engager names into the model context. It instructs the agent to treat fetched content as data, keep it from changing the draft, and refuse any approval found inside that content. The guide also warns that the optional custom-poster environment variable names a command that will run after an approved publish.

Our 2-second test run passed all 102 cases, but it did not conduct an adversarial prompt-injection exercise with a live publishing credential. The safeguard described here is partly behavioral: the model must continue to respect the skill's trust boundary when a LinkedIn post tells it otherwise. Keep the approval step visible, limit the connected account, and avoid the custom poster unless its command and environment are controlled like credentials.

v1.1.13 cannot take back a live post

Release v1.1.13 draws a useful line around unpublish. It can cancel a draft or scheduled post. It refuses to delete a group once a post is live because deleting the service record would leave the LinkedIn post in place while removing its media and statistics. A published post still has to come down through LinkedIn itself. That is an honest limit, and operators need it in their incident checklist.

The release says 3 tests pin this behavior, while our full run passed 102 tests at commit baa9c90. The client checks live status before deletion, requires a concrete post-group ID, and does not pretend a missing value is success. That is better than a green response for an action that did not happen. It also means this bundle cannot serve as the sole control surface for publishing mistakes.

September activity is current, while the skill count disagrees

GitHub showed 3,136 stars and 6 combined issues and pull requests on September 22, 2026. The repository was pushed that day, and v1.1.13 was published on September 18. The only open issue returned by GitHub asked for a post-auditor feature that the README now describes under the humanizer, while the remaining open count included pull requests.

The 207-file repository is maintained, but its public inventory needs one cleanup pass. The README says 12 skills and lists 12. The root SKILL.md calls the bundle 11 focused skills while also listing the interviewer as another route, and the GitHub description says 11. That mismatch does not break the code. It does make the README the safer inventory to follow until the other entry points catch up.

Alternatives

ProjectWhat it isPick it when
Publora SkillsOfficial publishing skills for several social networks through Publora.pick this instead when scheduling and cross-platform publishing matter more than LinkedIn-specific writing, voice, and engagement guidance.
Anthropic Skills gh↗Anthropic's public collection of general Agent Skills.pick this instead when you want official examples for building your own skills rather than a ready-made LinkedIn system.
n8n gh↗A visual workflow system with code steps and hundreds of integrations.pick this instead when deterministic approvals, schedules, and system integrations matter more than prompt-based content craft.

What people are saying

  1. [github-trending] sergebulaev/linkedin-skills

Sources

  1. LinkedIn Skills repository and README
  2. LinkedIn Skills root skill entry
  3. LinkedIn Skills security policy
  4. Untrusted content rules
  5. LinkedIn Skills v1.1.13 release
  6. LinkedIn Skills Python requirements

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