Can an AI agent look up a LinkedIn profile on demand?

By , Founder of AgentWeb · As of Oct 22, 2026

Short answer. Yes. AgentWeb's get_profile turns a LinkedIn /in/ name from a pasted link into the member's profile ID, name, headline, About text and location, using the user's own signed-in session. It is the read your agent does before it reaches out. Pair it with get_profile_experience, get_profile_education and get_profile_skills for the full picture.

What it does

Resolves a public profile vanity name (the /in/ slug) to the member's profile ID, plus their name, headline, About text, country, location, industry and whether they hold Premium.

What your agent needs

  • The /in/ vanity name from the profile URL.

What comes back

profile_urn, name, headline, summary (About), country_code, location_name, industry_urn and premium.

Using it safely

  • Use it to understand who someone is before any outreach, not for bulk collection.
  • Current title and employer come from get_profile_experience.

Try it

curl -s https://mcp.agentweb.us/api/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTWEB_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: linkedin-get_profile-1" \
  -d '{"domain":"linkedin.com","action":"get_profile","params":{"vanity_name":"<the /in/ slug>"}}'

Parameter names shown are illustrative. Your agent gets the exact schema for every action from AgentWeb's list_actions tool.

Frequently asked questions

Does it show where they work now?

Use get_profile_experience for the work history. The row with no end year is the current role.

Can I tell if they have an Open Profile?

get_profile returns premium, and Open Profile is a Premium-only setting. verify_open_profile gives the actual answer.

What does it cost?

Each completed action costs $0.05, paid from prepaid blocks of $25, $50 or $100 that never expire. Failed actions are refunded.

Which AI tools can use it?

Any agent that speaks MCP or HTTP. Add https://mcp.agentweb.us/mcp as a remote MCP server in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex or Grok, or call the REST endpoint directly.

Action list from AgentWeb's public sites API, snapshot Oct 22, 2026, 16:59 London time. Live coverage: mcp.agentweb.us/api/sites.

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