How to connect OpenClaw to LinkedIn - safely (2026)

The steps

Connect OpenClaw to LinkedIn in four steps

1. 1

   Create a Zevari workspace token

   Sign in to Zevari, open Settings, and create a workspace API key. This bearer token is how your OpenClaw agent authenticates - no LinkedIn password, no browser cookies, no extension. Treat it like any secret and store it in your agent's environment as ZEVARI_API_KEY.

2. 2

   Give OpenClaw the Zevari tools (MCP or REST)

   OpenClaw can reach Zevari two ways. Add the Zevari MCP server to your SOUL.md so the agent discovers all 60+ LinkedIn tools automatically, or call the REST API directly with the bearer token from the agent's own code. The MCP path is the cleanest; the REST path is the universal one for any runtime.

   Path A - MCP server in SOUL.md

   SOUL.md

   # SOUL.md - give the agent Zevari's LinkedIn tools
   [[mcp_servers]]
   name = "zevari"
   type = "http"
   url = "https://mcp.zevari.ai/mcp"
   auth = "Bearer ${ZEVARI_API_KEY}"

   Path B - bearer-token REST from the agent

   terminal

   $ curl https://api.zevari.ai/v1/search/posts \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZEVARI_API_KEY" \
     -d '{"query":"hiring an SDR","posted_within_days":30}'

3. 3

   Verify the connection

   Confirm the agent can see Zevari before you run anything live. A read-only call - get the safety status, or search for recent signal posts - proves the token works and returns your workspace context, Voice DNA, and the enforced weekly ceilings.

   terminal

   $ curl https://api.zevari.ai/v1/safety/status \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZEVARI_API_KEY"
   # -> { "connected": true, "weekly_ceiling": 150, "incidents": 0 }

4. 4

   Run your first safe loop: find, score, stage, approve

   Tell the agent what you want: find people who posted about a topic in the last 30 days, ICP-score them, draft in your voice, and stage a campaign. Every send is held at the approval gate - you approve from chat, Slack, or a daily digest, and the agent executes inside your ceilings and working hours. Nothing fires unattended.

   A real loop

   You: Find 15 founders who posted about hiring an SDR in the last 30 days.

   OpenClaw: Searches signals, ICP-scores each 1 to 5 with reasons, returns 15.

   You: Draft a warm-up plus connect sequence for the 4s and 5s, in my voice.

   OpenClaw: Drafts in your Voice DNA, stages the campaign, stops at the approval gate.

   You: Approve.

   OpenClaw: Executes within your weekly ceiling, on a human-paced schedule.

That is the whole connection. For the broader picture of running OpenClaw outbound safely, see the OpenClaw page; for any other runtime, the LinkedIn for AI agents pillar; and for the full endpoint reference, the developer docs.

FAQ

Connecting OpenClaw to LinkedIn