LinkedIn Person Search by Name and Location (Top Match, Full Profile)

omnial/linkedin-person-search-by-name

Searches LinkedIn for a person by first name, last name and location, and returns the career profile of the top exact-name match: profile handle, name, headline, industry, past and current positions with employer and dates, education, skills, certifications and honours. Contact details, location and follower counts are not returned.

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Price

Up to $0.0137 per result; you pay what the call used

The price shown is the price you pay. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $5.

Data source

Data from LinkedIn.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

agent

// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "omnial/linkedin-person-search-by-name" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "omnial/linkedin-person-search-by-name" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "omnial/linkedin-person-search-by-name", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "omnial/linkedin-person-search-by-name", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per result Charged for every result returned	$0.0137

Updated: Oct 14, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "firstName",
    "lastName",
    "locations",
    "profileScraperMode",
    "strictSearch",
    "maxPages",
    "maxItems"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "lastName": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The person's last name."
    },
    "maxItems": {
      "enum": [
        1
      ],
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Profiles returned. Only the top match is offered."
    },
    "maxPages": {
      "enum": [
        1
      ],
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Search result pages read. Only the first page is offered."
    },
    "firstName": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The person's first name."
    },
    "locations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 200,
        "minLength": 1
      },
      "maxItems": 1,
      "minItems": 1,
      "description": "One location to search in, written as LinkedIn names it, e.g. a city and state or region."
    },
    "strictSearch": {
      "enum": [
        true
      ],
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true,
      "description": "Only profiles whose first and last name match exactly. Always on."
    },
    "profileScraperMode": {
      "enum": [
        "Full"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "Full",
      "description": "Profile detail level. Only the full profile is offered."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "skills": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "name": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "headline": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The profile's headline."
          },
          "industry": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "name": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Industry name."
              }
            }
          },
          "lastName": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "verified": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the profile is verified."
          },
          "education": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "degree": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "period": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "e.g. '2017 - 2020'."
                },
                "schoolName": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "fieldOfStudy": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "firstName": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "topSkills": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Skills the person features at the top of the profile."
          },
          "experience": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "endDate": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "text": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "e.g. 'Aug 2025', or 'Present'."
                    }
                  }
                },
                "duration": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "e.g. '2 yrs 5 mos'."
                },
                "position": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Job title."
                },
                "startDate": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "text": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "e.g. 'Apr 2023'."
                    }
                  }
                },
                "companyName": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "workplaceType": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Remote, Hybrid or On-site."
                },
                "employmentType": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "e.g. Full-time."
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Positions, most recent first."
          },
          "certifications": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "title": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "issuedAt": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Issue (and expiry) month as text."
                },
                "issuedBy": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "honorsAndAwards": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "title": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "issuedAt": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Month and year as text."
                },
                "issuedBy": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "publicIdentifier": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The profile's public handle."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "At most one profile: the top exact-name match."
    }
  },
  "description": "The matching profile, wrapped as results because the response is a list. Empty when no profile matches."
}