# LinkedIn People Search

> LinkedIn People Search is a paid API for AI agents from Edges at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.88/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Search for people on LinkedIn using filters like job title, company, location, and keywords, returning matching profile results.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mpp.orthogonal.com/edges/actions/linkedin-search-people/run/live?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.88/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Edges
- Docs: https://docs.edges.run/v1/quickstart
- Website: https://edges.run
- Tags: linkedin, automation, scraping, data, social
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/edges-linkedin-people-search-cfa98d5b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_J21-ZaH6GzE-UtrKPkHlJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability edges-linkedin-people-search-cfa98d5b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search LinkedIn for people with the title 'VP of Sales' who work at SaaS companies in New York — I need a list of profiles I can reach out to.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to search LinkedIn for people based on professional attributes like title, company, or location — ideal for lead generation, sales prospecting, recruiting, or market research. Prefer this over company or post search when the goal is finding specific individuals.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for overly narrow filter combinations
- LinkedIn rate limiting or anti-scraping blocks returning an error
- Invalid or unrecognized location/company names producing empty results
- Authentication or session expiry causing the request to fail
- Network timeout for complex queries

## How this service works

Search for people on LinkedIn using filters like title, company, location, and keywords.

## Output

Returns a list of LinkedIn people matching the search filters, including profile names, job titles, company affiliations, locations, and LinkedIn profile URLs.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/edges-linkedin-people-search-cfa98d5b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)