LinkedIn Profile Optimizer Claude Skill
The LinkedIn Profile Optimizer Claude skill audits a LinkedIn profile across nine sections and rewrites the ones that fall short. It covers headline, About, Featured, banner, photo, Experience, Skills, custom URL and recommendations. It is free and open source under the MIT license, part of the LinkedIn Skills bundle by Sergey Bulaev (sergebulaev/linkedin-skills).
/plugin marketplace add sergebulaev/linkedin-skills/plugin install linkedin-skills@linkedin-skillsnpx skills add sergebulaev/linkedin-skills --skill linkedin-profile-optimizerWhat the LinkedIn Profile Optimizer skill does
A profile is often the first thing a prospect checks after a post or comment. This skill gives it a scorecard instead of vague tips: each of nine sections gets a pass, fail or needs-work rating against a stated checklist.
It then ranks fixes by impact and writes before and after versions. The headline follows a formula that fills the full character limit, and the About section uses a seven-step structure with the hook inside the first lines before the see-more cut. Featured items are matched to your goal: clients, job search or authority.
One rule matters: you must paste the profile text. The skill cannot fetch a profile from a URL, and it will not score a section you have not shown it or guess content from a link.
- Scores nine sections: photo, banner, headline, About, Featured, Experience, Skills, custom URL and recommendations.
- Rewrites the headline using a what you do, who you help, result formula.
- Rebuilds the About section in first person with a hook before the see-more cut.
- Picks three Featured items matched to a clients, job seeking or authority goal.
- Rewrites Experience bullets as action verb plus metric and suggests which skills to pin.
- Drafts specific recommendation requests instead of the generic template.
- Delivers a ranked fix list with before and after rewrites.
How it works
Intake
Claude asks for the pasted profile text, screenshots or descriptions of the photo, banner and Featured, and your goal: clients, job seeking or authority.
Score the sections
It rates each of the nine sections against the checklist and flags anything missing.
Rewrite
Claude writes a new headline, About, Featured plan and Experience bullets for the sections that fail.
Deliver the diff
You get a priority fix list, before and after copy and the expected benefit based on cited benchmarks.
Example prompts
Once the LinkedIn Profile Optimizer skill is installed, ask Claude in plain language. These prompts trigger it:
- Audit my LinkedIn profile. Here is my headline, About and experience pasted below
- Rewrite my headline for a freelance SEO consultant who wants more clients
- Fix my About section so the first lines hook before see more
- Which three things should I put in my Featured section to win clients
- Rewrite my Experience bullets with action verbs and metrics
What you get
- A nine-section scorecard
- A ranked list of priority fixes
- Before and after rewrites for each failing section
- Drafted recommendation request messages
Who it is for
- Freelancers and consultants who want profile visitors to book calls
- Job seekers refreshing a profile before applying
- Founders aligning a profile with a new content plan
- Agencies cleaning up client executive profiles
How to install the LinkedIn Profile Optimizer skill
What you need: Nothing beyond Claude. You paste your profile text and describe or screenshot the visual parts. The wider bundle's publishing features are not needed here.
- Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add sergebulaev/linkedin-skills - Claude Code plugin
/plugin install linkedin-skills@linkedin-skills - Skills CLI
npx skills add sergebulaev/linkedin-skills --skill linkedin-profile-optimizer - Manual
git clone https://github.com/sergebulaev/linkedin-skills.git
After installing, restart Claude Code or start a new session. Claude loads the LinkedIn Profile Optimizer skill automatically when your request matches it, or you can ask for it by name.
Tips for better results
- Paste every section, not a link. The skill will not score what it has not seen.
- State your goal up front. Featured items and calls to action change with it.
- Use real numbers in Experience bullets. The rewrite works from what you supply.
Limitations
- It cannot read a profile from a URL, so you must paste the text.
- Uplift figures come from third-party benchmarks cited in the skill, not a guarantee for your profile.
LinkedIn Profile Optimizer Claude skill FAQ
Yes. It is open source under the MIT license, so you can use, copy and edit it at no cost. You only pay for Claude itself, plus optional services like Publora or Apify if you connect them.
Run /plugin marketplace add sergebulaev/linkedin-skills, then /plugin install linkedin-skills@linkedin-skills. That installs the whole 12-skill bundle. To fetch one skill, run npx skills add sergebulaev/linkedin-skills --skill linkedin-profile-optimizer.
The skills are mostly SKILL.md and reference files, so the README describes installing the plugin through the Claude.ai Plugins and Customize panels on a paid plan. Features that read posts or publish need an Apify token or a Publora connection. Without them Claude drafts for you to paste.
Yes. Paste your current profile and goal. The skill rewrites the headline using a full-length formula and rebuilds the About section in first person with the hook placed before the see-more cut.
It scores nine parts: photo, banner, headline, About, Featured, Experience, Skills, custom URL and recommendations. Each gets a pass, fail or needs-work rating, then the failures are ranked and rewritten.