Do I need a LinkedIn developer account?

No. There is no LinkedIn app, OAuth flow or app review. One InsightSocial API key works for this endpoint and every other platform, and your first 10 calls priced at 100 credits or less are free.

How do I get every result, not just the first page?

This endpoint pages. Each response carries pagination.next_cursor and pagination.has_more. Send next_cursor back unchanged as the cursor parameter and stop when has_more is false. Every page is a separate call and is charged as one.

What happens if the account is private or nothing is found?

You get an error or an empty result, and it costs 0 credits. The API reads public LinkedIn data only, so private accounts and deleted content come back as not found rather than as partial data.

Can I call the LinkedIn Profile Skills API from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Add the hosted MCP server at https://api.insightsocial.app/mcp to your AI app and sign in. The assistant finds this endpoint by name, shows its price and calls it with your credits.

GET /v1/linkedin/profile/skillsbeta

LinkedIn Profile Skills API

Q: How much does the LinkedIn Profile Skills API cost?

50 credits per successful call. A call that errors or finds nothing costs 0 credits, and an answer from the shared cache costs 2. Pro's 10,000 monthly credits cover about 200 calls at 50 credits each. Add dry_run=1 to see the price of a call without making it.

Returns the skills listed on a LinkedIn member's profile, with each skill's name and the endorsements shown against it.

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50 credits a call · cursor pagination · failed calls free · 10 free calls to start

curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/linkedin/profile/skills?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwilliamhgates%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"

200 OKJSON

{
"success": true,
"platform": "linkedin",
"endpoint": "/v1/linkedin/profile/skills",
"schema_version": "2",
"data": {
"<field>": "<value>"
},
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": "<string | null>",
"has_more": "<boolean>"
},
"unavailable": [],
"credits_used": "<integer>"
}

When to use it

Use it to score a person against a skill requirement, separately from the roles returned by profile/experiences.

Parameters

Query parameters for GET /v1/linkedin/profile/skills. Send your key in the x-api-key header.

Name	Required	Description
url	Yes	Full URL of the LinkedIn profile, company, or post.
page	No	1-based page number. Defaults to 1.
urn	No	The member's opaque LinkedIn URN, as returned in author.ext.urn by /v1/linkedin/profile. Optional, and a pure optimisation: pass it ALONGSIDE url (which stays required) and this call skips the internal handle lookup, so it answers faster. Verified on the deployed API 05/09/2026.
cursor	No	The pagination.next_cursor from the previous page, sent back unchanged. Omit it for the first page.

Response

This endpoint returns the platform's own fields in data, in snake_case, rather than a unified post or profile. The reference page lists them.

Every field, error and example is in the LinkedIn Profile Skills API reference.

How much does the LinkedIn Profile Skills API cost?

50 credits per successful call.

Failed calls are free
A call that errors or finds nothing costs 0 credits.
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Add dry_run=1 and the response quotes the call without making it. Nothing is charged.
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