LinkedIn Warm Path Finder

Find who in your network can introduce you to any target — so a cold outreach becomes a warm one.

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What this Actor does

Give it two things: your connectors (your team, alumni, advisors, investors) and your targets (specific people, or whole companies). The Actor reads each person's public experience and education, then returns the ranked warm paths from your connectors to each target.

A path is a shared employer, an overlapping stint at the same company, or a shared school. Every target comes back with its best connector to ask and the full ranked list.

It uses public data only, requires no cookies and no login, and never invents a path that does not exist.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
connector_urls	string[]	Yes	LinkedIn profile URLs of YOUR people who might make an introduction
target_urls	string[]	No	Specific people to find a warm path to
target_company_urls	string[]	No	Find which connectors can introduce you into these companies

Provide target_urls, target_company_urls, or both.

Example:

{
  "connector_urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-connector-1",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-connector-2"
  ],
  "target_urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-target"
  ],
  "target_company_urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/globex"
  ]
}

How to use it

1. Paste your connectors' LinkedIn profile URLs.
2. Paste the people and/or companies you want to reach.
3. Click Start.
4. Download the ranked paths, then ask the top connector for each target.

Output

One row per target that has at least one path:

{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "checkedAt": "2026-09-25T10:00:00+00:00",
  "targetProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-target",
  "targetName": "Example Target",
  "targetHeadline": "VP Operations",
  "targetCompany": "Globex",
  "pathCount": 2,
  "bestPathScore": 100,
  "warmPaths": [
    {
      "connectorProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-connector-1",
      "connectorName": "Example Connector",
      "connectorHeadline": "Director of Sales",
      "sharedCompany": "Globex",
      "sharedCompanyUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/globex",
      "sharedSchool": "",
      "tenureOverlap": true,
      "pathScore": 100,
      "pathType": "current_colleague"
    }
  ],
  "recommendedConnectorProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-connector-1",
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-25T10:00:00+00:00"
}

The OUTPUT key-value-store record reports connectors resolved, targets, and how many targets had a path.

Pricing

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.02
Target analyzed	$0.03

You pay once per target that comes back with at least one path. A run over 100 targets costs about $3.02.

Common uses

• Warm outbound — find the introduction before you send the cold message.
• ABM — see who on your team already knows someone at a target account.
• Recruiting — find a warm path to a candidate or a hiring manager.
• Partnerships — reach the right person at a partner through a shared connection.

Limits

• Paths are inferred from public experience and education only.
• Shared-employer matching works when both profiles list the same company; a missing or differently spelled employer will not match.
• Tenure overlap needs start dates; when dates are missing the path still counts at a lower score.
• Targets with no path produce no row.

Automation

Run from the Apify API, schedules, or webhooks. Download the same dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Feedback and support

Use the Actor's Issues tab for reproducible problems. Include the affected public profile URLs, but do not include credentials.

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FAQ

How much does it cost to run this Actor? Pricing is listed in the Pricing section above, charged per row returned. You only pay for the rows the Actor actually produces, so a small test run costs cents.

Do I need cookies or a LinkedIn login? No. This Actor reads public data only - no cookies, no account, no browser automation.

Can I schedule it? Yes. Run it from the Apify API, on a schedule, or via a webhook, and export results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

What if I need a slightly different output? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab describing the shape you need.