# LinkedIn Warm Path Finder (`data-slayer/linkedin-warm-path-finder`) Actor

Find who in your network can introduce you to any target. Enter your team's or alumni's LinkedIn profiles and the people or companies you want to reach; the Actor returns ranked warm paths — shared employers, overlapping tenure, shared schools — plus the best connector to ask. No cookies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-warm-path-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Data Slayer](https://apify.com/data-slayer) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $30.00 / 1,000 target analyzeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## LinkedIn Warm Path Finder

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

### Watch the demo

YouTube video coming soon.

### 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:

```json
{
  "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:

```json
{
  "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.

### Related actors

More from the same portfolio. Apify only auto-recommends actors in the same category, so here are the rest of ours:

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [LinkedIn Account Intent Feed](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-account-intent-feed) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Buying-Committee Mapper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-buying-committee-mapper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Champion Tracker](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-champion-job-change-tracker) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Company Employees](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-company-employees) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Company Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-company-posts-scraper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Company Scraper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-company-scraper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Company Search (ICP)](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-company-search) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Competitor Content Intelligence](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-competitor-content-intelligence) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Competitor Hijack Leads](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-competitor-hijack-leads) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Engagement Audience Builder](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-engagement-audience-builder) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Executive Post Monitor](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-executive-post-monitor) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Hiring Pulse](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-hiring-pulse) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Job Change Tracker](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-job-change-tracker) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Job Scraper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-job-scraper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Market Map Builder](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-market-map-builder) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn People Search (ICP)](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-people-search) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Post Comments](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-post-comments) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Post Engagers Scraper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-post-engagers-email-finder-no-cookies) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Post Performance Scraper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-post-analytics-scraper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Post Reactions](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-post-reactions) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Post Reposts](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-post-reposts) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Profile Comments](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-profile-comments) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Profile Engagers Scraper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-audience-email-finder-no-cookies) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Profile Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-profile-posts-scraper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Profile Reactions](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-profile-reactions) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Profile Scraper · Fresh · No Cookies](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-profile-scraper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Skill Mapper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-skill-mapper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Talent Flow Mapper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-talent-flow-mapper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Talent Mapper](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-talent-mapper) | LinkedIn workflow |
| [LinkedIn Why-Now Account Brief](https://apify.com/data-slayer/linkedin-why-now-account-brief) | LinkedIn workflow |

### 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.

# Actor input Schema

## `connector_urls` (type: `array`):

LinkedIn profile URLs of YOUR people — team, alumni, advisors — who might make an introduction.

## `target_urls` (type: `array`):

Specific people to find a warm path to. Use this or target company URLs.

## `target_company_urls` (type: `array`):

Find paths to people at these companies. Used when target profile URLs are empty.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "connector_urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-connector"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset rows with target and warm-path fields

## `run_summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "connector_urls": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-connector"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("data-slayer/linkedin-warm-path-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "connector_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-connector"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("data-slayer/linkedin-warm-path-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "connector_urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-connector"
  ]
}' |
apify call data-slayer/linkedin-warm-path-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,data-slayer/linkedin-warm-path-finder"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WBt9mRhl8qziMzQMf/builds/CUWDMIVMvG8tfr3NY/openapi.json