How to scrape LinkedIn profiles and Sales Navigator searches safely
Use your own LinkedIn session, your own IP, and your own browser. Stekpad extracts profiles straight into Google Sheets or your Claude agent — no cookie handover, no cloud proxy.
Why your current scraper doesn't cut it
LinkedIn is the single most restricted site for scraping. The reason is simple: every hosted scraper (PhantomBuster, Evaboot, Dripify, Waalaxy) asks you to upload your LinkedIn cookie to their servers, then runs your session from a datacenter IP. LinkedIn flags the mismatch in hours and restricts accounts.
Stekpad takes a different approach. The scraper is a Chrome extension that runs in the same tab you already browse LinkedIn in. LinkedIn sees your real session from your real IP — indistinguishable from manual browsing. No cookies ever leave your machine.
How to do it with Stekpad
- 1
Install Stekpad and open LinkedIn
Install the Chrome extension. Log into LinkedIn normally (free or Sales Navigator). Stekpad only activates when you click an element. - 2
Open a search result list
Sales Navigator search, Recruiter, a company employee list, or a post reactions list — Stekpad works on every LinkedIn surface that shows a list of profiles. - 3
Click the first profile name
Stekpad detects the pattern and highlights every profile in the list. Add more fields: title, company, location, connection degree, mutual connections. - 4
Export rows or send them to Claude
Every run writes to Google Sheets or Notion. For agent workflows, the MCP server lets Claude call the recipe directly and enrich leads in real time.
What you get that other tools miss
Your session stays local
Cookies never leave Chrome. LinkedIn sees your normal browsing, not a proxy.
Low restriction risk
No IP mismatch, no cookie handover, no datacenter traffic. LinkedIn cannot tell it is a scraper.
Works on every surface
Sales Navigator, Recruiter, search, posts, events, groups — if you can see it, Stekpad can scrape it.
Claude can call it
Your AI agent enriches leads live via the MCP server instead of waiting for a CSV export.
Using LinkedIn data has legal and terms-of-service implications. Stekpad gives you the technical foundation to scrape safely (your session, your IP), but you are responsible for compliance with LinkedIn's terms and any applicable data-protection laws.
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