Automate LinkedIn profile search & cold email outreach with OpenAI and Hunter
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 16 nodes and runs when a chat message arrives. Along the way it connects Google Sheets, Hunter and OpenAI.
How it runs
Trigger: When a chat message arrives.
- Generate a Boolean Search String (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Create a new sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- Columns to add: linkedin_url, first_name, last_name, email, context, domain (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Add columns to new sheet (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
- set page number for google search (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Wait: pauses before continuing
- Google Boolean Search (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Extracts all linkedin urls and workplace context from the google http response (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Extract Contact Details (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
…plus 5 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (8)
- Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - Chat Trigger
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Hunter
n8n-nodes-base.hunter - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi
From the author
Problem 🚨 LinkedIn search is BROKEN. I waste hours on LinkedIn manually filtering profiles, reading summaries, hoping they’d reply—tedious, frustrating, inefficient. I wish LinkedIn had built an agent that would get me to the right profile with one click! If…