How to Research Anyone on LinkedIn with an AI Agent
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I am sharing a new project called Orca. It is an AI agent for LinkedIn profile analysis that helps you understand who you are talking to in under a minute.
Instead of manual searching, Orca finds what people actually care about, what they think, and what frustrates them. You can use it to research a single person or run it across a full list of profiles.
Orca is open source under the MIT license, meaning anyone can use it or modify it. Explore Orca on GitHub
How Orca Works
You do not have to spend time scrolling through years of posts.
- Define Insights: You choose what you want to learn. You can start with a preset like "Sales" or build your own custom criteria from scratch.
- Collect Data: You paste a LinkedIn URL and the agent starts working. It collects posts, comments, reactions, and audience responses in real time.
- Analyze Patterns: Orca reads the data to find patterns. It notices if a person's topics have shifted over time. If it finds something interesting, it pulls more data on its own to investigate deeper.
- Review Results: When it is finished, you get a detailed analysis for every insight. These points include links to the specific posts that support the findings.
The platform also includes an Activity tab with a calendar view of engagement and a Timeline view to see exactly when the person was active. You can even view the raw data to see everything the agent worked from.
Real-World Use Cases
Orca is built to be plugged into any pipeline and run at scale. Here is how it helps different roles:
Sales
Know exactly what a prospect cares about before you reach out. This allows for much better personalization than a generic template.
Recruiting
See what a candidate talks about beyond what is written on their resume. It helps you understand their actual thinking and professional interests.
Investing
Investors can track how a founder thinks over a long period. It provides a clear view of their consistency and expertise.
Orca is designed to save you time and provide deeper insights than manual research. It is open source, simple to use, and built for scale.
- 🌍 Try it here: Orca on GitHub
- 🎥 Watch the demo: YouTube Video