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I Built a Chrome Extension That Writes LinkedIn DMs Using Claude AI

DEV Community·Sujal Meena·21 days ago
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The Problem Every time I wanted to connect with someone on LinkedIn, I'd spend way too long staring at a blank message box. Generic messages like "I'd love to add you to my network" get ignored 90% of the time. Personalized messages work — but writing them manually for every single person is exhausting. So I automated it. What I Built ConnectAI — a Chrome Extension that scrapes any LinkedIn profile and generates 3 personalized connection request messages using the Anthropic Claude API. Live on Chrome Web Store: [YOUR LINK] How It Works 1. Content Script — LinkedIn Scraper The content script runs on any linkedin.com/in/* page and scrapes: Full name Current role / headline Current company Top 3 skills Recent activity snippet Profile URL function scrapeProfile () { const profileData = {}; profileData . fullName = getMultipleTexts ([ " h1.text-heading-xlarge " , " h1[class*='heading'] " , " h1 " ]); profileData .…

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