ChatGPT prompts for LinkedIn: posts, profile and outreach

These 14 ChatGPT prompts for LinkedIn cover the three jobs people use it for: writing posts and comments, improving your profile (headline, About section, experience and skills), and outreach (connection notes, InMail and recommendations). Each prompt asks for your real experience and respects LinkedIn's own limits, so the output fits the box it goes in.

How to use these prompts

Every prompt works in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Replace the blanks in double braces, or keep the default after the colon: {{role:product designer}} means "product designer" unless you change it.

Before you start, collect three things: a few posts or messages you wrote yourself (for voice), your resume or a list of real projects with numbers, and the audience you want to reach. The prompts below ask for them.

LinkedIn's Professional Community Policies set the ground rules: "Use your true identity and share information that is real and authentic," "Do not spam members or the platform," and "Don't do things to artificially increase engagement with your content." The prompts are written to keep you inside those lines: no invented results, no engagement bait, no mass pitches.

Which prompts write LinkedIn posts?

1. Post ideas from your own work

The best source of posts is what you did this month, not a list of trending topics.

Here are notes on what I worked on over the last {{weeks:4}} weeks as
{{role:a product designer at a B2B software company}}:

{{work_notes}}

Suggest 8 LinkedIn post ideas that come from these notes. For each,
give: the one point the post makes, who on LinkedIn would care
({{audience:other designers and product managers}}), and the specific
detail from my notes that makes it credible. Skip anything that would
reveal confidential client or company information.

2. Draft a post from one lesson

Turns a single idea into a post with a strong first line.

Write a LinkedIn post about this lesson: {{lesson}}

What happened: {{story}}

Rules:
- The first line states the point plainly. No question hooks, no
  "I'm humbled to announce".
- Short paragraphs, one idea each.
- Use only the facts I gave. If a number would help and I didn't give
  one, write [ADD NUMBER] instead of inventing it.
- Under {{words:200}} words. End with a real question, not "Agree?"

Match the voice of these posts I wrote:
{{my_posts}}

3. Turn a talk, article or report into a post

Useful when you have read or presented something and want to share your take, not a summary.

Here is a {{source_type:conference talk transcript}}:

{{source}}

Write a LinkedIn post that shares my take on it, not a summary. Open
with the one idea I found most useful, add one way it applies to
{{my_context:running a small support team}}, and credit the source by
name. Quote no more than one short sentence from it. Give 2 versions.

4. Fix the first two lines of a draft

Most readers see only the opening before "see more", so the opening carries the post.

Here is my LinkedIn post draft:

{{draft}}

Rewrite only the first two lines, 5 different ways: a plain statement
of the point, a surprising number from the post, a short scene, a
mistake I made, and a clear promise of what the reader gets. Keep every
fact accurate to the draft. Then tell me which version fits the rest of
the post best and why.

5. A comment that adds something

Thoughtful comments on other people's posts build more relationships than likes.

Here is a LinkedIn post I want to comment on:

{{post}}

My relevant experience: {{experience}}

Write 3 comment options, each under {{chars:400}} characters, that add
something: a specific example, a respectful counterpoint, or a useful
question. No flattery openers like "Great post!" and no links to my own
content.

Which prompts improve your LinkedIn profile?

6. Headline options

LinkedIn Help's headline article explains that the headline appears under your name and in search results, and can differ from your current job title.

Write 8 LinkedIn headline options for me.

Current role: {{role:product designer}}
What I want to be found for: {{target:senior product design roles in fintech}}
Proof points: {{proof}}

Mix styles: role plus specialty, role plus result, and what I help
people do. Use words a recruiter would search for. No buzzwords like
"ninja", "guru" or "passionate", and no claims my proof points don't
support.

7. About section

LinkedIn's own talent blog describes the About section as "an open-ended space (sort of; 2,600 characters max)."

Write my LinkedIn About section, under {{chars:2000}} characters.

Who I am and what I do: {{summary}}
Achievements with numbers: {{achievements}}
What I want next: {{goal:a senior product design role}}

Structure: an opening line that says what I do and for whom, 2 or 3
short paragraphs with specific results, a short list of skills or
tools, and a closing line saying what kind of conversations I welcome.
First person, plain words. Use only the facts above.

8. Experience entries as outcomes

Turns a list of duties into results people can picture.

Rewrite these LinkedIn experience entries so each one leads with
outcomes, not duties.

{{experience}}

For each role: one sentence on scope (team, product, users), then 3 to
5 bullets that start with a verb and include a result. Where I gave no
number, keep the bullet qualitative and mark it [NUMBER?] so I can add
one. Don't upgrade titles or round numbers up.

9. Skills audit

LinkedIn Help says "You can add up to 100 skills to your profile." More is not better if they don't match the jobs you want.

Here are the skills on my LinkedIn profile:
{{current_skills}}

Here are {{count:3}} job descriptions for roles I want:
{{job_descriptions}}

Tell me: which skills to keep, which to remove as irrelevant, and which
skills the job descriptions ask for that I'm missing. For each missing
skill, say whether my experience below actually supports adding it.

My experience:
{{experience}}

10. Profile review as a recruiter

A second pair of eyes before you start applying.

Act as a recruiter hiring for {{target_role:senior product designer}}.
Review my LinkedIn profile text below.

{{profile_text}}

Tell me: what you'd conclude in the first 10 seconds, which keywords
you'd search for that are missing, any section that contradicts
another, and the 3 changes that would most improve my chances. Quote
the exact lines you are commenting on.

Which prompts help with outreach?

11. Connection note to someone you don't know yet

LinkedIn Help on personalizing invitations says "Each message can be up to 200 characters." It also says you can add a personalized message to up to three connection requests per month unless you have Premium, so make each one count.

Write 3 options for a LinkedIn connection note to {{person:a staff engineer who spoke at a conference I attended}}.

What we have in common or why I'm reaching out: {{reason}}

Each under 200 characters including spaces. Mention the specific
reason, make no request or pitch, and sound like a person, not a
template. Show the character count for each.

12. Message to a hiring manager or recruiter

LinkedIn Help on InMail character limits says "InMail messages can have up to 200 characters in the required subject line and up to 1900 characters in the body."

Write a LinkedIn message to {{recipient:the hiring manager}} about the
{{job_title:senior product designer}} role at {{company}}.

Why I fit, with evidence: {{evidence}}
Something specific about their team or product: {{specific}}

A subject line under 60 characters and a body under {{words:120}}
words. Open with the specific detail, give 2 pieces of evidence, and
end with one easy ask (a 15 minute call or who to talk to). No
"I hope this finds you well."

13. Ask for a recommendation

LinkedIn Help on requesting a recommendation notes "You can only request one recommendation from a connection at a time," so the message should make it easy to say yes.

Write a short message asking {{person:my former manager}} for a
LinkedIn recommendation.

How we worked together: {{relationship}}
Projects they saw directly: {{projects}}
What I'd like the recommendation to highlight: {{focus:how I ran research with customers}}

Under {{words:100}} words. Remind them of 2 specific projects, say what
I'm aiming for next, and make it easy to decline. Offer to write one
for them in return.

14. Write a recommendation for someone

Good recommendations name a situation and a result, not adjectives.

Write a LinkedIn recommendation for {{person:a former colleague}}.

Our working relationship: {{relationship}}
A specific situation where they made a difference: {{situation}}
The result: {{result}}
Their strengths in my words: {{strengths}}

Under {{words:150}} words, first person. Open with how I know them,
tell the situation briefly, state the result, and end with who should
hire or work with them. No generic praise I didn't give you.

What are LinkedIn's limits for posts, profiles and messages?

These are the limits stated on LinkedIn's own pages as of October 2026. Put them in your prompts so the model writes to fit.

Models count characters loosely. Ask for a character count in the output and check it in LinkedIn's own editor before posting.

How do you keep AI LinkedIn posts from sounding like everyone else's?

Start from your material. A post built on your project notes, a real number and a specific mistake reads differently from one built on "write a post about leadership".

Give the model your voice. Paste three posts or messages you wrote yourself and tell it to match sentence length and tone. Anthropic's prompting best practices put it this way: "Examples are one of the most reliable ways to steer Claude's output format, tone, and structure." OpenAI's prompt engineering guide for everyday work makes a related point for ChatGPT: describe what "good" looks like, including audience, tone and format.

Ban the tells. Add a line to any prompt: no "I'm humbled", no one-word lines for drama, no "Agree?" endings, no emoji bullets unless you use them. Then read it aloud and cut anything you wouldn't say.

Check the facts. A post or profile is public and tied to your name. Every number, title and date should match your records.

Keep your LinkedIn prompts in one place

If you write a post every week, the voice samples and rules in these prompts are worth saving once. Kipt keeps prompts like these as Markdown in a private GitHub repo you own, with their blanks intact; tag them by job (posts, profile, outreach) and press ⌘K to find one. To make your post rules reusable in Claude or Codex, paste prompt 2 into the free SKILL.md generator. For broader planning across platforms, see the social media prompts, and for job applications, the resume prompts.