The LinkedIn headline intent signal for hiring
Last updated 18 October 2026
When you want to hire people based on their LinkedIn headline intent signal, HeyLead can run the campaign for you. A headline that says a person is open to a move invites a message about a new role.
What the headline intent signal means
A candidate changes their profile to show they want a new job. This is the headline intent signal. They write that they are open to work right in their headline. This tells you they are ready for a move.
HeyLead is an AI agent for LinkedIn outreach: it finds the right people, writes to them in the voice of your own LinkedIn posts, follows up, and handles replies. It runs from Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client or a web dashboard.
HeyLead watches 40+ signal types, scored, matched to your ICP and expiring. A strong signal starts outreach and the opener says why now.
Why this signal matters for hiring
Your campaign goal is to hire people. You need to reach candidates for a role you are filling. The message is for the candidate.
The fit question HeyLead asks is whether this audience would take the role. A headline that says open to a move invites the message. You can reach out as soon as they update their profile. This signal shows clear intent.
What to write to the candidate
You must name the role. You must state why you thought of them. Campaigns with this goal work with a custom brief. You say what you ask of the person.
Before an invitation, HeyLead warms up: a profile view, a follow, a comment on a recent post. It sends an invitation with a note, an opening message, up to 2 follow-ups on Free and 5 on Pro, InMail and email fallback. The message goes directly to the candidate.
The brief to type into HeyLead
You type a 1-sentence brief in Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT or the HeyLead dashboard. HeyLead drafts the campaign. You review it and press Launch. Nothing is sent before.
1 sentence creates a draft campaign. It works in Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop and claude.ai, any MCP client and a web dashboard. It works in ChatGPT as a custom MCP app. Custom apps depend on your ChatGPT plan and settings. It was tested on ChatGPT Pro.
How HeyLead handles the replies
Replies are read, classified and answered from the campaign's facts. Anything ambiguous is held for you. A not-now gets a check-in in 30 days.
Opening messages, follow-ups and answers to replies wait for your approval until you switch to autopilot. Invitations, not-now check-ins and meeting nudges are not held. It runs from the cloud with your laptop closed. HubSpot is the CRM it syncs with. Google Calendar is the calendar it books into.
Pricing and setup
There are 6 campaign goals. They are sell a product or service, find a job, hire people, find partners or investors, find a vendor, research interviews. Hire people, find partners or investors and research interviews work with a custom brief.
Free costs $0 for 1 connected account with 2 follow-ups. Pro costs $29 a month per connected account. The client's source is on GitHub under MIT. The hosted backend is not. It reads your own LinkedIn posts to learn your voice and never posts unless you ask for a post.
Questions people ask
How much does HeyLead cost?
Free costs $0 for 1 connected account with 2 follow-ups. Pro costs $29 a month per connected account.
Does HeyLead post on my profile?
It reads your own LinkedIn posts to learn your voice and never posts unless you ask for a post.
Where can I run HeyLead?
It works in Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop and claude.ai, any MCP client and a web dashboard.
What happens when a candidate replies?
Replies are read, classified and answered from the campaign's facts. Anything ambiguous is held for you.
HeyLead sends from your own LinkedIn account at a human pace: at most 20 invitations a day and 100 a week on a free LinkedIn account (more on Premium or Sales Navigator), Monday to Friday 08:00 to 22:00 in your time zone, minutes apart. It backs off when LinkedIn pushes back and resumes on its own. You can pause any campaign at any time.
HeyLead is not affiliated with LinkedIn. It reaches LinkedIn through Unipile, which is also not affiliated. LinkedIn's own rules are in the Terms.
Set up HeyLead using https://heylead.dev/llms.txt