How to use the LinkedIn post asking for recommendations signal
Last updated 27 October 2026
When you want to run a campaign based on a LinkedIn post asking for recommendations, HeyLead helps you connect with the right people.
What the post seeking recs signal means
When you run a campaign, you want to reach out at the right time. The post seeking recs signal means a person asked their network for recommendations. This data comes directly from a person's own activity on LinkedIn. The signal is attached to one person. 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. The signal expires after 7 days. It carries a weight of 0.55 in the system. Scores run from -0.30 to 0.90. A negative score lowers priority. When several signals name one person, this signal has a priority rank of 4. A lower rank wins.
How HeyLead detects the recommendation request
HeyLead watches 40+ signal types to find the right moment for your outreach. To detect this specific event, HeyLead re-reads the profiles and posts of people in your campaigns. It also searches LinkedIn for your keywords. A strong signal starts outreach. The opener says why now. HeyLead writes the invite note for you. It does this when the classifier finds a hook in it. You can use this signal to sell a product or service. You can also use it to find a job, hire people, find partners or investors, find a vendor, or research interviews. Hire people, find partners or investors and research interviews work with a custom brief.
What to write in your opening message
You need a clear structure for your message. Open with what they did. Write a sentence about the post. Then ask one question they can answer in writing. You must include no pitch in the first message. Before an invitation, HeyLead warms up. It performs a profile view, a follow, and a comment on a recent post. The campaign includes an invitation with a note and an opening message. It includes up to 2 follow-ups on Free and 5 on Pro. It also includes InMail and email fallback. HeyLead reads your own LinkedIn posts to learn your voice and never posts unless you ask for a post.
The brief to type into HeyLead
You type a one-sentence brief in Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT or the HeyLead dashboard. One sentence creates a draft campaign. HeyLead drafts the campaign based on your instructions. You review it and press Launch. Nothing is sent until you press Launch. 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. The system runs from the cloud with your laptop closed. Replies are read, classified and answered from the campaign's facts. Anything ambiguous is held for you. A not now reply gets a check-in in 30 days.
Find people who posted asking for recommendations for a CRM and ask what they need.Account connections and pricing
You can connect your tools to manage your campaigns. HubSpot is the CRM it syncs with. Google Calendar is the calendar it books into. Free costs $0 for one 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 works in Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop and claude.ai. It works in any MCP client and a web dashboard. It works in ChatGPT as a custom MCP app. This is tested on ChatGPT Pro. Custom apps depend on your ChatGPT plan and settings.
Questions people ask
How long does the post seeking recs signal last?
The signal expires after 7 days.
Does HeyLead write the invitation note?
Yes, HeyLead writes the invite note when the classifier finds a hook in it.
How does HeyLead find this signal?
HeyLead re-reads the profiles and posts of people in your campaigns and searches LinkedIn for your keywords.
What is the priority of this signal?
When several signals name one person, it has a priority rank of 4, where a lower number wins.
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: a newly connected paid account starts at 20 a day and doubles each week up to its limit), 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