How to use the LinkedIn post tech evaluation signal
Last updated 26 October 2026
When you want to reach prospects evaluating new tools, HeyLead finds the LinkedIn post tech evaluation signal and drafts your outreach.
What the post tech evaluation signal is
The post tech evaluation signal means a person posted that they are evaluating tools or vendors.
This signal comes from a person's own activity on LinkedIn.
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.
Why this signal matters
A strong signal starts outreach and the opener says why now.
HeyLead watches 40+ signal types, scored, matched to your ICP and expiring.
The post tech evaluation signal has a weight of 0.55.
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 2.
A lower rank wins.
What to write or do
You open with what they did.
Mention the post, the move, or the comment in a sentence about it.
Then ask one question they can answer in writing.
You include no pitch in the first message.
Before an invitation, HeyLead warms up.
It does a profile view, a follow, and a comment on a recent post.
The classifier writes the invite note when it finds a hook in it.
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.
You review it and press Launch.
Nothing is sent before.
HeyLead drafts the 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.
We tested this on ChatGPT Pro.
Custom apps depend on your ChatGPT plan and settings.
Find people posting about evaluating CRM tools and ask what they need.Limits and campaign management
The post tech evaluation signal expires after 14 days.
It is attached to one person.
HeyLead re-reads the profiles and posts of people in your campaigns.
It searches LinkedIn for your keywords.
You can set up six campaign goals.
These are sell a product or service, find a job, hire people, find partners or investors, find a vendor, and research interviews.
Hire people, find partners or investors and research interviews work with a custom brief.
Handling replies and follow-ups
HeyLead provides an invitation with a note, an opening message, up to 2 follow-ups on Free and 5 on Pro, InMail and email fallback.
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.
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.
Pricing and integrations
Free costs $0 for one connected account with 2 follow-ups.
Pro costs $29 a month per connected account.
It runs from the cloud with your laptop closed.
The client's source is on GitHub under MIT.
The hosted backend is not.
HubSpot is the CRM it syncs with.
Google Calendar is the calendar it books into.
It reads your own LinkedIn posts to learn your voice and never posts unless you ask for a post.
Questions people ask
What does the post tech evaluation signal mean?
It means a person posted that they are evaluating tools or vendors. This signal comes from a person's own activity on LinkedIn.
How does HeyLead find this signal?
HeyLead re-reads the profiles and posts of people in your campaigns. It also searches LinkedIn for your keywords.
How long does the post tech evaluation signal last?
The signal expires after 14 days. It is attached to one person.
Does HeyLead write the invite note for this signal?
Yes, it writes the invite note when the classifier finds a hook in it.
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