Social Action

Task type: LinkedIn Action

Send a Social connection request, send a message, or publish a post.

Run behavior

Side effects: This task is read-only or computation-only by default. It returns data for later steps rather than directly writing records or sending messages.
Credit usage: This task is not classified as credit-billed by the workflow task registry.

Reference details

These details are generated from the workflow task registry and match the fields available in the builder.

Required fields

action
linkedinAccountId

Variable-aware fields

Fields that accept variable references ({{ inputs.x }}, {{ steps.N.y }}) from the workflow's variable graph:

linkedinAccountId
linkedinAccountOrganizationId
contactId
linkedinUrl
message
postText
connectionNote

Liquid template fields

Fields that are rendered through Liquid (variables plus filters and control flow):

linkedinAccountId
linkedinAccountOrganizationId
contactId
linkedinUrl
message
postText
connectionNote

Builder guidance

When the Workflow Builder Genie configures this task, it follows this guidance:

Confirm side effects. Use contactId or linkedinUrl for people actions; use postText and an optional account organization id for company-page posts.

Default configuration

New instances of this task start with the following configuration:

{
  "name": "LinkedIn Action",
  "outputKey": "linkedin_action",
  "taskType": "LinkedIn Action",
  "description": "",
  "action": "send_message",
  "linkedinAccountId": "",
  "linkedinAccountOrganizationId": "",
  "contactId": "{{inputs.contact_id}}",
  "linkedinUrl": "",
  "message": "",
  "postText": "",
  "connectionNote": ""
}