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Content → Generate LinkedIn Message

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Overview

This node integrates with Autobound's AI-powered platform to generate personalized sales content and retrieve insights about contacts and companies. Specifically, the "Generate LinkedIn Message" operation creates customized LinkedIn messages tailored for outreach scenarios such as connection requests, direct messages, or InMail.

Use cases include:

  • Crafting personalized LinkedIn connection requests or messages to prospects.
  • Enhancing sales outreach by leveraging contextual insights about the contact or their company.
  • Automating message generation with adjustable tone, language, and style to fit different sales approaches.

For example, a sales rep can input a prospect's LinkedIn URL and specify a friendly tone to automatically generate a connection request message that feels natural and relevant.

Properties

Name Meaning
Contact Email Email address of the prospect. Required if LinkedIn URL is not provided.
Contact LinkedIn URL LinkedIn profile URL of the prospect. Required if email is not provided.
User Email Email address of the user (salesperson) writing the message. Required if user LinkedIn URL is not provided.
User LinkedIn URL LinkedIn profile URL of the user (salesperson). Required if user email is not provided.
LinkedIn Message Type Type of LinkedIn message to generate. Options: Connection Request, Direct Message, InMail.
Tone Tone of the generated message. Options: Casual, Consultative, Direct, Formal, Friendly, Professional.
Additional Context Extra information to customize the generated content, e.g., notes about previous conversations or interests. Max 10,000 characters.
Word Count Approximate word count for the output message. Defaults to system-determined length if not specified. Range: 50–500 words.
Number of Variations Number of unique message variations to generate. Default 1, maximum 3. Not compatible with sequence content type.
Language Language for the generated content. Options include English (default), Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
Enabled Insights Specific insight categories to include in the message generation. Overrides default insights. Examples include company business model, financial performance, hiring trends, social media activity, etc.
Disabled Insights Specific insight categories to exclude from message generation. Takes precedence over enabled insights.
Contact Name Override for the contact's name to increase personalization accuracy.
Contact Company Name Override for the contact's company name.
Contact Company URL Override for the contact's company website URL, which affects company-related insights.
User Name Override for the user's (salesperson's) name.
User Company Name Override for the user's company name.
User Company URL Override for the user's company website URL, affecting company-related insights.
Value Proposition Custom value proposition text to include in the message, overwriting the system default. Max 10,000 characters.
Sales Asset Additional sales information such as links to case studies or whitepapers to enrich the generated content. Max 10,000 characters.
Content to Rewrite Base content or template to rewrite or improve. Supports variables like {contactName}, {userCompanyName}, and embedded AI instructions in brackets. For LinkedIn messages, this can be used to customize the starting point.

Output

The node outputs JSON data containing the generated LinkedIn message(s). The structure includes:

  • contentType: Indicates the type of content generated (e.g., "connectionRequest").
  • messageType: The LinkedIn message type requested.
  • tone: The tone used for the message.
  • language: Language of the generated content.
  • wordCount: Approximate word count of the message.
  • contentList: An array of objects each containing a content string representing one generated message variation.
  • Additional metadata fields may be included, such as warnings if fallback logic was applied.

No binary data output is produced by this node.

Dependencies

  • Requires an API key credential for the Autobound API.
  • Node configuration must include this API authentication token.
  • Network access to https://api.autobound.ai is required for HTTP POST requests.
  • No other external dependencies are needed.

Troubleshooting

  • Missing Required Fields: Errors occur if neither contact email nor LinkedIn URL is provided, or neither user email nor LinkedIn URL is given. Ensure at least one identifier per party is set.
  • Insight Filters Issues: If disabled insight types are requested, the API may return errors indicating those insights are disabled in the account. To fix:
    • Enable the insight types in your Autobound account.
    • Or remove disabled insights from filters.
    • Or use the "Return Top 20 Insights" option instead.
  • API Errors: General API errors will be surfaced with messages. Check network connectivity and API key validity.
  • Fallback Logic: If content generation fails due to disabled insights, the node attempts a fallback without insight filters but warns about it. If fallback also fails, the error is reported.
  • Word Count Limits: Specifying word counts outside allowed range (50-500) may cause unexpected results; adhere to limits.
  • Number of Variations: Maximum 3 variations supported; higher values are ignored or cause errors.

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