Automate LinkedIn Candidates Sourcing with Google X-ray Boolean Search

n8n template #3259

Summary

Auto Source LinkedIn Candidates with GPT-4 Boolean Search & Google X-ray How It Works: User Input: The user pastes a job description or ideal candidate specifications into the workflow. Boolean Search String Generation: OpenAI processes the input and generates a precise LinkedIn Boolean search string formatted as: site:linkedin.com/in ("Job Title" AND "Skill1" AND "Skill2") This search string is optimized to find relevant LinkedIn profiles matching the provided criteria. Google Sheet Creation: A new Google Sheet is automatically created within a specified document to store extracted LinkedIn profile URLs. Google Search Execution: The workflow sends a search request to Google using an HTTP no

How to set it up

Open template #3259 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create 2 credentials under Credentials → Add credential: Google Sheets, OpenAI. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Check the model in the OpenAI node. The template may point at a model your account can't use; swap it for one you have access to.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "Automate LinkedIn Candidates Sourcing with Google X-ray Boolean Search" (https://n8n.io/workflows/3259). It uses: Google Sheets, HTTP Request, Code, OpenAI. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

Google Sheets HTTP Request Code OpenAI

Questions

Yes. Abdullah Maftah published it free on n8n.io, and it has 2,805 views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

Google Sheets, OpenAI. The other 2 nodes are built into n8n.

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