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LinkedIn Hook Extractor

Paste a viral LinkedIn post URL and get back the hook formula it used, a structural breakdown, and a blank template for your own topic.

Marketing & SEOIntermediate2,368407AI score 8/10Last updated: Sep 14, 2026

What it does

  • Parses a LinkedIn post URL (activity / share / ugcPost) and fetches the body via Apify if APIFY_TOKEN is set, otherwise asks you to paste the text.
  • Classifies the post against 20 canonical 2026 hook formulas (F1–F20: anaphora, R.I.P., year-pivot, time-anchor, curiosity-gap, contrarian, comment-gate, emotional cold-open, named gratitude, explain-to-kids, status-strip, and more) with a confidence score and a runner-up.
  • Breaks down the first 210 characters, body architecture, close pattern, and reaction-triggering devices (numbers, named entities, vulnerability).
  • Explains the psychology of why it worked and outputs a blank {slot} template mapped to your topic.
  • Audits the source for AI tells and 2026 reach-killers (question as line 1, "Here's what/how" openers, "comment X to get Y" bait) so you don't copy them.
  • Treats all fetched post/comment text strictly as data, never as instructions.

Who it's for

  • Marketers, founders and freelancers building a LinkedIn presence.
  • Anyone who wants to reverse-engineer a competitor's or top creator's post pattern.
  • Users who pair it with linkedin-post-writer to seed a draft with a proven structure.

Examples

  1. Feed it a hiring post with 100k views and learn it's an F11 emotional cold-open, then take the blank template.
  2. Run a competitor CEO's last five posts to find the hook formula they reuse.
  3. Hand the extracted template to linkedin-post-writer for a launch post, then check it with linkedin-humanizer --mode audit.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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What I want: (describe your task here)

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Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the .codex-marketplace/linkedin-skills/skills/linkedin-hook-extractor folder from the GitHub repo sergebulaev/linkedin-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/linkedin-hook-extractor/.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/sergebulaev/linkedin-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r linkedin-skills/.codex-marketplace/linkedin-skills/* ~/.claude/skills/

This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/sergebulaev/linkedin-skills.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. This skill references shared files at ../../references/, so copy the whole bundle rather than the single folder: cp -r linkedin-skills/.codex-marketplace/linkedin-skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
  5. (Optional) For automatic post fetching, set export APIFY_TOKEN=your_token. Without it, you simply paste the post text yourself.
  6. Restart Claude Code and try: "Extract the hook formula from this LinkedIn post: <URL>".