# linkedin_update_profile

Update the authenticated user's own LinkedIn profile. Supports adding/editing experience entries (role, company, skills, dates). Also supports updating location. Headline, summary, education are NOT supported by the API.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `linkedin_update_profile`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/linkedin-update-profile

## Facts

- Tool: `linkedin_update_profile`
- Server: Dialogbrain (`https://api.dialogbrain.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/saloprj/dialogbrain-mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 2
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `location` | object | no | Location to set on profile (requires LinkedIn location ID) |
| `experience` | object | no | Add or edit a professional experience entry |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "linkedin_update_profile",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why linkedin_update_profile is rated Medium

This tool modifies user profile data (experience entries, location, skills) on LinkedIn. These changes are reversible (can be edited or deleted later), so it falls under Write rather than Destructive. The severity is medium because misuse could damage professional reputation or create false work history, but the blast radius is limited to the authenticated user's own profile.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'linkedin_update_profile' and description states 'Update the authenticated user's own LinkedIn profile' and 'adding/editing experience entries' — these are clearly write operations that modify user data reversibly."

Risk signals: High parameter count (18 properties)

## Use case

AI agents use linkedin_update_profile to create or update resources in Dialogbrain, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Dialogbrain environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Dialogbrain:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "linkedin_update_profile": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "linkedin_update_profile_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Dialogbrain (224)

- `agents_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/agents-delete.md
- `agents_trigger_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/agents-trigger-delete.md
- `ai_filters_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/ai-filters-delete.md
- `ai_tags_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/ai-tags-delete.md
- `calendar_delete_event` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/calendar-delete-event.md
- `collections_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/collections-delete.md
- `files_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/files-delete.md
- `folders_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/folders-delete.md
- `integrations_remove_endpoints` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/integrations-remove-endpoints.md
- `messages_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/messages-delete.md
- `notes_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/notes-delete.md
- `reminder_cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/reminder-cancel.md
- `tasks_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/tasks-delete.md
- `threads_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/threads-delete.md
- `widgets_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/widgets-delete.md
- `youtube_delete_comment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/youtube-delete-comment.md
- `youtube_delete_video` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/youtube-delete-video.md
- `agent_handoff` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/agent-handoff.md
- `agents_simulate_inbound` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/agents-simulate-inbound.md
- `android_launch_app` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/android-launch-app.md
- `android_shell` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/android-shell.md
- `android_ui_dump` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/android-ui-dump.md
- `background_run` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/background-run.md
- `browser_attach_meet` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/browser-attach-meet.md
- `browser_click` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/browser-click.md
- `browser_close` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/browser-close.md
- `browser_drag` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/browser-drag.md
- `browser_evaluate` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/browser-evaluate.md
- `browser_fill` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/browser-fill.md
- `browser_fill_form` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/browser-fill-form.md
- …and 194 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain.md

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