LinkedIn Enrichment & Ice Breaker Generator

For SDRs, growth marketers, and founders looking to scale personalized outreach. This workflow enriches LinkedIn profile data using Bright Data and generates AI-powered ice breakers using Claude (Anthropic). It automates research and messaging to help you connect smarter and faster — without manual effort.

🧩 How It Works

This workflow combines Google Sheets, Bright Data, and Claude (Anthropic) to fully automate your outreach research:

Trigger
Manually trigger the workflow or run it on a schedule (via Manual Trigger or Schedule Trigger).

Read Input Sheet
Fetches rows from a Google Sheet. Each row must contain at least a Linkedin_URL_Person and row_number.

Prepare Input
Formats each row for Bright Data’s API using Set and SplitInBatches nodes.

Enrich Profile (Bright Data API)
Sends LinkedIn URLs to Bright Data’s Dataset API via HTTP Request. Waits for snapshot to be ready using polling logic with Wait, If, and Snapshot Progress nodes. Once ready, retrieves the enriched profile data including:
– Name
– City
– Current company
– About section
– Recent postsUpdate Sheet with Profile Data
Writes the retrieved enrichment data into the corresponding row in Google Sheets (via row_number).

Generate Ice Breaker (Claude AI)
Sends enriched profile content to Claude (Anthropic) using a custom prompt. Focuses on recent posts for crafting relevant, respectful, 1–4-line ice breakers.

Update Sheet with Ice Breaker
Writes the generated ice breaker to the Ice Breaker 1 column in the original row.

✅ Requirements
To use this workflow, you must have the following:
– Google Sheets
– A Google account
– A Google Sheet with at least one sheet/tab containing:
– Column: Linkedin_URL_Person
– Column: row_number (used for mapping input and output rows)
– Bright Data
– A Bright Data account with access to the Dataset API
– An active dataset that accepts LinkedIn URLs
– API key with Dataset API access
– Anthropic Claude
– An Anthropic API key (for Claude 3.5 Haiku or other Claude models)
– n8n Environment
– Access to HTTP Request, Set, Wait, SplitInBatches, If, and Google Sheets nodes
– Access to Claude integration (via LangChain nodes: @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain)
– Credential manager properly configured with:
– Google Sheets OAuth2 credentials
– Bright Data API key
– Anthropic API key⚙️ Setup InstructionsStep 1: Copy the Google Sheets Template
Fill the Linkedin_URL_Person column with LinkedIn profile URLs you want to enrich. Do not modify headers or add filters to the sheet. Leave other columns (name, city, about, posts, ice breaker) blank — the workflow fills them.

Step 2: Connect Your Accounts in n8n
– Google Sheets: Create a credential under Google Sheets OAuth2 API
– Bright Data: Add your API key as a credential under HTTP Request (Authorization header)
– Anthropic: Create a credential for Anthropic API with your Claude keyStep 3: Import and Configure the Workflow
Import the workflow into your n8n instance. In each Google Sheets node:
– Select the copied Google Sheet
– Select the correct tab (usually input or Sheet1)
In the HTTP Request node to Bright Data:
– Paste your Bright Data dataset ID
In the Claude prompt node:
– Optionally adjust the tone and length of the ice breaker promptStep 4: Run the Workflow
Test it using the Manual Trigger node. For daily automation, enable the Schedule Trigger and configure interval settings. Watch your Google Sheet populate with enriched data and tailored ice breakers.

🧠 Tips & Best Practices
– Bright Data Delay: Snapshots may take time. The workflow polls the status until complete.
– Retry Protection: If and Wait nodes avoid infinite loops by checking snapshot status.
– Mapping via row_number: Critical to ensure data is updated in the right row.
– Prompt Engineering: You can fine-tune Claude’s behavior by editing the text prompt.🧾 Output Example
Once complete, each row in your Google Sheet will contain:
– Linkedin_URL_Person
– Name
– City
– Company
– Recent Post
– Ice Breaker

Example:linkedin.com/… Jane Doe NYC ACME Corp “Why AI should replace meetings” “Loved your post about AI and meetings — finally someone said it!”💬 Support & Feedback
Questions? Want to tweak the prompt or expand the enrichment?
– 📧 Email: Yaron@nofluff.online
– 📺 YouTube: @YaronBeen
– 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yaronbeen