linkedin-profile

LinkedIn Profile — audit, then rewrite the parts that pay

A profile is not a CV. A CV is read by someone who already decided to consider you; a

profile is read by someone deciding whether to. Three readers, in descending volume: the

scanner (three seconds, from your comment on someone else's post — sees photo and

headline only), the evaluator (forty seconds — headline, half the About, Featured), the

decider (minutes — everything). Almost all traffic is the scanner. Almost all conversion

is the decider.

Workflow

1. Audit before rewriting. Ask them to describe their profile section by section, or

have them fill [assets/profile_worksheet.md](assets/profile_worksheet.md), then:

python3 scripts/profile_completeness_auditor.py --input profile.json --output human

Exit 0 STRONG / 2 INCOMPLETE / 3 WEAK. It ranks every gap by points per hour and prints

a first-hour plan — usually Featured, Open To, and skills, which cost minutes and recover

real points. Start there, not with the About section they wanted to agonise over.

2. Headline next — it is the only string that travels. It rides along with every comment,

search result, and invitation.

python3 scripts/headline_scorer.py --headline "..." --output human

Five dimensions at 20 points: audience, outcome, proof, searchability, clarity. Exit 0 SHIP

(≥75) / 2 SHARPEN / 3 REWRITE. It also checks the 220-character cap and whether the first

~60 characters — the part that survives in search results and invitation previews — carry

anything.

Iterate here. Two or three passes is normal; the stop condition is exit 0, or the user

saying they would say it out loud to a peer.

3. About section — write to the fold. LinkedIn collapses it after roughly 265-300

characters. Collect the five parts from the user, then assemble:

python3 scripts/about_section_builder.py --input about.json --output human

It refuses a fold that cuts mid-sentence, a fold carrying no audience and no proof, a

missing call to action, and anything over 2,600 characters.

4. Experience, Featured, recommendations. Rewrite duty lists as outcomes. Pin one

artifact a stranger could evaluate in sixty seconds. Ask for two specific recommendations by

naming the project and offering a first draft.

Rules

• Never invent a credential, a metric, or a role. Every number on a profile is checkable

by someone. If the proof does not exist, the claim is qualitative or it is absent.

• First person. A profile in third person reads as a press release someone else wrote.
• The fold is the section. Whatever sits above "…see more" is what most readers get.
• Front-load the headline. The strongest segment first; everything after is a bonus.
• Do not fetch anything. The user describes their own profile; nothing is scraped.

Scripts

| Script | Role |

|---|---|

| [scripts/headline_scorer.py](scripts/headline_scorer.py) | Headline 0-100 on audience / outcome / proof / searchability / clarity, plus the 220-char cap and front-load check. |

| [scripts/profile_completeness_auditor.py](scripts/profile_completeness_auditor.py) | Whole profile 0-100 across 14 weighted checks; fixes ranked by points per hour with a first-hour plan. |

| [scripts/about_section_builder.py](scripts/about_section_builder.py) | Assembles the About section from named parts and refuses a broken fold, a missing CTA, or an over-length section. |

References and assets

• [references/profile_architecture.md](references/profile_architecture.md) — what each section is for, and the three readers (7 sources)
• [references/headline_and_positioning.md](references/headline_and_positioning.md) — the 220 characters that follow you everywhere (7 sources)

• [assets/profile_worksheet.md](assets/profile_worksheet.md) — fillable section-by-section worksheet
• [assets/example_profile.json](assets/example_profile.json) — input shape for the auditor

Distinct from

• linkedin-strategy — what to post and how often. This is who you are before you post.

If the audience answer is fuzzy, run positioning_brief.py there first; the headline

falls out of a good brief in ten minutes.

• product-team/, c-level-advisor/ — career and role strategy. This writes the profile,

not the career plan.

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