Claude Code archived their LinkedIn posts to their blog
Wanting a backup of their own LinkedIn posts before the platform's bot-blocking caught up, the writer had Claude Code drive a headless browser through their feed and copy the posts to their personal blog.
Done withClaude CodeSpotted· by HN user senko· Oct 21, 2026
Result Switched to logging in manually when LI caught on
“For a few months I was able to use a headless browser + claude code, then LI wised up and started logging it out, so I had to use a regular Chrome, log in manually and then tell the LLM to take over and slowly go through my feed.”
Spotted: found in the wild. Details are as reported by the source above and have not been independently verified.
What they did
LinkedIn aggressively blocks automated reading, but the writer posts a lot there and wanted a copy of their posts preserved on their own blog. For a few months they used a headless browser plus Claude Code to pull posts across.
How it went
Once LinkedIn started logging the headless browser out, the writer switched to logging in manually in a regular Chrome window and telling the LLM to take over from there, slowly going through their feed; an example of the resulting archive is live on their blog.
Try it yourself with Claude Code
Log into [a site that blocks bots] in a regular browser window yourself, then have the agent take over from that authenticated session to slowly go through your feed and copy each post to [your blog/archive], without re-triggering bot detection.
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