Automate hyper-personalized outreach at scale with Bright Data and LLMs

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.

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🧩 How It Works

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

1. Trigger

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

2. Read Input Sheet

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

3. Prepare Input

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

4. 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 posts

5. Update Sheet with Profile Data

   • Writes the retrieved enrichment data into the corresponding row in Google Sheets (via row_number).

6. 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.

7. Update Sheet with Ice Breaker

   • Writes the generated ice breaker to the Ice Breaker 1 column in the original row.

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✅ 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

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

Step 1: Copy the Google Sheets Template

> 📄 Click here to make a copy

• 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

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Step 2: Connect Your Accounts in n8n

1. Google Sheets: Create a credential under Google Sheets OAuth2 API
2. Bright Data: Add your API key as a credential under HTTP Request (Authorization header)
3. Anthropic: Create a credential for Anthropic API with your Claude key

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Step 3: Import and Configure the Workflow

1. Import the workflow into your n8n instance.
2. In each Google Sheets node:
   • Select the copied Google Sheet
   • Select the correct tab (usually input or Sheet1)
3. In the HTTP Request node to Bright Data:
   • Paste your Bright Data dataset ID
4. In the Claude prompt node:
   • Optionally adjust the tone and length of the ice breaker prompt

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Step 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

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🧠 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.

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🧾 Output Example

Once complete, each row in your Google Sheet will contain:

Linkedin_URL_Person	Name	City	Company	Recent Post	Ice Breaker
linkedin.com/...	Jane Doe	NYC	ACME Corp	“Why AI should replace meetings”	"Loved your post about AI and meetings — finally someone said it!"

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💬 Support & Feedback

Questions? Want to tweak the prompt or expand the enrichment?

📧 Email: [email protected]
📺 YouTube: @YaronBeen
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yaronbeen

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