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fix(connect): send to follow-primary profiles via custom-invite deeplink #514

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40 changes: 11 additions & 29 deletions linkedin_mcp_server/scraping/extractor.py
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Expand Up @@ -2121,35 +2121,17 @@ async def connect_with_person(
f"?vanityName={quote_plus(username)}"
)

# Write-gate: submit only when LinkedIn exposed the vanityName invite
# anchor. When a note is requested without that anchor, open the
# deeplink only as a non-submitting probe so we can report the Premium
# note-quota block without accidentally sending from a follow-only or
# otherwise unavailable profile.
if not signals.has_invite_anchor:
if note:
logger.info(
"No visible invite anchor for %s; probing custom-invite deeplink "
"because a personalized note was requested",
username,
)
await self._navigate_to_page(invite_url)
note_limit_message = await self._probe_invite_note_limit()
if note_limit_message is not None:
return _connection_result(
url,
"custom_note_limit_reached",
note_limit_message,
note_sent=False,
profile=page_text,
)
return _connection_result(
url,
"connect_unavailable",
"LinkedIn did not expose a usable Connect action for this profile.",
profile=page_text,
)

# Submit via the custom-invite deeplink and let _submit_invite_dialog
# be the write-gate: it returns submitted=False without sending when no
# invite dialog opens (genuinely unconnectable profiles) and surfaces
# the Premium note-quota block. The previous has_invite_anchor pre-gate
# produced a false "connect_unavailable" on follow-primary / creator-mode
# profiles whose Connect sits in the "More" menu as a button rather than
# a /preload/custom-invite anchor: has_invite_anchor stayed False even
# after opening the menu, so the deeplink — which opens the dialog
# regardless of button placement — was never tried. (The follow_only
# More-menu reread above is now redundant for gating and can be removed
# in a follow-up.)
await self._navigate_to_page(invite_url)

submitted, note_sent, note_limit_message = await self._submit_invite_dialog(
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