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Connect your LinkedIn to Mira.

Mira sends connection requests, opens conversations on accept, and follows up from your real account, not a shared session. This ensures the messages look like you and the inbox stays yours when replies come back. This page walks you through our secure integrated login process so Mira can act in your voice in about two minutes.

Before you start

Have these three things ready

Preparation ensures the automated login finishes without timing out.

  • A real LinkedIn account in good standing, ideally with a complete profile and at least a few hundred connections.
  • Your LinkedIn email and password (the ones you use to log in on your phone or browser).
  • Access to your 2FA method (email code, SMS, or Authenticator app) in case LinkedIn asks for a verification code during sign-in.

Walkthrough

01

Open the connect modal

If you're in the onboarding wizard, the LinkedIn card on Step 4 will open the login modal automatically when you click Connect LinkedIn.

Otherwise, head to /dashboard/settings, click Connections, and hit Connect LinkedIn in the LinkedIn card.

02

Enter your credentials

Enter your LinkedIn email and password in the modal. Ciela uses these to open a secure browser session on our servers that mimics a real login from a residential IP.

Security Note: We use your credentials once to establish a session and capture the required authentication cookies. We do not store your password long-term; we only keep the session tokens required for Mira to operate.
03

Handle verification

After you hit Sign In, LinkedIn may trigger a "Security Check" (CAPTCHA or 2FA code). If this happens:

  • A browser window will appear inside the modal showing the LinkedIn verification screen.
  • Complete the CAPTCHA or enter the code sent to your phone/email.
  • Important: Stay on this page until the window closes itself. This is when the automated session capture is finishing.
04

Verify connection

Once the modal closes, the LinkedIn card should flip to Connected and show your email address. Mira is now ready to work.

If the connection fails or the window hangs, refresh the page and try once more—occasionally LinkedIn's security filters require a second attempt to clear a challenge.

Common errors

When the connect fails, read this first

Most rejections happen because of LinkedIn's security filters.

  • Login Timeout

    The automated session didn't finish in time. This usually happens if you take too long to solve a CAPTCHA. Refresh and try again, moving through the verification steps quickly.

  • Wrong Password

    Double-check your credentials. If you recently changed your LinkedIn password, make sure you're using the new one. Try logging into LinkedIn.com in a private window to verify.

  • Handshake Failed

    Our servers couldn't establish a clean connection to LinkedIn. This is usually temporary—wait 5 minutes and try again.

What happens next

Once Mira has a connected session she'll start working the moment you create a LinkedIn campaign or an Omnichannel flow that includes a LinkedIn step. Connection requests pace themselves under LinkedIn's weekly limit, accepts get a follow-up message in your voice, and the second a prospect replies Mira hands the conversation back to you so a real human picks up the thread.

Keep reading

Agents

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What Mira sends, when she stops, and how she hands off the moment a real conversation starts.

Concepts

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How LinkedIn fits into omnichannel sequences when you want Mira working alongside Eli and Theo.

Need help?

Ciela can walk you through any step. Or write to support@ciela.ai. You can also reach out to Adhiraj directly on LinkedIn — feel free to attach your issue in a connection note or InMail.

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