Poked
Your LinkedIn contacts and posts, organized.
What is Poked
Poked is a Chrome extension that sits on top of LinkedIn, giving users a lightweight CRM layer alongside post-writing tools. It lets you tag contacts, view all your connections at a glance, and process LinkedIn profile URLs — without leaving the browser. The standout capability is its hook optimizer, which helps you craft and position the opening lines of LinkedIn posts above the "see more" cutoff, where most readers decide whether to keep reading. It's built for solo operators, SDRs, and early-stage founders who want to manage LinkedIn relationships and content without paying for a full CRM or a separate content tool. The honest limitation: Poked lives entirely in the browser — there's no API, no CRM sync, and no way to pipe data into your existing stack, so it won't replace a dedicated sales tool if you're working at any real volume.
Key features
connect, message, and follow at scale
Chrome extension
Vanderbuild take
Poked is a browser-native LinkedIn utility — useful for solo founders and SDRs who want basic contact organization and post optimization without spinning up a full CRM. On the agentic readiness front, there's no API and no MCP server, so you cannot drive this from an agent or wire it into any automation stack; it's UI-only, full stop. Pricing isn't publicly listed, which makes it hard to budget for, though the indie-hacker origins suggest it's either free or low-cost. The ceiling is low: once you're managing more than a handful of accounts or need data to flow into HubSpot, Salesforce, or a sequencing tool, Poked will stop being enough.
Agentic stack profile
APINot publicNo public programmatic access.
No public API. Not usable from an agent without scraping.
Agentic readinessNoneNot usable from an agent without scraping.
No public API. UI-only. Not usable from an agent without scraping, which we don't recommend.
Stack roleSequencerWhere this tool slots into an agentic pipeline.
Plays the role of Sequencer in an agentic pipeline. Use it to send and track multi-step outbound cadences across channels.
Poked alternatives
Tools that solve a similar problem — compared at a glance.
- Best for
- SDR / BDR, Founder
- Readiness
- None
- API
- No
- Pricing
- Seat-based
- Budget
- $$$
- Best for
- Agency, SDR / BDR
- Readiness
- Native
- MCP
- Yes
- API
- REST
- Pricing
- Seat-based
- Budget
- $$
- Best for
- SDR / BDR, Agency
- Readiness
- Native
- MCP
- Yes
- API
- REST
Frequently asked questions
Does Poked have a public API?
No — there's no publicly documented API as of today. Poked is operated through its UI.
Who is Poked best for?
Poked is built for SDR / BDR, Founder. Fits Solo, SMB (1-50)-sized teams.