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What is an AI SDR, and how does it work?
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What is an AI SDR, and how does it work?

An AI SDR is software that performs the repeatable half of a sales development rep's job: research, personalisation, sequencing and follow-up. Here is the plain definition, the mechanics of how one actually runs, the ceiling every vendor page leaves out, and the three parts of the job it cannot take off your hands.

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Alexandre Sarfati

August 6, 2026
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AI agents for LinkedIn lead generation: what works, what doesn't
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AI agents for LinkedIn lead generation: what works, what doesn't

The all-in-one AI SDR was supposed to replace your sales team. By early 2026, most companies that tried it have gone back to hybrid models. Here's what AI agents actually do well for LinkedIn prospecting - and where the hype still outpaces reality.

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August 3, 2026
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AI LinkedIn outreach tools: assisted, autonomous, or human-approved
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AI LinkedIn outreach tools: assisted, autonomous, or human-approved

AI LinkedIn outreach tools fall into three camps that fail in different ways: AI-assisted sequencers that still make you drive, autonomous AI SDRs that send on their own, and human-approved agents that do the judgement work then wait for your yes. Here is the field, verified live, and which camp fits which team.

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August 3, 2026
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Claude for sales: what it does well, and the one thing it cannot do alone
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Claude for sales: what it does well, and the one thing it cannot do alone

Claude is excellent at the research, synthesis and drafting half of selling. It cannot act on LinkedIn by itself. Here is what works today, the exact wall it hits, and how an MCP connector completes the sentence: Claude drafts, you approve, BeReach sends.

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August 3, 2026
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AI agent for LinkedIn outreach: what it actually does
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AI agent for LinkedIn outreach: what it actually does

The term hides two very different products: an autonomous sender that runs your account all day, and an agent that finds and drafts, then waits for you to approve. Here is the six-job breakdown, the account-exposure math, and one honest end-to-end session.

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July 27, 2026
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LinkedIn MCP server for Claude: what they are, which need your session cookie, and how to run outreach
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LinkedIn MCP server for Claude: what they are, which need your session cookie, and how to run outreach

A developer's map of the LinkedIn MCP servers that exist, a table of which ones need your live session cookie, and a worked transcript of finding, qualifying and drafting outreach inside Claude with BeReach.

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Alexandre Sarfati

July 27, 2026
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