LinkedIn Jobs vs Remote OK API for AI agents
LinkedIn documents no public job search API; its jobs API is for approved partners (ATS systems, job distributors) to post jobs to LinkedIn, and it is closed to new partners. Remote OK API is a public JSON feed of the jobs posted on the Remote OK remote job board.
The short answer
- LinkedIn Jobs: ATS vendors and job distributors that already partner with LinkedIn and need to publish jobs to it; not for finding jobs.
- Remote OK API: The simplest no-key feed of remote tech and startup jobs for a site that links back to Remote OK.
Side by side
| LinkedIn Jobs | Remote OK API | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | Not a search API: it posts jobs into LinkedIn on behalf of customers. | Remote OK's own remote job board only. |
| Returns | – | JSON array of jobs with id, slug, company, position, tags, location, salary_min, salary_max, url, apply_url, date, epoch, description and logo fields. |
| Before the first call | LinkedIn approval, a signed API agreement with data restrictions, and Talent Solutions partner status; currently not accepting new partnerships (points to Apply Connect instead). | Nothing: no key or sign-up. The feed at remoteok.com/api answers without one. |
| Free | – | No key needed, and its pages state no price |
| Acting on a result | – | Both url and apply_url point to the job page on remoteok.com, not to the employer. |
| Limits on keeping or showing results | LinkedIn API Terms forbid caching or storing Content except as needed to run your application, and bar content obtained by scraping or crawling outside the APIs. | Must link back (followed, not nofollow) to the Remote OK URL and name Remote OK as source, or access is suspended; don't use the Remote OK logo without written permission. |
| Coverage | – | Remote jobs; location is free text (e.g. 'Remote', 'US, UK, Canada, Australia + 35 other countries'). |
| MCP server | – | No official server listed |
Where Openpath fits
If the agent needs a job to apply for in Austin, Texas, or a remote one, Openpath returns the listings themselves, free and with no key. See Openpath vs LinkedIn Jobs and Openpath vs Remote OK API.
Questions people ask
What do I need before I can use Remote OK API?
Nothing: no key or sign-up. The feed at remoteok.com/api answers without one.
Is Remote OK API free?
No key needed, and its pages state no price.
Sources
Every line about another company comes from its own pages. Prices and terms change, so check the source before you rely on one.
LinkedIn Jobs, read on October 15, 2026:
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/talent/job-postings/api/overview: “We are currently not accepting new partnerships for LinkedIn's Job Posting API.”
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/talent/job-postings/api/overview: “enables authorized third parties such as clients, ATS systems, and job distributors to post jobs directly to LinkedIn”
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/talent/job-postings/api/overview: “The use of these APIs is restricted to those developers approved by LinkedIn.”
- linkedin.com/legal/l/api-terms-of-use: “You must not capture, copy, cache, or store any Content”
- linkedin.com/legal/l/api-terms-of-use: “scraping, crawling, spidering or using any other technology or software to access LinkedIn content outside the APIs”
Remote OK API, read on October 15, 2026:
- remoteok.com/api: “Please link back (with follow, and without nofollow!) to the URL on Remote OK”
- remoteok.com/api: “If you do not we'll have to suspend API access.”
- remoteok.com/api: “https://remoteOK.com/remote-jobs/remote-ai-trainer-imerit-technology-1137513”