Discover public LinkedIn profiles matching the given criteria, via DuckDuckGo's public search (site:linkedin.com/in). Does NOT log into or scrape LinkedIn directly, so it carries no LinkedIn account risk. Returns ranked candidates with name/headline/company/location best-effort parsed from search snippets, plus a match_score and matched_signals showing why each candidate ranked where it did. Data is shallow (no full work history, no contact info) — treat results as a shortlist to verify manually, not verified enriched profiles. DuckDuckGo's LinkedIn index is smaller than Google's, so narrow criteria can come back with few or zero results — broaden them if that happens. Paced by a self-imposed daily request budget to stay polite to DuckDuckGo.

Reports how much of today's self-imposed DuckDuckGo request budget has been used and how much remains. Check this before large search batches so you don't burn budget you need later in the day.