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title: "Boolean Search String Generator | SocialTalent"
description: "Build a valid Boolean search string in seconds for LinkedIn, Google, job boards and GitHub. Free, no sign-up — and nothing you type leaves your browser."
url: "https://www.socialtalent.com/tools/boolean-string-generator"
last_modified: "2026-07-27T14:42:32+00:00"
---

Free sourcing tool

# Boolean search string generator

Fill in the blanks, pick where you're searching, copy, paste — no operators to memorise, no broken syntax.

Always valid Boolean Runs in your browser — nothing is sent or stored Four platforms No sign-up

How it works

## Type what you want. Copy what works.

No operators to memorise, no broken syntax to debug. Fill in the blanks and the tool composes a clean, valid string for wherever you're searching.

01

### Fill in the blanks

Add job titles, must-have and nice-to-have skills, location, and anything to exclude. Plain words — the tool wraps every term in `"quotes"` and joins them with `AND`, `OR` and `NOT` for you.

02

### Pick where you're searching

Switch between LinkedIn, Google X-ray, a job board or GitHub. The string reformats instantly to match each platform's rules.

03

### Copy, paste, source

One click copies a string that's guaranteed well-formed. Paste it straight into the search box and get back to the shortlist.

FAQs

## Questions recruiters ask first.

### Does this send candidate data anywhere?

No — the whole tool runs in your browser, so nothing you type is sent to a server, logged, or stored. Close the tab and it's gone. That's deliberate: sourcing terms can be sensitive, and a free tool shouldn't be quietly collecting them.

### Why is the string always “valid”?

Because you're not writing it — the tool composes it. Quotes wrap every term, brackets group them correctly, and operators join them the right way round. There's no way to produce a broken string, which is the whole point.

### Why are the operators in capitals on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn requires AND, OR and NOT in uppercase, or it treats them as ordinary keywords. The tool uppercases them automatically for the LinkedIn tab, so you never have to think about it.

### What's the difference between must-have and nice-to-have skills?

Must-have skills are combined with AND — every candidate has to match all of them. Nice-to-have skills use OR — any one of them counts. Getting this the wrong way round is the single most common Boolean mistake, so we split them into two fields.

### Will it work in my ATS or on a job board?

Usually, but support varies. Many ATS search boxes choke on deep brackets, so the Job board / ATS tab keeps things conservative and flags what it left out. Treat it as a strong starting point — you may still need to trim for a specific board.

### Is GitHub search supported properly?

For now GitHub uses Google X-ray (site:github.com), which finds profiles well. Native GitHub qualifiers like language: and location: are a different input model that's on the roadmap, not in this first version.

**This is Sourcing 101.** A clean string is the easy part — SocialTalent's training turns sourcing into a repeatable system your whole team runs.

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