Does LinkedIn have an MCP server?
LinkedIn does not maintain an official MCP server. Community-built servers exist.
linked-api/linkedapi-mcp — the repo often cited as official — is a third-party paid service, not LinkedIn.
- Access
- Local server
- Repository
- stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server
- Maintainer
- Daniel Sticker
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 3.1k
- Last commit
- today
- Category
- Social Media
Open-source MCP server for LinkedIn. Give Claude and any MCP-compatible AI agent access to profiles, companies, jobs, and messages.
Open-source MCP server for LinkedIn. Give Claude and any MCP-compatible AI agent access to profiles, companies, jobs, and messages.
Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.
Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:
claude mcp add linkedin -- npx -y <package-from-readme>Swap in the exact package and flags from the repo README — most servers need an API key passed as an environment variable.
Add --scope user to make it available in every project.
Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config and add the server to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"linkedin": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"<package-from-readme>"
],
"env": {
"API_KEY": "…"
}
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop after saving.
Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for
every project:
{
"mcpServers": {
"linkedin": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"<package-from-readme>"
],
"env": {
"API_KEY": "…"
}
}
}
}A green dot in Settings → MCP means it connected.
Add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"linkedin": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"<package-from-readme>"
]
}
}
}Then pick the server from the tools menu in Copilot's agent mode.
A community server is unaudited third-party code that will hold your LinkedIn API credentials and see whatever data they unlock. Independent research puts SSRF vulnerabilities in roughly a third of public MCP servers, and 41% ship with no authentication at all.
- Read the source before running it — especially any network calls it makes.
- Check who maintains it and whether commits are recent (this one: today).
- Issue a scoped, revocable API key rather than an account-wide token.
- Prefer read-only credentials until you trust it with writes.
Does LinkedIn have an official MCP server?
No. LinkedIn does not maintain one. Third-party developers have built community servers, the most established being stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server, but they are not endorsed or supported by LinkedIn.
How do I connect LinkedIn to Claude?
Run the server locally and register it in Claude's MCP config. In Claude Code that's a single "claude mcp add" command; in Claude Desktop you add it to claude_desktop_config.json.
Is it safe to use a community LinkedIn MCP server?
Treat it like any dependency that gets your API keys. Community MCP servers are unaudited third-party code: independent research has found roughly a third of public MCP servers carry SSRF vulnerabilities and 41% ship with no authentication. Read the source, check the maintainer and commit recency, and scope the credentials you hand it.
How is this verdict verified?
LinkedIn's docs (learn.microsoft.com/linkedin) ship no MCP server; Microsoft's MCP catalog covers Azure/Graph/Power BI but not LinkedIn. Strongest community: stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server (~3.1k stars, browser-automation based). Seed OFFICIAL verdict was a false org match. GitHub metadata is refreshed every six hours.
LinkedIn's docs (learn.microsoft.com/linkedin) ship no MCP server; Microsoft's MCP catalog covers Azure/Graph/Power BI but not LinkedIn. Strongest community: stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server (~3.1k stars, browser-automation based). Seed OFFICIAL verdict was a false org match.
- github data refreshed 2026-08-11, then every 6 hours
- vendor docs verified on 2026-08-10
Work at LinkedIn? The moment you ship an official server this page flips to Official — send us the link.