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linkedin-mcp-server by stickerdaniel, an unofficial LinkedIn MCP server

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Lets Claude read LinkedIn profiles, jobs and your inbox through your own account. It is unofficial, and LinkedIn can restrict accounts that use it.

This independent project (LinkedIn has no official MCP server) lets Claude read LinkedIn profiles, companies, jobs, posts and your inbox by driving a browser signed in to your own account. It can also send messages and connection requests as you, but it never applies to jobs. LinkedIn's User Agreement bans scraping tools and lets LinkedIn restrict or terminate accounts, so using it puts your LinkedIn account at risk.

Good for

  • Recruiters and sourcers researching people and companies
  • Job seekers who want jobs searched and summarised
  • Sales and founders preparing for a meeting
  • Not for bulk scraping: that is what gets accounts restricted

Works in

4 supported · 8 should work

Tap an app to see how to set it up and any known problems.

Install linkedin-mcp-server

Claude Code

  1. 1

    Copy this prompt.

    Add the linkedin-mcp-server server to Claude Code. Run this command:
    
    claude plugin marketplace add stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server
    claude plugin install linkedin-mcp-server@linkedin-mcp-server
    
    Then check that it loaded and tell me if I need to sign in or restart.
  2. 2

    Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires uv, LinkedIn account.

LinkedIn MCP is a community project, not made by LinkedIn or Microsoft. It drives a real Chromium browser signed in to your own LinkedIn account; it does not use LinkedIn's API. On the first tool call that needs sign-in, it reuses a LinkedIn session from a signed-in local browser, or opens a login window. There is no li_at cookie variable. To import a session explicitly run uvx mcp-server-linkedin@latest --import-from-browser; to sign in by hand run uvx mcp-server-linkedin@latest --login. Sessions are saved in ~/.linkedin-mcp/profile and expire, so rerun the login when they do. LinkedIn's terms prohibit automated access, so accounts using tools like this can be restricted or banned. Use it for personal use only. It needs uv and a recent Python (the package requires Python 3.12.4 or newer, below 3.15), which uv fetches for you.

From the project README. Source.

Tools

  • Reads a LinkedIn profile

    Reads sections of someone's LinkedIn profile such as experience, education, skills, projects, volunteering and posts. Use it to research a person before reaching out.

    Try: “Read Jane Doe's LinkedIn profile, experience and skills”

    Network · get_person_profile

  • Reads your own LinkedIn profile

    Reads your own profile with the same section choices as for other people. Use it to review or reuse what you have written about yourself.

    Try: “Show my LinkedIn experience section”

    Network · get_my_profile

  • Finds people by keyword, location, connection degree or company

    Searches LinkedIn people using keywords, location, connection degree and current company. Use it to build a list of prospects or contacts.

    Try: “Find product managers at Stripe in London”

    Network · search_people

  • Reads a company's LinkedIn page

    Reads company information, with optional sections for posts and open jobs. Use it to research an employer or a prospect.

    Try: “Read the LinkedIn profile for Notion, including open jobs”

    Network · get_company_profile

  • Reads a company's recent posts

    Reads recent posts from a company's feed, with links to the originals. Use it to see what a company has been saying lately.

    Try: “Show recent posts from Figma's LinkedIn page”

    Network · get_company_posts

  • Finds employees of a company

    Finds people who work at a company, optionally filtered by name, title or skill. Use it to find the right contact inside a business.

    Try: “Find engineering managers at Datadog”

    Network · get_company_employees

  • Finds companies by keyword

    Searches companies by keyword and returns links to their LinkedIn profiles. Use it when you need the right company page first.

    Try: “Find climate tech companies on LinkedIn”

    Network · search_companies

  • Finds job postings by keyword and location

    Searches job postings by keyword and location and returns job IDs you can look up in detail. Use it to start a job search.

    Try: “Find remote data engineer jobs in Canada”

    Network · search_jobs

  • Reads one job posting in full

    Reads a posting's description, requirements and company details from a job ID. Use it to decide whether a role fits you.

    Try: “Show the full details for that job”

    Network · get_job_details

  • Lists the jobs you have saved

    Lists your saved job postings with IDs you can look up. Use it to review roles you bookmarked.

    Try: “List my saved LinkedIn jobs”

    Network · get_saved_jobs

  • Tells you how to apply to a job

    Checks whether a job uses Easy Apply or links out to the employer's application. Use it before you start an application.

    Try: “Does this job use Easy Apply?”

    Network · get_job_apply_url

  • Reads the fields of an Easy Apply form

    Reads an Easy Apply form, including each field's label, type, options and prefilled value. It never types into or submits the form. Use it to see what an application asks for.

    Try: “Show me what the Easy Apply form for this job asks”

    Network · get_easy_apply_form

Read from the source code

Pros and cons

Good

  • Free under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Reads profiles, companies, jobs, posts and your inbox in one place
  • Never applies to jobs for you
  • Messages need an explicit confirm step before they send
  • Queues tool calls one at a time to avoid bursts of page loads
  • Setup guides exist for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex

Watch out

  • Breaks LinkedIn's terms, so your account can be restricted or terminated
  • No read-only mode; you block the write tools in your client
  • Can send messages and connection requests as you
  • Needs your LinkedIn login saved on your computer
  • Stops working when LinkedIn changes its pages
  • Not made or supported by LinkedIn

Permissions

high risk · 7 things to watch

High risk

It acts from your own LinkedIn account, which LinkedIn can restrict or terminate for using scraping tools, and it can message people and send connection requests as you. Keep volume low, and block the message and connection-request tools in your client unless you need them.

What it can do

  • Read your data
  • Create and change things
  • Delete things
  • Read-only mode

Watch out for

  • LinkedIn can restrict or end your account for this

    LinkedIn's User Agreement bans bots, scrapers and copying cookies, and says it may restrict, suspend or terminate accounts. Restricted accounts are asked for a government ID to get back in. linkedin.com

  • It can message people and send invitations as you

    Messages only go out when the call sets confirm_send to true, but an app that auto-approves tools can still set it. Deny the message and connection-request tools in your client unless you want them. github.com

  • No read-only mode, so block write tools yourself

    The maintainer declined a switch to turn off the messaging and invitation tools. Block send_message and connect_with_person in your client's tool permissions. github.com

  • It reuses your browser's LinkedIn login

    By default it imports the LinkedIn session from a signed-in Chrome, Edge, Brave or similar browser and stores it on your computer. Turn this off with the no-auto-import option. github.com

  • Web mode has no password

    Streamable HTTP mode serves your LinkedIn session to anyone who can reach the port. Keep it on 127.0.0.1 and put anything wider behind your own login. github.com

  • People may see you viewed their profile

    Profiles the agent opens record a view from your account, which the other person may see. github.com

  • The recommended setup updates itself on every start

    It pulls the newest release each time, so new code runs without review. Pin a version if you want to control updates. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 1, 2026.

Technical details
Turning on read-onlyNo built-in read-only switch; the maintainer declined one. The write tools (send_message, connect_with_person) are tagged 'actions', and send_message needs confirm_send=true. Deny those tools in your client's permissions to keep it read-only.
Talks toA real Chromium browser opens LinkedIn pages as you. Page content goes to your AI app and its model provider
Sign-in and keysImports the LinkedIn session from a signed-in browser or a login window, and keeps it in ~/.linkedin-mcp/profile.
Scopes
  • Everything your signed-in LinkedIn account can see and do in the browser

Alternatives

Use the LinkedIn app in ChatGPT if you only need people lookup and want no ban risk. For posting, Upload-Post uses LinkedIn's official API, while this server is the pick for reading profiles, jobs and messages.

ServerOfficialRunsSign-inCan change thingsGitHub stars
For LinkedIn
linkedin-mcp-server (this page)This pageCommunityLocalBrowser sessionYes4.1K
gtm-api LinkedIn MCPCommunityHostedLocalBrowser sessionYes90
felipfr/linkedin-mcpserverCommunity–––92
Other tools for the same job
LinkedIn app in ChatGPTOfficial––No–
Upload-Post LinkedIn MCPCommunity–LinkedIn OAuthYes–
Cadenza (hosted)CommunityHosted–––

What people say

People value what it can read and worry about getting their LinkedIn account restricted.

What people like

  • Read tools such as people search and profile lookup work well for users
  • The maintainer answers issues fast and often ships fixes within a day

Common complaints

  • Users worry about account bans, and nobody can promise safety
  • There is no switch to turn off the messaging and invitation tools
  • Login and session problems recur, such as redirect loops and expired sessions
  • It breaks when LinkedIn changes its pages, and the feed and post search currently stop at 3 results
  • LinkedIn answers bursts of page loads with rate limits

In their words

Questions

Can LinkedIn ban me for using this?

Yes. LinkedIn's User Agreement bans bots and scraping tools and lets LinkedIn restrict or terminate accounts, and the README says there is no guarantee of account safety. The maintainer says light personal use, not mass scraping, should be fine.

Is there an official LinkedIn MCP server?

No. LinkedIn publishes no MCP server or Claude connector, and this is a community project not tied to LinkedIn. LinkedIn does offer a people-lookup app inside ChatGPT.

Is it free?

Yes, the server is free under the Apache-2.0 license. Its sponsor Cadenza sells a hosted version, and you only need that if you do not want to run it yourself.

Can it send LinkedIn messages or connection requests?

Yes. It can send messages, send or accept connection requests and archive conversations. Messages only go out when the call sets confirm_send to true.

Can it apply to jobs for me?

No. It searches jobs, reads postings, tells you whether a job uses Easy Apply and returns the employer's apply link, but it never fills in or submits an application.

Is there a read-only mode?

No. The maintainer declined to add one. Block the message and connection-request tools in your client's tool permissions, or tell the agent never to use them.

How do I lower the ban risk?

Keep volume low and run it from the IP address you normally use LinkedIn from. The project's own guidelines suggest about 100 calls a day per tool, 30 invitations a day, and a 24-hour stop after any captcha or rate-limit page. The server does not enforce these limits for you.

Will people see that I viewed their profile?

They may. The server opens profiles in a real browser as you, so a profile view is recorded like any other visit.

Do I need to paste my li_at cookie?

No. Current releases import the session from a browser you are already signed in to, or open a login window on first use. Older guides and the Docker catalog entry still mention the cookie.

Why do I get ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS?

Either the LinkedIn session is not signed in or LinkedIn is rate-limiting you. Run the login step again, and slow down if the error page shows HTTP 429.

Examples

  • Research a person before a meeting

    Read the LinkedIn profile linkedin.com/in/<username> and summarise their experience, education and recent posts in five bullet points.

  • Find relevant jobs and check how to apply

    Search LinkedIn jobs for 'product designer' in Berlin, list the top 10 with company and posting date, and tell me which ones use Easy Apply.

  • Size up a company and its people

    Get the LinkedIn company profile for Figma, its last five posts, and employees with 'recruiter' in their title.

  • Catch up on your inbox

    List my recent LinkedIn conversations and summarise any unread ones. Do not send anything.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Publisher
Community
Package
mcp-server-linkedin
Registry
PyPI
Transport
stdio, Streamable HTTP
Version
4.28.0
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
Oct 30, 2026
Open issues
82
Listed in
Docker MCP Catalog

DocsGitHubPyPIDocker MCP CatalogChangelogIssues

Other LinkedIn MCP servers

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from. Issues, quotes and findings above link to their own source.

Show all 21
  1. linkedin-mcp-server README · github.com
  2. LinkedIn MCP · contextbolt.com
  3. User Agreement, section 3.4 Limits · linkedin.com
  4. Prohibited software and extensions · linkedin.com
  5. messaging.py · github.com
  6. fix(auth): Stop on a restricted account · github.com
  7. Opt-in read-only mode that leaves out the actions tools · github.com
  8. How to avoid getting banned · github.com
  9. Cadenza, hosted LinkedIn MCP · cadenza.page
  10. Agent guidelines for live limits · github.com
  11. Pause after a rate-limit or restriction page · github.com
  12. ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS · github.com
  13. Login and session problems · github.com
  14. Has anyone been banned for using this MCP server on LinkedIn? · github.com
  15. Read tools work when a write action fails · github.com
  16. Maintainer response time · github.com
  17. Feed and post search stop at 3 results · github.com
  18. Rate limit handling · github.com
  19. Upload-Post LinkedIn MCP · upload-post.com
  20. gtm-api LinkedIn MCP · github.com
  21. felipfr/linkedin-mcpserver · github.com

Facts from the official MCP registry, GitHub, npm, PyPI and the Docker catalog. Updated Nov 2, 2026.