LinkedIn MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Claude Desktop that lets you scrape LinkedIn profiles and comment activity.

Quick Setup

If you're using Claude, just say: "Set up the LinkedIn MCP server for my Claude Desktop"

Claude will read the CLAUDE.md file and automatically configure everything.

Manual Setup

1. Clone and Install

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/TimpiaAI/linkedin-mcp.git
cd linkedin-mcp
python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -e .
.venv/bin/playwright install chromium

2. Create LinkedIn Session

.venv/bin/python -m linkedin_mcp.create_session

This opens a browser - log in to LinkedIn, then close the browser.

3. Configure Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkedin": {
      "command": "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/linkedin-mcp/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["-m", "linkedin_mcp.server"],
      "env": {
        "LINKEDIN_SESSION": "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/linkedin-mcp/session.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_USERNAME with your actual username.

4. Restart Claude Desktop

Quit (Cmd+Q) and reopen Claude Desktop.

Usage

Once configured, you can ask Claude things like:

• "Scrape the LinkedIn profile for johndoe"
• "Get the recent comments from linkedin.com/in/satyanadella"
• "What has this person been commenting on LinkedIn recently?"

Tool

scrape_linkedin

• url: LinkedIn profile URL or username
• limit: Max comments to return (default: 20)

Troubleshooting

Server won't connect:

tail -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-linkedin.log

Session expired:

cd ~/linkedin-mcp
.venv/bin/python -m linkedin_mcp.create_session

License

MIT