LinkedIn MCP Server

Post to LinkedIn directly from Claude Desktop with support for text and media attachments.

Features

Post text updates to LinkedIn
Attach images and videos to posts
Control post visibility (public/connections)
OAuth2 authentication flow
Secure token storage

Related MCP server: InDesign MCP Server

Tools

authenticate: Authenticate with LinkedIn
create_post: Create and share posts optionally with media attachments
- state the file path to the relevant media file to attach it to the post

Setup

Create a LinkedIn Developer App:
Visit https://www.linkedin.com/developers/apps Create new app Add product permissions: Log In to LinkedIn and Share on LinkedIn Configure OAuth redirect URL: http://localhost:3000/callback
Install Install pipx if not already installed
pip install pipx
Install linkedin-mcp
pipx install linkedin-mcp
Create .env file:
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:3000/callback

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add the following configuration to claude-desktop.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "linkedin-mcp": { "command": "linkedin-mcp", "env": { "LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID": "<yours>", "LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET": "<yours>", "LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI": "<yours>" } } } }

Development

Clone the repository and install the package in editable mode:

git clone https://github.com/FilippTrigub/linkedin-mcp.git cd linkedin-mcp uv venv

Run the server from development directory:

{ "mcpServers": { "linkedin-mcp": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "absolute\\path\\to\\linkedin-mcp", "run", "-m", "linkedin_mcp.server" ], "env": { "LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID": "<yours>", "LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET": "<yours>", "LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI": "<yours>" } } } }