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: linkedin-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

1. 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

2. Install Install pipx if not already installed

   pip install pipx

   Install linkedin-mcp

   pipx install linkedin-mcp

3. 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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

License

MIT License