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

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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

License

MIT License