# LinkedIn MCP Server (MCP server)

> LinkedIn MCP Server is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Open-source MCP server for LinkedIn. Give Claude and any MCP-compatible AI agent access to profiles, companies, jobs, and… It has 3,766 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx mcp-server-linkedin.

Give your AI agents access to LinkedIn through your own browser session. Read profiles, research companies, find jobs, and manage conversations and connection requests.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/stickerdaniel/linkedin-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 3,766 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: mcp-server-linkedin |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Web & browsing |
| Latest release | v4.26.2 (Oct 3, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkedin-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-linkedin"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=your-value --transport stdio linkedin-mcp-server -- uvx mcp-server-linkedin
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkedin-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-linkedin"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "linkedin-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-linkedin"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT`: Shown in the README's example configuration.

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