About
Integrates with LinkedIn to enable direct posting of text and media content with customizable visibility settings through OAuth2 authentication and secure token management.
Details
- Author
- filipptrigub
- Repository
- FilippTrigub/linkedin-mcp
- GitHub stars
- 1
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Communication, Other, Productivity, Developer Tools, Workplace, Community, Media, Infrastructure, Security, API
Jump to
- Post text updates to LinkedIn
- Attach images and videos to posts
- Control post visibility (public/connections)
- OAuth2 authentication flow
- Secure token storage
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
LinkedInCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)linkedin-mcpEnvironment-
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID
<yours> -
LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI
<yours> -
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET
<yours>
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
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
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>"
}
}
}
}
authenticate
Authenticate with LinkedIn.
create_post
Create and share posts optionally with media attachments. Include the file path to the relevant media file to attach it to the post.
- 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
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"linkedin": {
"env": {
"LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID": "<yours>",
"LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI": "<yours>",
"LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET": "<yours>"
},
"args": [],
"command": "linkedin-mcp"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": {
"LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID": "<yours>",
"LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI": "<yours>",
"LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET": "<yours>"
},
"args": [],
"command": "linkedin-mcp"
}Macos
{
"env": {
"LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID": "<yours>",
"LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI": "<yours>",
"LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET": "<yours>"
},
"args": [],
"command": "linkedin-mcp"
}Windows
{
"env": {
"LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID": "<yours>",
"LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI": "<yours>",
"LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET": "<yours>"
},
"args": [],
"command": "linkedin-mcp"
}Post to LinkedIn directly from Claude Desktop with support for text and media attachments.
- Post text updates to LinkedIn
- Attach images and videos to posts
- Control post visibility (public/connections)
- OAuth2 authentication flow
- Secure token storage
- 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
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 Installpipxif not already installed
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:3000/callback
Add the following configuration toclaude-desktop.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "linkedin-mcp": { "command": "linkedin-mcp", "env": { "LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID": "<yours>", "LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET": "<yours>", "LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI": "<yours>" } } } }
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>" } } } }
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